I am intrigued by the cross connections that arose when Smith
Corona- headquartered here in Syracuse- merged with Marchant
calculators and took over Kleinschmidt. The factory here closed
in 1961 and was moved to Groton, New York about forty miles
southwest of Syracuse. They continued to manufacture there until
the late 1980s. Smith Corona set the styling for the other
divisions. The styling of the 7302 and the after merger Marchant
calculators shares a lot with the SCM typewriters of the time.
All of this makes me wonder if parts or assemblies were made at
one division for the others, especially when SCM tried to
transition to word processors and electronic calculators from
mechanical ones. They did not make the changeover successfully,
and the plant in Groton closed. They had a shop here on James St.
into the late 80s to overhaul and repair typewriters. Midstate
Elevator maintained all of their locations until the end, I was
able to see a lot of the work being done when I went there to do
scheduled maintainance. The old Smith Corona factory was partially
converted to classrooms to help our community collage get started
in 1962, it moved out several years later. A surprising amount of
the factory still remained unchanged until it was flattened about
fifteen years ago. I never saw any Kleinschmidts anywhere around
here except at military bases. They were very easy to get at
hamfests into the 1990s, how I regret not getting and keeping some
of them when I had the chance. If anyone has any of them they care
to part with within about a three hour drive of Syracuse, I am
interested.
Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
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