In a message dated 11/23/2010 10:11:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Here is something that I found interesting. It is the first known use of a coin-op phonograph as a "Jukebox" in 1889. http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/11/1123first-jukebox -------------- Of course, the photo they show at this url (with 8 girls) is NOT the Louis Glass coin-op. Luckily for us however, that important model/mechanism was patented and shown in PHP. They were installed at ferries and saloons, but of the original dozen or so, none have survived. The next type of coin-op phonograph (5c), with rectangular/beveled glass panels rather than the first curved ones, was the Edison/Keller/Gilliland types of early 1890. Of those, seven are known to exist now. All were battery-operated and had lead liners below to protect the wood from the necessary sulphuric acid. Allen _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
