New in the collection, pt. 5: New Hermes NHI 810

I mentioned in the previous issue a rare two-and-a-half-thousand key Japanese typesetting keyboard that I learned was thrown away before I asked about it. It was heartbreaking to learn that. But it’s even more heartbreaking to witness a photo of a rare keyboard in the moment of being destroyed. This above was a typesetting machine made by Berthold on the day of its unglamorous retirement.…