[Jukebox-list] Ami E cabinet finish...

[Justin S.]

Bob, I stand by my original assertion. In 20 yrs of working with jukes, I've 
never seen a factory speckled paint job on AMis before the F. Never seen 
mention of it in the sales literature prior to the F. With the F on up yes 
there were a myriad of colors. As Wes and Ron wisely pointed out many Ds and 
Es were painted early on it their life, but not by AMi. Both the D and the E 
have good quality mahogany veneer on their cabinets. The Ds were always 
lacquered and the Es got the decal treatment. I've owned two dozen plus Ami 
Es over the years and they all are the same if you look for traces of the 
decal; check the painted ones you are talking about under the trim at the 
sides of the keyboard. my bet is you will find the woodgrain decal. Few 
operators bothered to remove the trim for painting. Justin


Message: 14
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:36:19 -0800
From: Bob Ellingson <bobe at halted.com>
Subject: RE: [Jukebox-list] AMi E cabinet finish
To: Jukebox mailing list <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Message-ID: <2.2.32.20061107003619.0093c074 at hsces.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

At 06:35 PM 11/6/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>Bummer-looks like it will be painted for the rest of its life.  It was
a
>quality job at one time.

I beg to differ...AMI offered the most choices of anybody for colors and
finishes.  I have an E in storage that is speckle-green, as well as one
with
a greenish "woodgrain" appearance.  I think there is one other, but I
don't
remember what it is.  The D's were available in a bewildering array of
colors too.

--Bob

_________________________________________________________________
Try Search Survival Kits: Fix up your home and better handle your cash with 
Live Search! 
http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improve&locale=en-US&source=hmtagline