Keaton Music Typewriter

So I'll start as I mean to go on with the Keaton music typewriter - few individuals actually own this machine and very little is commonly known about it - for example, no-one can actually say how many were made or still exist, but I ADORE this!

This machine was first marketed in the 1950's and sold for around $225 - it was patented by Robert H.Keaton from San Francisco, California. The machine types on a single sheet of paper lying under the typing mechanism and at the time made it easier for publishers, educators, and other musicians to produce music copies in quantity.

(thank you to musicprintinghistory.org for information on this fantastic piece)