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A Royal typewriter taken apart on kraft paper: chassis, platen, body, and tools laid out in a row

TypeR Foundation

San Francisco nonprofit for repair, analog tools, and teaching that leaves grease on the paper.

Right to repair Edward Pollard Bay Area based
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Bay Area Experience

Classrooms, community rooms, summer programs, kitchen tables, courtyards. If there is a sturdy surface and a curious room, TypeR can set up.

The community already knows how to keep old systems alive: bookstores, bike shops, print shops, music repair. We sit in that lineage.

Work order: copy to set Mission paragraph (~90–120 words). Suggested beats: why analog tech still matters in SF; repair as access, not nostalgia; TypeR as a teaching shop rather than a museum. Tone: workshop storyteller. Avoid grant-speak.
Two people at a kitchen table with a Smith-Corona Galaxie II in its open case
Edward Pollard, founder of TypeR Foundation

Edward Pollard

Founder of TypeR Foundation. Repairer, English teacher, and a collector of machines that still have work in them.

Work order: founder note 140–180 words. Ideas:
  • The first machine that would not stay broken.
  • Why he teaches instead of only restoring for a shelf.
  • San Francisco as the place this became a foundation, not a private bench.
First person or close third. Keep grease under the nails.

The afternoon shop class.

A half-day workshop: how a typewriter thinks, how to type on one without fighting it, and how to do the first honest repairs. Popular with schools, curious adults, and people who want a date that is not a screen.

2–4 hrs Hands-on Schools & groups

If the room needs a talk instead, or a collector wants the longer bench, those sittings live on the bookings page.

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Smith-Corona Clipper on a desk with a typed page
One sitting. Machines on the table. Hands on the keys.
Charcoal Underwood Universal typewriter
Underwood Universal. Made in U.S.A. Still taking a page.

Fix it. Teach it. Pass it on.

  • If it can be opened, it can be understood.
  • Analog tools are cultural infrastructure, not décor.
  • Repair is a right. So is learning how.
  • Old keyboards and tired machines still have a next use.
Green and red Remington typewriters
Remington pair · class color
Black Corona typewriter with a typed page
Corona · a page in the platen
Stacked vintage typewriter cases
Cases · waiting for a table
Powder-blue Underwood Quiet Tab typewriter
Underwood Quiet Tab