Philly Typewriter

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride!! 🏳️‍🌈

At Philly Typewriter, we strive to promote an inclusive community not just during Pride Month, but all the time. Ensuring that we remain a safe space for guests and artists to call home is a top priority.

Our door is always open. ❤️

Who's behind the benches at Philly Typewriter.

As our major announcement this Saturday draws near, we want to take a minute to introduce you to a few of the many people who have helped Philly Typewriter grow over these past ten years working in manual mechanical typewriters.

Tristin Guanzon - Working as a Detail Specialist in their first year, Tristin takes on typewriters that have sat dormant for decades and spends hours of highly skilled labor bringing them back to a mirror state, as well as treating machines of various finishes like wrinkle and paint.

Howard Green - A retired podiatrist and surgeon, it is joked that Howard wields a qtip like a scalpel in his work as Philly Typewriters Senior Detail Specialist. With a skilled hand, Howard has spent over four years pioneering the detail process at the shop and cosmetically treating machines encased in hardened and oxidized enamel paint.

Raiddy Drake - Raiddy has developed into a jack of all trades in their second year at Philly Typewriter. Now, with a focus on our cleaning and lubrication process, Raiddy is quick to see what isn’t working when a machine is dry, dirty, or in need of proper lubrication. Raiddy works along the other mechanics and ensures quick results in her every effort.

Bill Rhoda - As Co-Owner of Philly Typewriter, Bill works as the shop's Lead Mechanic and manages the apprentice staff as they move through their rainks. Always happy to meet with clients new and old, Bill looks forward to working with everyone on their needs and wants, to make sure their machines are cared for, and are capable of lasting the client the rest of their life.