McAndrew has his own museum of sorts - a converted food truck in the driveway of his Lacey home.
Other project typewriters that get used regularly reside at Cats Luck vegan takeout in Asbury Park and Tuckerton Seaport Museum, the latter of which is a popular destination for class trips. “They leave the poems and stuff they write - they stick it to the board (a bulletin board in the cafe).” “They usually don’t know what they’re doing, which is part of the fun,” he said.
Rockwell, who owns a typewriter, gets a kick out of the encounters. They think it’s cool and they’re very curious.” A lot of them are younger, so this is obsolete technology to them. “When we have poetry or music events, writers will come and they’re always on it. “Someone is poking at that thing at least once a day,” said Chris Rockwell, who books events there. There’s one in The Union Market café in Tuckerton. Watch: Tom Hanks crashes a couple's wedding photo shoot To help share the gospel, McAndrew started what he calls “the public typewriter project.” He’s loaned machines from his collection - which numbers over 70 - to some restaurants, bookstores and libraries throughout Monmouth and Ocean counties for public display and use. “People are like, ‘Oh my God, it actually makes that sound.’ Well, wait until you actually get rocking and rolling with it.” “There’s something electrifying that happens when you push one of the keys and you hear that gunfire-crack of the key hitting,” he said.
McAndrew actually had some real-world experience working a typewriter, filling in blanks on ID cards as part of a previous job with the East Windsor police department. RK Royal Kludge is relatively a newer company that specializes in wireless mechanical gaming keyboards including Royal Kludge RK61, RK84, RK87, RK71, etc.
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