Once the ribbon is out of the way dismounting and remounting the carriage is a breeze, as there are no cogs that need to reconnect. It also allows you to see up close exactly how the escapement interacts with the carriage rack. This has the minor disadvantage that the ink ribbon must be unbuckled before the carriage can be dismounted, but the larger advantage of having easy access to the escapement for maintenance. Also unusual, to me anyway, is that the entire escapement and ribbon vibrator mechanisms are attached to the carriage. Noteworthy is the carriage, which runs very smoothly with its rod riding in a tube with ball bearings. The exterior was designed by Sigvard Bernadotte, who was not only an industrial designer but also of Swedish royalty and a true to life great-grandson of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The T2 was introduced in 1959, and in terms of aesthetics it appears to have been some ten to twenty years ahead of the competition. In the RaRo catalogue of 1980 it is called Elite-Schatten "Bruxelles" Ro 88. The typeslugs are marked with the AR monogram (Albert Rodrian) of the German RaRo type foundry, and the number 88. The typeface, ten-pitch, was called Pica Esquire by Facit.
#GREY FACIT TYPEWRITER SERIAL#
From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Hans Boersma: 1962 Facit T2 Serial # T2-260833 Made by Facit AB in Svängsta, Sweden.ĭutch keyboard (qwerty), half-spacing, five line-spacing settings, keyboard touch regulator, three-colour ribbon selector, keyset and pre-set tabulator, typebar unblocking key, paper support with scale. Hans Boersma 1962 Facit T2 Serial # T2-260833 1962 Facit T2 typewriter, Serial # T2-260833 Hans Boersma's 1962 Facit T2 typewriter.