[Jukebox-list] RE: Aireon jukebox for sale, S.F. Bay area.

[The Jukebox Junkyard]

    Quite a few years ago I found out why the Aireon jukes break records. I 
put a dynamic brake on the turntable motor to stop if from turning before 
the record is returned to the magazine. Wes
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From: <JHayes2613 at aol.com>
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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] RE: Aireon jukebox for sale, S.F. Bay area.


I knew an old operator guy from the Kansas City area. He went on for about a 
half hour about Aireons... none of it good. The model I saw had busted 
record pieces all over the bottom of it.


In a message dated 5/3/2007 9:04:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Mechanical 
Music of S.F." <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com> writes:

>
>That's so sad to hear. What a beautiful machine.
>You have to wonder if, with some tweeking, it couldn't be improved. Perhaps
>custom made record slots with tapered edges... or whatever their problem 
>is.
>
>We know they busted records, but when during the cycle did everything go
>wrong?
>
>Looks like 24 selections, but I don't know if it's both sides of 12 
>records,
>or one side of 24.
>
>
>Kyle ~
>Mechanical Music of San Francisco
>-------------------------------------------------------------
>Kyle, Jeremy, and All,
> "Project" AIN'T the word for them there "record breaking" things. From
>what the "old timers" have told me, they will break all the records ( don't
>remember--20-30 selections--?? how many records??). I've seen a
>couple--neither of which worked. Now, the Aireon "Canned Ham" --that's a
>much improved mechanism----and as far as I'm concerned, a "classic". Too 
>bad
>that they could not overcome the bad rep of the earlier models. Ron Rich
>
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