The Queen Mother of Jukeboxes

[chad_hauris]

Also here is a good website from a former Seeburg engineer which has good information on troubleshooting the Tormat memory problems (such as "scans but does not select") and also Seeburg pictures and a factory tour:

http://home.pacbell.net/fmillera/
http://home.pacbell.net/fmillera/

 

[rickr]

Just cleaned all the contacts and made some adjustments is all I can remember doing for the "no select", but this was 10 years ago. When I got all done, the Seeburg was working as it should.

BTW: You should pull the speakers for cleaning on your 58 Seeburg. All the Seeburg models from the late 1950's had the grill that tillted to the rear at the top. After 40-50 years, a pile of dust collects at the bottom of the speaker cones. You will be pleased at the change in sound quality, once that mound of dirt is removed from the bottom of the cones.

Will check out that web site Chad. Thanks!

 

[rickr]

For Jason

Just so you know we didn't forget about you..

This ones for you bro

Blue light on the left, pink light on the right

 

[tolivac]

Checked out Chads Link-fascinating!!Loved the factory tour pictures.Years ago I saw a Shaffer program automation system in a radio station that incorporated 2 Seeburg 100 record LP changer units-they were not being used at the time.Program automation systems were often called "juke boxes" buy station staff.they showed the mechanisms similar to what was being used.

 

[jasonl]

*FAINT*

 

[jasonl]

Yes, that is the Kenmore 800 of jukeboxes.

That website is great. I've read it many times.

Helen told me her dad had a 50s Seeburg juke for a little while. It was unrestored and he didn't have the know-how to make it run again so he "got rid of it" some kind of way. Had he kept it, he probably would've given it to me and it would've gone off to Ohio Seeburg Repair for resto.

 

[tolivac]

For fun looked up "jukeboxes" on EBAY-WOW!!These are BIG in prices-can't afford any of them--like "Hi End" Hi-Fi-but the jukebox would be more fun and practical.I have a huge box of 45's I got from a radio station-a jukebox would be the ideal storage container and convenient way to play them!I have worked on a couple of them is years past-an AMI and a Wurlitzer-worked on the amps in both.another fellow-good friend of mine worked on the changers.He was good at fixing various types of changers.Jukeboxes are fascinating devices!

 

[jasonl]

Tormat memory

Seeburg was the first to use electronic memory in their boxes. I'm guess each record was a "bit" that was on or off. When the mechanism found a bit that was on, it would play the record and clear the bit. Pretty amazing for 1955.

 

[tolivac]

In Chads link to the Jukebox website-there is a lot of information on how the Seeburg "Tormat" system worked and how to fix it.Very interesting-magnetic "Read-Write" memory system for 1955!the system would "record" the selection you want to play-then "erase" them after they were played!and with the system of electromagnetic "torids"