[Jukebox-list] 1958 United (Was: Done reading "The juke boxandme" )

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The Fiesta I once had had a little lever that 'kicked" the vertically-standing disk out onto the turntable, then the turntable would pivot to the horizontal position where the tone arm wold move over. If the reocrd wasn't kicked out all the way and became stuck halfway in the rack, the rotating turntable would snap the record in half.

In a message dated 8/23/2006 6:53:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Jens Hultgren" <drjukebox at gmail.com> writes:

>A rack with records standing like in an AMI A. Rack moves when selection is
>made, arm takes out record and it is placed in a ring, that lays it down on
>the turntable and then it is played horisontally. 24 records, plays one side
>only.
>Not much too it, but timing is critical when the  record is taken out and
>laid down. The same problem with the Packards - if they aren't lubed and
>running smooth, a record will jam and then you'll have shards and chips all
>over the place. I have found several Manhattans with a layer of black dust
>and chips on the bottom of the cabinet.
>I've heard that on the Aireons  the base plate wasn't strong enough and
>could sag. Never found this problem myself. Actually, never had a problem
>with running an Aireon.
>When a machine gets a bad rap, it sticks.
>
>  Jens
>
>
>On 8/24/06, David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Jens Hultgren <drjukebox at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Yes absolutely - if you have ten or more machines on a route, it is
>> > critical
>> > and there are other aspects of the Aireon that must've made it very
>> > unattractive to operate compared to a M100A.
>>
>> What kind of mechanism did the Aireon machines have?
>> I've tried to find a picture of the inside of one on
>> the web and have come up empty.
>>
>>
>> David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com
>>
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