[Jukebox-list] RCA Paper on Development of 45 Record

[Jens Hultgren]

I think we should not diss Seeburg if they used "creative financing", but
rather hail them for always being the pioneers and inventors in the
business. In a way they did bet their farm 'cause if 45 hadn't succeeded
right away, they'd've been on a whitwater raft without a paddle.
When they adopted new technology, they often went "all in" (like with the
tormat). (A good thing they didn't go all in with 33 rpm a decade later :o)
IIRC that contraption with the two mechs tied together were only used for
the January 1948 show in Chicago to emphasize their point (and scare the
heck out of the Tonawanda crew). Gotta check if I have a Billboard from that
month.

  Jens


On 5/1/06, Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>   Knowing "Seeburg" they bet someone else's money on it--the only thing
> needed for the "B" was new tooling for the mech--all other parts are
> identical to the "A", even the cabinet, which is just a smaller version of
> the "A". I would bet that a whole lot of the U.S Govt's money was used to
> make the original tool and die set up for the SICM / A.-- And they probably
> found a way to re-use them for the two jukes.
>   (Someday take a look at the Seeburg USC model cabinets. Compare them to
> the STD model cabinets--One of the Seeburg " hi muckie-mucks" once bragged
> to me as to the fact that ALL of the cabinet tools and die used to make the
> STD were re-worked from the USC Series--NOTHING new was purchased) Ron Rich
>
> David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- Ron Rich wrote:
>
> > I have never seen anything
> > that said the A was made for two years, and I have never seen
> > disagreements as to the "A" or"B" model years--Ron Rich
>
> I was counting the SICM as part of that, since they used
> most of the same tooling. I'm sure Seeburg took it in the
> shorts on tooling for the A - it seemed to be designed to
> last at least as long on the market as the Freborg mechanism.
> They really bet the farm on the 45's success.
>
>
> David Breneman david_breneman at yahoo.com
>
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