[Jukebox-list] 3W1 marquee

[D & D McKen]

BTW Joey I would probably buy one of those marquees if you make them.

Doug

Ron Rich wrote:
> I may be dreamin' here, but I think one that I saw (long, long, time ago) was cast out of the same "stufff" as the 3W1 cover, then plated, with the paint over the plating??-- Also, aren't the mounting holes already in/on every 3W-1 ??  Ron Rich
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> "Justin S." <fordfalcon63 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>   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
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> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:07:37 -0500
> From: Joey McDonald 
> 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.
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> 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.
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> Any ideas or thoughts on manufacturing?
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> 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?
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> Joey McDonald
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