Royal KMM
In 1939, Royal sought to create a successor to its existing "KHM" model. The KMM was the result. Featuring a new "Magic-Margin" system seen on many other Royal machines, the KMM is a very common standard machine that writes well.
Common Issues
Royal KMM bells often don't like to work. This can usually be fixed by flushing the end of line lock and bell trip mechanisms. Occasionally these can be found missing left-hand side panels, as they are easy to pop out. Misaligned carriage clamps can occasionally cause a carriage to drag too.
Variants
-Mill: The KMM was often used in the Second World War, and many examples were used to transcribe telegraph/radio messages. These examples will often have slashed zeroes and/or dedicated 1 keys.
Manual
Historical Users
The Royal KMM was known to have been used by writers including: John Ashberry, Harry Ashmore, Russell Baker, Ray Bradbury, Richard Bratigan, Richard Brooks, Pearl S. Buck, Johnny Carson, Norman Corwin, Frank Herbert, Ken Kesey, G.W. Lee, Harper Lee, Ursula K. LeGuin, David McCullough, Margaret Mead, Grangland Rice, and Dorothy Parker.
This was also the model famously used by Angela Landsbury's character on the TV show *Murder, She Wrote*. That typewriter is now in the Smithsonian Museum.
