Imperial B

Name: Imperial B
Brand: Imperial

In progress

curved keyboard, replaceable action

Two typewriters, a Hall Index and an Imperial B — I received this Hall Index and Imperial B nearly at the same time, so a joint picture was in order!

Serial number	14359
Date of manufacture	1915
Country of origin	England
Layout	Norwegian/Danish

I purchased this from a collector in Norway who didn't have the time to do (another) Imperial B restoration. When he heard I was interested we shipped it across the pond and I'm so existed to get it working! I have received the parts to fix it from another collector, just waiting for the time to do the work.

Condition

left carriage hardware slightly bent (carriage release, line feed lever), needs cleaning, ribbon advance spring is bad, probably needs new platen/rollers sooner than later

Notes

Apparently an early B, it has some of the carriage hardware of the A