[Jukebox-list] title strip program

[David Breneman]

--- Steve Wahl <steve at pro-ns.net> wrote:

> Just
> looking at the pictures in a google search, I think Seeburg had the
> duplex strips for the M100A, which played 78's.  Maybe they had
> them before? 

No, the duplex strip (which on older Star Title Strip
blanks is called the "Seeburg Duplex Title Strip") was
originated by Seeburg for the M100-A.

> Also looking at google search pictures, I think Wurlitzer
> was
> using the single-title strips in the 1700, their first carousel
> mech, 45-only machine.

Wurlitzer was the last to convert to the duplex title strips.
Maybe a little resentment for being kicked out of the top
dog position by Seeburg?  :-)


> So the type of strip isn't directly related to the
> record type, but is closely related, as the switch betwen title
> strip
> types happened near the same time as the switch between record
> types;
> and there's really only a mismatch in some machines from approx.
> '48 - '55. 

No machine had duplex strips before 1948, of course, AMI
converted with their Model D in 1952.  I don't know when
Rock-Ola adopted them.  Certainly the operators would have
preferred the duplex strips because by the early 50s all
machines were playing both sides of the record so there
was no reason to stock two types.


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com

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