[Jukebox-list] And another oldie...

[Jens Hultgren]

Yep, that's what it is. I restored one of them beasts. I think I bought it
from Bill Butterfield long ago (that's when his wife wanted a new kitchen -
can you hear me Bill! :O))
This is a selectable jukebox, you turn the knob to your song and insert the
coin, whereupon the motor and amplifier power up. Vacuum operates the
machinery. Ferris wheel rotates to the selected record, tonearm moves in and
there is Music. Turntable is driven by a spring that is wound up by the
motor. Amplifier by Webster. Seeburg kept the selector mech basically the
same for the Selectophone and the first series Symphonolas.
The pneumatics get leaky over the years, and has to be restored. New hoses
and new leather on the bellows. Still my machine was a little hesitant in
selecting, and this problem was compounded by motor running slower at 50 Hz.
It worked like a charm if I used the vacuum cleaner. I made a new larger
drive pulley and then it was ok.

If you can do the cabinet or find someone who can, go for it Bob!


         :o)  Jens

On 5/12/06, David Breneman <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> --- Bob Ellingson <bobe at halted.com> wrote:
>
> > And how strong did you have to be to spin the selection knob, when
> > you see the huge assembly that it is chain-coupled to...yikes!
>
> I've never seen one of these in person, but I don't think the
> knob and the ferris wheel are directly attached (after all, why
> would you need that big wheel/pulley in back if it wasn't to
> turn that assembly?  I think that turning the knob closes a
> circuit that starts the ferris wheel turning until it reaches
> the number selected, then it stops.  The "selection found"
> switch is what the chain is rotating, probably some type of
> dual-wiper assembly.
>
> > And what are the pneumatics for?
>
> The pneumatics *run* the thing!  Remember, at this point
> Seeburg was mainly a player piano and orchestration
> company -- those things are all pneumatic.  Take a look
> at the overhead shot of the turntable and tone arm area.
> See all those pneumatic actuators?  Compressed air logic
> circuits at their finest!  :-)
>
>
>
> David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com
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