As i said in an earlier post, the latest typewriter to join the collection - a Litton Imperial 201 - mechanically works very well. Or seemed to anyway. The ribbon was completely dead so i couldn't be completely sure as nothing much appeared when typing! Today i received a new ribbon for the typewriter and happily i can report that it types very well indeed. It is also pretty quiet compared to some of the others, especially the way i bang the keys.