“Quixotry” (pronounced KWIK-suh-tree) (noun) A wild, visionary idea, unpredictable, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
In Monday’s Kay’s Quixotry, part of a different story was mistakenly attached to the beginning of her column. Below is how it should of read. ###
There’s an orchestra made up entirely of typewriters. Since 2004, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra has been playing concerts, making and performing music by only using vintage typewriters. The various sounds of clacking, sliding carriages, bells, and spinning rollers contribute to the orchestra’s unique sound, according to Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
I can still hear it now -- the clackety- clackety sounds of the typewriters at the newspaper office back in the 1980’s. My compugraph machine was very quiet, but I could hear the three others up in the front part of the office, typing at full speed in the morning before that dreaded deadline!! Those typewriters were definitely vintage. The teletype added its own special sound to the choir… Christy mentioned a while back how she “enjoyed it” when she was trying to type fast and the keys would jam together!
Those particular sounds of a busy office are in the past now…