1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe Typewriter

Great condition, possibly new platen. I've had QDLs before but none so quiet as this one. Rubber is still quite soft. Everything else is 100% functional.

[@Chernobypi67]

that sound is like music to my ears

[@johntapp7232]

Mine too!

[@sistergoldenhair0727]

Beauty! I have a 1941 Royal Aristocrat in brown and a Model A Royal Deluxe from 1937 that are pretty sweet! Glass topped keys are definitely where it’s at!!🙏🏻

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Definitely 👍 glass top keys for the win! The early Royals are nice machines

[@stews9]

I had a 1945 Royal I used for ages, weighed a ton, it was a military surplus office model. I then went to a 1950s Remington, and from there things got electronic.

[@TheSchyllerwade]

I’ve had the fewest renovations of any of the old manufacturers But i always like the feel of the royals

[@johntapp7232]

Did you mean “Remingtons”? Most typewriters by now have been rebuilt and recycled (sometimes several times and often out of town. Most typewriters are vagabonds).

[@TheSchyllerwade]

@@johntapp7232 yes! *Remingtons

[@Master_Blackthorne]

Very nice machine and good clean typing too. Reminds me of "Snapper," my Olympia SM3.

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Those Olympias are some of the best They just keep right on working

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Those Olympias are some of the best They just keep right on working

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Those Olympias are some of the best They just keep right on working

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Those Olympias are some of the best They just keep right on working

[@johntapp7232]

Aah, that good ol’ German Over-engineering-fine typers.

[@user-io2pd8rv8r]

Very nice machine

[@mrblue8439]

I think this the model of what my grandmother had.

[@johntapp7232]

They were fairly common back in the day.

[@PANDAWA5BARSEL]

Oke. Tks

[@johntapp7232]

Yer welcome, sir!

[@melquizedec]

not so quiet but cool!

[@TheSchyllerwade]

It’s true lol... but honestly there are some real CLACKERS out there Set this next to an SG1 or an underwood no.5 or one of the 3-banks and you’ll understand why they called this quiet!

[@johntapp7232]

An old Remington Pre-17 makes a bunch of noise too-so does a Royal #10.

[@katiehall45]

Hi! Where do you buy the paper? Or do you just use regular paper? (The "onion" paper I tried from Amazon wasn't real onion paper sadly)

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Hey good morning! Ya i typically just use regular printer paper, i will feed 2 or 3 sheets of paper into the machine if I can. You can also (sometimes) find antique typewriter paper on craigslist or OfferUp, people having garage sales etc. OR, Home Depot also carries some different kinds of paper that might work well with these machines (off the top of my head I can’t remember what its called)

[@johntapp7232]

I’ve heard of vellum paper, I’ve once had 100 percent cotton fiber (rag) paper, onion skin paper (really thin stuff). Mostly these days, copy paper (how much of it recycled paper doesn’t matter) is the best stuff. I use about three sheets myself.

[@travelinalaskan]

What do you do for = or + ?

[@merrymonarch]

Handwrite?

[@stews9]

Special keys.

[@johntapp7232]

Some people used the hyphen and slash, but that doesn’t work all that well. Me I just write out “plus.”

[@michaelcase8574]

Is this the last year to have glass keys or is that the 49 one?

[@TheSchyllerwade]

I’m actually not *that knowledgeable on the subject so I can’t say with certainty what year was the last

[@GM-wv1kj]

How much are you selling?

[@jbvibrations]

I’m about to buy one of these for 100. It looks like it’s in great condition .. Have no idea if that’s a good price or not lol meh

[@johntapp7232]

It depends on the condition upon sale. Some Hundred dollar machines are as-is so you’ll either have to fix it yourself (I have many times-to me it’s just half the fun-Or you can get it reconditioned at a shop, but that may pull the price up to $200 or more, and shops are quite rare.

[@anthonyt219]

While its a beautiful machine.. the elite typefaces gets hard to read after awhile. I wish i knew about pica vs elite before i bought a typewriter

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Can’t argue with you there! tbh I just liked that you could get more words on a single page….but yes, small typeface for sure!

[@DarkAngelEU]

I'd buy one if I didn't remember what a bitch it was to use a typewriter instead of a laptop or just a pen and a notebook.

[@TheSchyllerwade]

Lol alright, thank you for sharing that with everyone.

[@johntapp7232]

You just gotta appreciate them. They are what they are-a set of keys to stack letters, numbers, and characters Klink-a-te-Klink on a piece of paper.