[Jukebox-list] 3W1 marquee

[Justin S.]

Hi Joey, the marquees were introduced with the Seeburg G; the industry's 
first high fidelity juke. they were part of the hi-fi hype that was being 
touted to the general public at that time. the marquees were only made for 
that year. most were removed or damaged over the years so they are indeed 
scarce. i know of at least three repros that have been made, some are pretty 
close to original  and have been sold under unscrupulous descriptions 
(ebayers beware). when you mentioned your lettering was engraved, this would 
indicate you have a repro. the originals were stamped into the metal plate. 
i think most people would be interested in having one, but you must have the 
tapped screwholes in the back of the 3W1 drop slot to use one. to the best 
of my knowledge, there is no entry in any manual for them. i have a paper 
with installation instructions that came in a bag of them from an operator's 
warehouse. i've never seen another reference to them on paper. justin

Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:07:37 -0500
From: Joey McDonald <joe400f at shaw.ca>
Subject: [Jukebox-list] 3W1 Marquee
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I am thinking about reproducing the Seeburg 3W1 wallbox marquee. I have
and original one to use as an example. I did some local searching for
sources of frabrication.

I have also heard this has been done before. By who or when, I have no
Idea.

The original one is stainless steel. I haven't tried a magnet to it, but
it looks like stainless.The stencil is engraved then painted in.

Looks like the most cost effective way is to have it made in aluminum.
Then have the aluminum chrome plated completely and then screen printed.



Any ideas or thoughts on manufacturing?

Is there enough interest to make it worth while?

Also, Is there any information on this in the Seeburg manuals? I have
the C G W R and 3w1 manuals and I cannot find a listing for it anywhere.
Maybe it is older? A B manuals?

Joey McDonald






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