[Jukebox-list] Another nice Jukebox?

[Oregon Jukebox]

The Wurli mechs, like the later Rockola mechs (I hate those things) were a
study in grandiose optimism. If everything was just perfect, it worked. I
found that the trick is not to keep it running, but to get it running right,
then do not move it. Ever.
I refurbed one of these for my Dad, to play his 78's. He has several 45
jukes, and a Seeburg CD juke. Anyway, every time we move the damn thing, it
usually takes three adjustment visits to get it working smoothly again.
After that it usually performs flawlessly for months. Mind you it probably
gets no more than a dozen plays a week.

All in all, a gorgeous work of art, and a truly rare mechanism. NOT worth
$2500 non-working tho!

Cheers,

Lanway

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don" <dontutt at telus.net>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Another nice Jukebox?


> Yup, Jackie.
> I tangled with a 1550-A last year... and lost to the mech.
> Well sort of.
> Owner wouldn't pay to "lift" it out of his basement and into my shop where
I
> could "comfortably" study on it at my leisure.
>
> Had I been able to to that I "might" have figured out how to "unstuck" be
> blessed thing.
> ..... so, it sits in its owners poorly lit basement, STUCK.
>
> Otherwise a really neat old mech even tho as Ron says, one of the most
> difficult to keep running. (your opinion makes me feel better, in defeat
> Ron)
>
> I suppose, a Rockola expert like Charlie would just get in there, "tweek"
> something and away it would go.  A rookie like me takes 100 times as long
to
> find the thing to tweek.
>
> Thanks for bringing attention to this ebay item Jackie.
> Cheers,
> Don
> (prepping our house for a new roof)
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
> To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Another nice Jukebox?
>
>
> > Jackie,
> >  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder--it's a 1953, model 1550A, one of
> > the most difficult phonographs ever to keep running, and this one is
> > "stuck" in the classic fashion for the 48 play models. Ron Rich
> >
> > Jackie <etreble7 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >  Good Evening,
> > just searching on ebay and found this nice 1952 Wurlitzer, very pretty!
> > 130089025707
> > Jackie
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