If you can type fast and use a typewriter on a consistant basis, I bet you already know the parts of a typewriter. For those of you who dont this is for you. Blickensderfer's typewriter contained only 250 parts compared to the 2,500 parts of a standard typewriter. Therefore, it was much smaller, lighter, and cheaper than the desk typewriters. It also featured a type wheel that was easily removed
. to change the typeface. The company's manufacturing plant was located in Stamford, Connecticut, and the typewriters were distributed worldwide.