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| curtafan Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 |  Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:34 am2 pics which I got from the previous owner - a very friendly german guy   | ||||
| curtafan Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 | Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:44 am
What do you mean, murff? Is Curta #923 also labeled "Curta"? | ||||
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:10 am ... yes, 923 is labeled "CURTA" Some more thinking... Based on the Curt Herzstark biography the name of the first Curtas was "LILIPUT" - then a first series was produced and named "CONTINA" then the final name "CURTA" was used.  - The number of these first prototypes/series is not known. - The exact time of production of these first prototypes/series is not known (the list "Baujahr mit laufender Nummer" is not 100% fitting the biography). - It's possible that they re-assembled "CONTINA" labeled Curtas with the final name "CURTA" (this could be important for the first commercial distribution of the Curta). So, both Curtas - the 921 and 923 - should be authentic! | ||||
| curtafan Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 | Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:14 am thank you murff for your competent information  | ||||
| curtafan Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 | Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 3:01 pm now it's finished - my oldest type I. I took me a while to replace the broken rivet-fixed clearing lever with the correct screw-fixed new lever. And it is calculating like a 70's Curta - perfect.  [/img]  | ||||
| murff Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 620 | Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:26 pm Looks perfect... congratulations! Interesting the second inner serial number. | ||||
| Pete Joined: 04 Mar 2010 Posts: 203 | Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 1:46 pm Good for you - looks just about perfect now! Always a dilemma about how to display them, though. I got a load of bell jars and now my collection is on a long shelf in my living room...well, not ALL of them but a representative octet. Next to a framed Curta poster! | ||||
| curtafan Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 | Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:55 pm yes, now its back to life Would be nice to see a pic of some Curtas under the bell jars  | ||||
| tripathiankush Joined: 18 Feb 2019 Posts: 1 | Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:14 am Thanks for sharing this post.Well done | ||||
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