Scott Kernaghan1 Jan 2015, 04:03:00
That is a magnificent find. The lack of chrome takes away a lot of this model's beauty though, and it feels unfinished. No wonder they had to stick a label on it that said the quality is unchanged.
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x over it1 Jan 2015, 13:25:00
I agree, especially with the keys. At first I thought they were tarnished and I could polish them up, but it's clear that they just weren't chromed to begin with. The black finish I appreciate, and I wish they had applied it to the keyrings as well—perhaps they didn't because the black would wear down with typing, as it does on the Remington portables with black-painted metal keyrings.
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Bill M1 Jan 2015, 07:56:00
Wonderful addition to your collection. It is one of the nicest looking typewriters I've seen made by Groma.
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x over it1 Jan 2015, 13:33:00
It is very nice, although the matte metal finish (instead of chrome) to the keyrings takes away from the attractiveness a bit.
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Richard P1 Jan 2015, 09:14:00
These wartime Gromas are beautiful ... and sinister.
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Dwayne F.1 Jan 2015, 10:01:00
Thanks for posting history and great photos on this machine. I'm partial to the action on the pre-war and -post-war models. I hope this one loosens up.
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Hans-Henrik Egede-Nissen10 Oct 2016, 06:09:00
Thanks for well-informed reading and beautiful pictures! Your machine looks quite similar to my very recent purchase, s/n 248172, with the "Kriegsaufmachung ..." logo added below the spacebar. Mine, however, has a non-modified Norwegian typeset, with æ, ø and å (Swedish: ä, ö and å). A little oddity is that the "Umschalter" key to the right is marked "Omskifter" - correct Norwegian - while the left one is marked "Omskiftare" - which is unquestionably Swedish. Maybe this could be indicative of its German origin - made to different Scandinavian specifications, but not assembled by natives...
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