a typewriter that types music!
strange but true, behold the Keaton Music Typewriter, first patented in 1936, it definitely doesn’t look like an
ordinary typewriter, Robert H. Keaton from San Francisco, California created
the machine, which has now become something of a rare collector’s item,
the original patent was for a 14-key typewriter, which was then upgraded to 33 keys in an improved 1953 patent, marketed in the 1950s and sold for about $255, did it sell well? I have no idea, but here is a thing, can music sheets as we know them be printed on a modern computer? I have had a quick look but can not find a program that is available, so maybe budding music writers will have to look for Keaton.
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