Typewriter Service & Sales

Based in Palm Bay, Florida

Rosa Sophia Godshall holds a degree in automotive technology and an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. Having grown up around typewriters, she now collects and services these wonderful machines.

Do you need help with your typewriter? I am located in Palm Bay, Florida, about an hour southeast of Orlando. My previous clients have included O, Miami Poetry Festival and the Miami Book Fair.

I travel around the state, so if I don’t live close-by, please feel free to reach out regardless. If I am unable to assist you, I might be able to find someone who can.

Are you looking to purchase a typewriter? I might have what you’re looking for! Questions? Concerns? Fill out the form below.

Video Consultations

For those of you who are out-of-range of a typewriter mechanic, I am happy to offer a video consultation in which I’ll do my best to walk you through any issues you might be having. Sometimes we’re able to solve the problem during one phone call! Common problems include:

• Ribbon installation
• Basic maintenance
• Minor technical issues

Custom Typewriter Poetry, Shipped Anywhere in the United States

I also write custom typewriter poetry, presented on beautiful, frameable paper. Please click here to learn more about how to place an order. Your order can be for you, or it can be a gift for someone else.

For international shipping, please inquire first before placing an order.

Contact Me for Typewriter Service & Sales

Automotive Poet Rosa Sophia Godshall

When she’s out in the garage scraping her knuckles on a cylinder head, she’s Torque: The somewhat foul-mouthed alter-ego of poet and hybridist Rosa Sophia, who earned her MFA in Creative Writing program from Florida International University. Torque loves the smell of engine grease in the morning and likes to tell people how she accidentally drank differential fluid in college. She writes poems about engines, electricity, and 12-volt, using car parts as a metaphor for human experience. Her poem, “Take This Transmission for Instance,” about a Jeep transmission she salvaged after her father’s death, won Runner-Up in the 2020 FIU Student Literary Awards, and was subsequently published in Philadelphia Stories magazine. She was also the recipient of the 2023 Christopher F. Kelly Award for Poetry, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, through FIU. Her work has been published in Philadelphia Stories Magazine, Sentience Literary Journal, SoFloPoJo, Islandia Journal, Thimble Literary Magazine, Limp Wrist, and others. She is also the author of Village of North Palm Beach: A History (The History Press, 2020). Her first chapbook / poetry pamphlet, Many Miles, will be published in March 2025 by Harbor Editions. She is a member of The Theosophical Society in America and The Society of Florida Archivists, and she serves on the Board of the Seminole Wars Foundation. Rosa “Torque” Sophia Godshall is also the editor of Mobile Electronics magazine, the 12-Volt Industry’s #1 Resource. She lives in Palm Bay, Florida. To view a full list of her publications, please click here.