Accession Number: 1998.7
Description: Large size Improved Stainsby Braillewriter; "ordinary" keys (keys arranged for writing braille as on a braillewriter); chrome plated steel mechanism screwed to aluminum bed plate; pins on the bottom of the bed plate lock into corresponding holes in an accompanying board(not present in this accession); sliding carriage with bell on left; six spring loaded point keys, space bar on right, single carriage release lever on right; stamped on left, "OK"; stamped on right, "MK-3/G8864".
Height: 3.125
Width: 13.5
Depth: 2.625
Date Made: ca. 1975
Place of Origin: England
Collection: APH Collection
History/Provenance: APH Collection
Credit Line: APH Collection, 1998.70
Subjects: Assistive technology Braillewriters Mechanical writing
Dimension Notes: Overall
Made: J. M. Glauser and Sons; Royal National Institute for the Blind
Material: Chrome, steel, aluminum
Updated: 02/15/2021