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

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    Jimmy, early designers did not take kindly to practical outside suggestions. After all ,most lowly mechanics do not have a degree.  Wes
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From: "Jimmy Day" <recordhound at verizon.net>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:31 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] Aireon jukebox for sale, S.F. Bay area


> Kyle -
> 
> My "opinion" - I think it needs you.  It looks sad and forgotten, and I 
> myself cannot bear to see old jukes being carted off to their final roundup. 
> This Aireon is rare and I hope you do get it and restore it.  I don't think 
> they are all that attractive, and apparently they weren't all that sucessful 
> as a jukebox, but they deserve their place in jukebox history.
> 
> So please buy it!  And keep us posted on your progress.  I certainly hope 
> that ALL the parts are there, as I doubt if spares would be easy to find.
> 
> As for the record safety thing, I would think that the company COULD have 
> retrofitted some sort of safety, as soon as reports came in.  I would thing 
> a long wire that passed up and down over the record stack, connected to a 
> microswitch, could have made sure no record was stuck.  Why they did not do 
> this is a mystery.  Seeburg had the same problem with their early model and 
> they recalled every one.  Aireon should have done the same.  The worst thing 
> that can happen is a machine getting a bad reputation from the operators.
> 
> 
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