In Winterthur, Switzerland, conductor Reto Parolari rigged his typewriter so that one person can play all the parts - keys, bell and carriage return - and uses heavy card stock for his "letter".

Typically, these typewriters had a timer mechanism that would stop the carriage return when time ran out, ensuring that users paid for every minute of use. In 1949, Ray Bradbury typed a short ...

Revealing the typewriter's mechanics, he pointed out what visibly happens when you press Shift. "Shift means literally shift the letter set carriage downwards. Zooming in on said carriage ...

The most difficult part about assembling Royal typewriters are the ball bearings. Here I'm using a drinking straw to insert them into the proper placement along the carriage rail. Another tricky ...

The Enter key was originally the "Return key" on a typewriter, which caused the carriage to return to the beginning of the next line on the paper. In a word processing or text editing application ...