[Jukebox-list] Wurlitzer 750

[Bob Ellingson]

At 01:23 PM 2/2/2007 +0100, you wrote:
>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.

I think my dad's P-12 has a wooden tone arm post, so I don't think that was
a result of material shortages during the war...but I would like to hear
a coin dropping through wooden chutes into a wooden box!

--Bob
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