Low Keyboard Machines
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This group of adding machines is comprised of all low keyboard, visible printing models.
This family of machines, to include the Class 3, 4, 4 Duplex, and 41, was later designated the Series V machines.
The Class 3 machines were first built by the Pike Adding Machine Company in Orange, New Jersey. In 1909, Burroughs bought out the Pike Company and the Class 3 went on to become one of the most popular Burroughs machines. Machines actually made by Pike are very rare today.
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The construction of the machines was very reliable, and once again, the number of columns and the different type of carriages created an array of styles.
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The Class 3 machines were called the “visible model” because, unlike the Burroughs High Keyboard Class 1 and Class 2 machines, the printing could be seen at any time by the operator. This visible feature corrected a long criticized problem of the older style Burroughs machines.
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The Class 4 machines were quite similar to the Class 3, except they featured an optional multiplying keyboard arrangement and designed and featured for distribution and statistical work.
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Class 3 – Single counter, low keyboard, visible printing
Date Range -- 1911-192x
Original Price -- $125-$400
Today’s Value -- $75-$250
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Normal, small carriage machine
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With original shipping box!
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Wide carriage machine
Another wide carriage (note red Burroughs style font)
Class 4 – Single counter, low keyboard, visible printing, with special multiplication construction. Early machines had a dip in the case between the keyboard and the total display glass. Older models eliminated this dip. The class 4 was followed
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Class 4 duplex (two registers) and by a Class 41 machine in the 1940s.
Date Range -- 1912-1945+
Original Price -- $200-700 depending on options
Today’s Value -- $150-$500
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Early Class 4 on a stand
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Early Class 4 with a wide carriage (Ledger posting machine)
