Curious German Mignon Typewriter in Perfect Condition. Beginning of the XX Century.

Curious AEG Mignon 4 Typewriter in Perfect Condition. Early 20th Century. Machine with black lacquered casing, in perfect condition and without a scratch, protected by a wooden box that fits perfectly to the contour of the piece. The marking is painted with an original black and white lettering. Curious typewriter, placed on a wooden display base, with a concave surface on the left side where the letters are distributed, instead of the conventional keys of other machines. By means of impulses, the writing is transmitted to the roller, which is responsible for capturing it on the paper. As in other typewriters, the brand name appears lacquered in white on the upper part of the carriage. Attached is a key, which although it does not look original, it works perfectly. The machine has been overhauled and is in perfect working order, like new. All its parts are original, with the original ribbon and the print head still with ink. From the late 19th century and for much of the 20th century, typewriters were indispensable tools in business offices, as well as for almost all professional writers. The Mignon is considered the most representative of the typewriters without keyboard. It was manufactured by the Allgemeine Electrizitäs Gesellschaft, popularly known as AEG, from 1904 to 1934, producing about 380,000 units. Its success was largely due to the fact that one of the main scientific magazines in France, La Nature, in 1908 referred to a novel typewriter, the Mignon. In addition, the Mignon brand is characterized by basically making devices for domestic use, with a very adjusted price, with a mechanics easy to produce and requiring few repairs, and speed limitations that were compensated by its ability to change types. Its potential public (individuals and liberal professionals) did not need a machine with maximum speed, as was the case in offices, but valued other aspects, such as the ability to include in the same document text in italics, in different sizes or multiple fonts. The operation of this machine seems complex, but it is quite simple: with the left hand we select the letter we want to write with a punch and with the right hand we press a key to print it. With practice and knowing the layout of the characters of the template where they were selected, you could get to make more than 130 keystrokes per minute. Curious typewriter for very demanding collectors who decide to go a step further as far as typewriters are concerned.