[Jukebox-list] RE:

[Wesley Dean]

    Kyle, this points up to the fact why we do not cater to avid collectors. They are a very impractical lot. A rabid collector may have thirty or more jukes. Of course he keeps the cosmetics very good but I'll wager that any given time, at least half of these will not play correctly. He is on an ego trip to impress his rich friends.  He is probably a connoisseur of visual art but not music. Jackie has the right approach to sane collecting. She is a music lover! Wes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mechanical Music of S.F." <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:25 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] RE: 


> Wse (and Jens),
> HA!
> No, not at all.  It's a good idea.
> I sold an LPC1 last year... a cherry LPC1, just a beautiful example (of a 
> common jukebox).
> Guy calls up 2 months later.  His kids had lost the keys and used a crowbar 
> to pry it open - then, get this, he wants me to buy it back for 50 bucks 
> less than he paid for it!  The coin door and coin door frame frame were 
> never mutilated (previously) on this one - a rarity.  It would cost me more 
> than that just to find perfect ones or to try to fix the damage.
> Oh, and in the meantime, he (or more likely, his kids) have broken the 2 
> original Seeburg diamond needles in it AND the spare sapphire set I supplied 
> with it.  There's a hundred bucks + right there.
> 
> For customers, it's a fantastic idea.  For collectors, it is nice to have 
> everything as it should be.
> However, if getting the locks right is a pain in the butt, as Jens has 
> suggested, maybe altering the lock isn't such a bad idea.
> Not like these things are going out on location again!
> I think here in the USA, where they were made, the old key blanks are 
> probably more common.  We have a locksmith here (Ron's and my friend, Katy) 
> who's been there for ages and has tons of old key blanks.
> 
> I'm eager to see what comes of this.  It's an interesting topic.
> 
> Kyle ~
> Mechanical Music of San Francisco
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Kyle, this message will probably cause you to upchuck. For practical reasons 
> when we do a home box, we remove ALL the tumblers. Then any same type key 
> will unlock the box. Do not tell the customer this at first. Wait until they 
> lose their key and then tell the to use a screwdriver. This works real well 
> if the customer lives three hundred miles away. Wes
> 
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