[Jukebox-list] RE: Mechanical Music-Pins

[Jeremy Agema]

I think it is cool you are into pins Ron. After I read your post about 
Addams Family I thought to myself "wow, I learned something unexpected about 
one of our members today."

I have 6 pins in my collection. The oldest is a 1974 strato-flite and the 
newest is a 1988 Taxi. I am saving up for a Addams Family (I hope to get a 
project machine).

When I have people over to play, all my machines get a similar work out. It 
initially surprised me how much people liked the old machines. I think they 
have something different to offer, like David mentioned. 

I personally like them all. And I can see positives and negatives in both 
new and old designs.

But what I really love is (like most of you) brining something (pins, jukes, 
etc) back to life and restoring it's beauty and perhaps even it's honor. 

Jeremy Agema


On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 00:50:08 -0700 (PDT), Ron Rich wrote
> David,
>   I agree--"bloppitty-blippitty noises" are the "pits" --but you're 
> talkin'  early electronic sound systems--Starting with Williams 
> "Gorgar", the sound systems vastly improved--and in "Adams Family" 
> the "sound system" even takes over the control of the flippers to 
> create sound and a "visual"-- I don't know what todays "Stern's" do, 
> guess I have to go play a new one tomorrow---Ron Rich
> 
> David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Ron Rich wrote:
> 
> > David,
> > In my humble opinion, all pins have a "computer"--Older ones were
> > a mechanical , rather then an electronic type. The "random-ness"
> > comes from that little ol' steel ball--where's it gonna bounce
> > next--Some of the electronic computers, from what I consider the
> > "heyday" of pinballs (Adams Family, Terminator +++), are capable of
> > doing some fantastic things, all dependent on what the ball hits,
> > and in what sequence--Ron Rich
> 
> Yes, but with the electro-mechanical ones, the machine
> makes noises and movements from deep down iside that tell you
> there's something almost living in there. The computerized
> ones only have the few motion pulses from the playfield
> targets. And besides, I can't get used to a pinball
> machine that makes bloopitty-blippitty noises rather
> than sounding real bells and chimes.
> 
> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
> 
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