[Jukebox-list] RE: Rockola Ultra

[Bob Ellingson]

At 08:58 AM 12/12/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>> I think the motor to my Statesman is so noisy.  I got everything
>> working and 
>> it does look cool, however unless the sound is turned up, you can
>> still hear 
>> that crazy motor cranking. 
>
>So, what does the animation unit do?  It's unclear from the
>diagram in the link.  Is it some kind of moire effect to
>make the skyline lights twinkle?
>
>Little "timing" motors like that aren't too difficult to
>find.  They come in all kinds of gearings.  Herbach and
>Rademann usually stocks a lot of them.  The animation motor
>on my Seeburg M100-A makes kind of a tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk sound
>as it runs.  A woman friend of mine once described it as
>"the jukebox is purring" and it's not loud enough (yet)
>to be objectionable.

Quite often they can be opened up and fixed, too.  I had to do that
with the motor on my Hamm's Scenarama sign.  Saved me $50!  The 
animation on Jackie's jukebox does a sunset routine, I believe.

--Bob

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