Erika Picht Mini Brailler

Braillewriter

Accession Number:
1992.393
Description:
(a) Rectangular composite base with rounded corners, painted bright red, with four black rubber feet screwed to bottom; aluminum and steel chassis is painted red, black keyboard plate and diebox arch; carriage is nickel-plated and blued steel with exposed pulley style spring on front left; carriage release lever on lower right side of chassis; black wooden lower paper roller with knurled knobs on both sides and a spring-loaded steel paper clamp fitted into groove in roller, black rubber sheathed steel secondary paper roller on top; splayed steel keyboard with wooden keys topped by white plastic, space bar in center with key perpendicular to the key arm; serial number 930 on left side of the toothed front carriage bar; gold label on keyboard plate which reads "Mechanische Werkstatt fur Blindenhilfsmittel der DDR-7033 Leipzig Burgauenstrasse 9."
Height:
3.25
Width:
8.75
Depth:
7
Date Made:
ca. 1975
Place of Origin:
Leipzig, East Germany
Subjects:
Assistive technology Braillewriters Mechanical writing
Dimension Notes:
3 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Made:
Mechanische Werkstatt fur Blindenhilfsmittel der DDR
Material:
Aluminum, steel, wood, plastic
Updated:
04/19/2019