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I used to have one of these. It was coffin-sized., made by Seeberg, if memory serves. The LPs were installed vertically and the playback mechanism was positioned by a moving chain. It used an old-style telephone dial to feed the position number to the mechanism. The cartridge was mounted so it could turn 180 degrees, thus able to play either side of the record. It took up a lot of space, and was a heavy monster. Better in theory than in practice. I think I broke even on it and wasn't sorry to see it go. Steve Smolian -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry S Miller Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 3:30 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Living Presence promo copies Tom, Do you know about LP jukeboxes? Not the kind that plays 7-inch 33-1/3 discs, but the type that plays full-sized 12-inch LPs. I've encountered only a couple, one in a long-gone restaurant near the Mizzou campus called the Agora House. Not only were the enchiladas good, for, I believe, a quarter, I could hear an entire side of 'The Doors" or "Surrealistic Pillow." Probably not the sort of thing you'd want to put your shaded dogs on, but if you had a Dynaflex re-issue of something, who cares? By the way, I think it had a Shure cartridge. Larry Miller For a long time, I had dreams of a classic 45-singles jukebox, but then when I started shopping for a well-restored one, it turned out they mostly sound like crap due to both mid-grade to low-grade phono pickups and also the fact that most singles sound like crap from Play One. So net-net, I decided that they're great for noisy bars and diners but not so much for focused listening at home. I admit still being thrilled when I come upon one that still works in a bar or diner. The first thing I do is feed it dollars so I can sample its contents. Nowadays, if you find it working, it's usually on its last legs and the records are circa early 1990's or earlier. No interest in or use for CD jukeboxes; I remember when those first came out, higher prices per play and less fun to use. Plus much less frequent switch-ins of music, at least in the upstate NY market, so the whole purpose of a jukebox was being defeated. It went from a music-discovery machine to an oldies and stale hits machine. -- Tom Fine No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.14.3/2409 - Release Date: 10/02/09 06:46:00