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Last Typewriter Repair Shop In Massachusetts Closes As Popularity Explodes
Owner Tom Furrier believes people write better with a typewriter because the keys slow down typing to the speed that the brain can think.
April 1, 2025
Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, the last typewriter repair shop in Massachusetts, has closed its doors. Owner Tom Furrier is calling it a career after 45 years, and his end comes at a time when typewriters are exploding in popularity.
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"It's more popular than it's been in the last 25 years. I am getting out on top. People think I am crazy because this is the busiest I have ever been," said Furrier, who turns 70 years old next month. "Half my business is younger people between 10 and 30."
He says the boom began in 2002, and that people fall in love with sensory feedback that isn't present in a computer.
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Tom Furrier with a customer in Cambridge Typewriter Co. in Arlington/CBS Boston
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