[Jukebox-list] Another "pneumi" on eBay!

[Ron Rich]

Bob,
  I have been "told" that "Western Electric Piano Company" was always a "Seeburg Company". In fact, they were produced in the same factory. I have been told that the office entrance to "WEPCO" was on the back or side of the Seeburg factory--but they shared the same production line and shipping dock. Also have been told that the word "Piano" was part of the company name, to avoid problems with AT&T. Don't know how true the above is ( Seeburg also purchased "Eastern Electric Co", much later--they made the cig. machines)--Ron Rich

Bob Ellingson <bobe at halted.com> wrote:
  The Seeburg Audiophone that was on eBay a couple weeks ago was an eye-opener
for me...I didn't know they used pneumatics on early jukeboxes!

Here is another one, but it's a Western Electric "Selectraphone"...mechanism
looks to be identical to the Seeburg. The ad says that Seeburg bought the 
line and produced it under their name for a while. The upside is that this
one does not need as much restoration as that Seeburg did. I'm really
tickled to see those little bellows actuators for the tone-arm!

Item # 6286293612

--Bob
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Bob Ellingson bobe at halted.com
Halted Specialties Co., Inc. http://www.halted.com
3500 Ryder St. (408) 732-1573
Santa Clara, Calif. 95051 USA (408) 732-6428 (FAX)

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