R.C. Allen Musicwriter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
name: label: maker
content: R. C. Allen
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) R.C. Allen musicwriter
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mechanical typewriter with beige body with brown keys. Four-line keyboard. 14" carriage. Keys are musical symbols and numbers.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Inscription: "R.C. Allen", "Musicwriter" On back label: "Musicwriter Patented Typewriter - U.S. Paten No. 511,941; Great Britain, No. 712,430, Nov. 3, 1954; Switzerland, Patent No. 298,526; Germany DBP 909,101." "MUSIC PRINT CORPORATION Denver, Colorado, U.S.A."
label: Description
content: This Musicwriter “typewriter” was manufactured by R.C. Allen of Grand Rapids, Michigan during the mid 20th century. The Musicwriter was used to compose sheet music. Instead of a letter-writing typewriter, each key could print a different type of note, which could be raised or lowered on the musical staff.
label: Description
content: R. C. Allen was founded in 1932 as a manufacturer of cash registers, adding machines, and altimeters. R.C. Allen purchased the Woodstock Typewriter Company of Woodstock, Illinois in 1950 and began manufacturing typewriters and musicwriters such as this machine.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of prior holder
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Typewriters
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: James C. Benfield
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0914.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0914
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0914.01
label: serial number
content: 8C-2105274 14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: typewriter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 20 1/4 in x 14 in; 22.86 cm x 51.435 cm x 35.56 cm