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(a) Large size Improved Stainsby Braillewriter, combined model; reversed keys (keys arranged for writing braille in reverse as on a slate); chrome plated steel mechanism screwed to aluminum bed plate; pins on the bottom of the bed plate lock into corresponding holes in the board; sliding carriage with bell on left; six spring loaded point keys, space bar on right, two small carriage release levers on right; (b) aluminum alloy interpointing board, rectangular with rounded corners, holes punched in two columns of 27; black aluminum strip at top with holes pierced for the paper clamp; thick red fiber pad screwed to base; (c) aluminum alloy interlining board, rectangular with rounded corners, holes punched in two columns of 18; black aluminum strip at top with holes pierced for the paper clamp; thick red fiber pad screwed to base; serial no. on all three pieces 5519, writer designated "MK-3".
Large Improved Stainsby braillewriter, combined model - Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Improved Stainsby Braillewrite

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