[Jukebox-list] Wurlitzer 750

[Jens Hultgren]

Well, if you have done hundreds of mechanisms, you should be both good &
fast!

As pot metal somehow became restricted material in 1942, the makers resorted
to using wood and cast iron parts.

Most notably in W950, with wooden coin chutes and cash box besides the
wooden tone arm post and volume control knobs.
Some late 950s had a cast iron mech frame, adding quite a bit of weight to
the jukebox.

 Jens

On 2/2/07, david wendell <dwaw12 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Jens,
>
> He was employed by the military,, I am sure, probably
> the Army.  He could work on anyting from the era but
> Wurlitzer had trained him so that was what he really
> enjoyed and was most proficient at.  He was always
> amazed that the old Wurlitzers wer so prized by so
> many of us.  To him they were just "stuff".
>
> When he first worked on one of my mechanisms he
> started taking pieces off and parts were everywhere in
> his small shop.  He was fast!  It may not have went
> together as fast but when he finished it operated
> flawlessly and was highly polishd.
>
> I guess that is the difference between a professional
> and someone like me who just trys to do it correctly
> but often must return to fix the errors and sometimes
> do it twice.
>
> I wrote the tone arm serial number down so when I get
> it back from the platers I can add it back in.  Thanks
> to everyone for clearing the serial numbers up for me.
> I have another completed 750 and all the usual parts
> are metal.  The new one has some wood parts, in place
> of some of the metal.  I guess war impacted the 750 as
> well as the other models.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Wendell, dwaw12 at yahoo.com
>
> --- Jens Hultgren <drjukebox at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Was he employed by the army? That would have been a
> > pretty good job to have.
> >
> > As far as I know, one could never expect to find
> > "matching numbers" in a
> > jukebox - cabinet, mechanism, amplifier, tonearm. I
> > have never seen it, so I
> > don't think they were. However, if you are talking
> > classic Wurlitzers from
> > the 40's, if the numbers are close that would
> > indicate that the units were
> > never replaced.
> >
> >  Jens
> >
> > On 1/31/07, david wendell <dwaw12 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ron
> > >
> > > The tone arm number is penciled in on the insde of
> > the
> > > shell, about the middle. The mech number is on a
> > metal
> > > tag below the tray stack on the back side.  Thank
> > You!
> > >
> > > Thanks everyone for the thoughts on my new 750.  I
> > > imagine the tone arms and mechanisms never had a
> > > matching serial number as pointed out.  Just an
> > > interesting thought anyway.  I must have dreamed
> > that
> > > one up on my own!
> > >
> > > Wish more of the WWII era jukebox folks were still
> > > around.  I have a couple of Wurlitzers that a
> > > Wurlitzer serviceman rebuilt a few years ago.
> > They
> > > are good.  He always had great stories and a keen
> > > sense of humor with great knowledge.  He traveled
> > all
> > > over the world keeping the machines running for
> > the
> > > troops.
> > >
> > > Thanks again everyone!
> > >
> > > David Wendell
> > > dwaw12 at yhoo.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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