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Seeburg Pneumatic Jukebox
By Mike Wallace

I am in need of information.  I have just acquired an old Seeburg
jukebox.  I have no information on this old guy but it appears to be
among their first efforts to bridge the transition from coin-op pianos
and coin-op phonographs.  Here is what I know:

Cabinet is oak with a removable oval window on the top section.
Composition decoration on the end pilasters are very similar to those
found on some Seeburg style L pianos, those with full length doors.
The cabinet is only very slightly shorter than a style L piano.

Mechanism: Seeburg box style pump with Emerson Electric motor.  Three
different belts are driven by this motor, one of which is an original
with the Seeburg name impressed on the belt.  One very large pulley
drives a sort of carousel with 8 turntables holding the 8 records.
The records are secured to the turntables with what appears to be piano
action nuts.  The next largest pulley powers the turntable drive disk
and the last is the belt from motor to pump pulley.

There are many clutches and levers, all pneumatically controlled,
along with various valves to sequence the events of selection:
playing the record and then returning everything to neutral and
shut-off.  The record selection device is similar to the "Selectra"
design used on some Western Electric piano's.  Coin mechanism is unique
to this jukebox; I have not seen anything remotely similar on other
Seeburg products.

Amplifier: The amplifier is a type 226 Operadio with a Magnavox
speaker.  The speaker seems to be a little small compared to the rest
of the cabinet.  It does fit the grill size exactly and appears
original.

The serial number is 169368.  This number is stamped on the back frame.
No model number was found.  A card inside indicates that it will work
with all Seeburg wall boxes.  Looking at the coin counter indicates that
this would work with any wall box that simply closes a pair of contacts.

It is fairly complete but will require all pneumatic recovered and all
the tubing replaced.  fortunately the old ossified tubing is still in
place with a few minor exceptions; and those have been identified by
the remnants.

Does anyone know what model this might be?  When was it manufactured
by Seeburg?

Thanks
Mike Wallace


(Message sent Sun 24 Jan 1999, 00:44:48 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Jukebox, Pneumatic, Seeburg

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