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A little over a\u00a0year ago, Melbourne typewriter repairman Tom Koska carefully peeled open a letter from a grateful customer.<\/p>\n

He was used to it, of course \u2014 as the last Australian\u00a0tradesman\u00a0qualified to\u00a0recondition these writing relics, many a client had\u00a0tapped out a message\u00a0of gratitude.<\/p>\n

But none was\u00a0quite like this:<\/p>\n

“Dear Tom,” the letter began.<\/p>\n

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“Word has\u00a0reached the shores of the USA of your shop, of your servicing of typewriters and the Down Under Type-O-Verse.<\/p>\n

“Good on you, Mate.<\/p>\n

“I hope to return to your island nation and,\u00a0if possible, your neck of the woods. When I do I will find your shop and pick out a gem, made perfect and workable by you.<\/p>\n

“Until then, throw deep.<\/p>\n

“Tom Hanks.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Mr Koska was delighted to receive the letter of encouragement from Hanks.(ABC Radio Melbourne:\u00a0Aaron Langmaid<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Imagine Tom\u00a0Hanks writing to me?’<\/h2>\n

Mr Koska,\u00a0the owner of the last typewriter shop in Melbourne and one of Australia’s last typewriter specialists,\u00a0said\u00a0he almost fell off his workshop chair.<\/p>\n

“Imagine Tom Hanks writing to me,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Who the hell am I to have a Hollywood actor like that as one of my customers?”<\/p>\n

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Hanks\u00a0is known to prefer using a\u00a0typewriter to write.(ABC Radio Melbourne:\u00a0Aaron Langmaid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As it happens, Hanks is among the thousands of enthusiasts who still can’t bring themselves to tap away on a computer keyboard, preferring the steady\u00a0clack of metal letter on crisp white paper.<\/p>\n

So in an era of instant communication, Mr Koska’s skills are still in demand.<\/p>\n

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“I’ve actually never been busier,” the 79-year-old said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“Every week I am receiving a typewriter from somebody who wants it repaired.<\/p>\n

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Mr Koska fixes typewriters of all ages.(Supplied: Yau-ming Chiam, Con Filippidis<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Sometimes somebody may have inherited it from a grandparent and they want it restored as a memento.<\/p>\n

“But I also have requests from young people \u2014 children as young as 10 who have made the request of their parents.<\/p>\n

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“I guess others just like to hear the noise \u2014\u00a0the louder the better.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elite Office Machines is\u00a0the last typewriter shop in Melbourne.(ABC Radio\u00a0Melbourne:\u00a0Aaron Langmaid<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Last of a dying trade’<\/h2>\n

From his shop in Melbourne’s inner north, Mr Koska has earned a reputation as the man who remained\u00a0steadfast as the tide shifted in an industry almost lost.<\/p>\n

Last year, he was even the subject of a short documentary called The Last Typewriter Shop in Melbourne, which was released by filmmaker Yau-ming Chiam.<\/p>\n

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Mr Koska says he’s not short of customers.(Supplied: Yau-ming Chiam, Con Filippidis<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I did the documentary\u00a0on Tom because he’s a really pleasant person and his story is living history,”\u00a0Chiam said.<\/p>\n

“He is the last of a dying trade that was once ubiquitous.<\/p>\n

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“It’s like the Tasmanian Tiger \u2014 I had to film it before it was gone.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Very few typewriter repairers remain in Australia.\u00a0(Supplied: Yau-ming Chiam, Con Filippidis<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Koska, who fled conscription in the former Yugoslavia in the 1960s,\u00a0arrived in Australia as a refugee and quickly plied a trade\u00a0as a typewriter mechanic when the industry was at its height.<\/p>\n

He knows he should have been out of business about 40 years ago, but he persisted and diversified\u00a0into fax and copier repairs until he stood alone as the last of his kind.<\/p>\n

‘This is what I love’<\/h2>\n

These days his workload remains steady thanks largely to the\u00a0underground love of all things analogue.<\/p>\n

Every day he sits surrounded by the kind of clutter that\u00a0could almost bring a grateful tear to his eye \u2014 vintage relics that are cut and polished and placed back into the hands of customers.<\/p>\n

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Mr Koska kept his business going through changing times by diversifying, but now his original service is in high demand.(ABC Radio Melbourne: Aaron Langmaid<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I could probably rent the shop and make more money, but this is what I love,” Mr Koska said.<\/p>\n

“It’s very rewarding when you can return a machine to a client and see just how grateful they are.”<\/p>\n

He has even\u00a0received a second letter from Hanks encouraging him to never give up.<\/p>\n

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“When in doubt,” Hanks told him,\u00a0“go fishing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Renewed interest in the writing relics has not only surprised Mr Koska, it’s delighted him.\u00a0(Supplied: Yau-ming Chiam, Con Filippidis<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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