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Post by roaring20s on Dec 6, 2009 20:43:51 GMT -6
This is the other unit in the same shop as the Capehart. It is made be Mills Novelty. The machine is not marked with a name or number and I have not found the name of this model on the internet yet. You can select a song on this one. It has 12 to choose from. Here are some photos to show the comparison of the turn table (tables in this case). I was taken with the multiple platters and glossed over its sound pick-up. I guess it is buried in the contraption on the left, unless it is missing. James
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Post by roaring20s on Dec 7, 2009 8:01:16 GMT -6
Referring to the Mills box, this changer was seen in several Mills machines in the 1932 era. One of my boyhood friend's family had one of the other Mills models: "Do-Re-Mi", which bore a bit of resemblance to the one shown here. The changer was loaded from the front of the cabinet. When a selection was made, the whole shebang rotated, and the turntable and disc that came into horizontal position on the right, looking at it from the front, and the pickup head dropped onto the disc, along with the motor and rubber roller, to drive the turntable at its rim. It was a great many years before juke boxes were built that didn't destroy a record in the first few plays. Just wanted to move this information to the machine it relates to. James.
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Post by roaring20s on Dec 7, 2009 22:15:37 GMT -6
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Post by timjenison on May 14, 2013 1:25:05 GMT -6
any idea if this machine is still for sale?
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Post by roaring20s on May 19, 2013 20:28:42 GMT -6
It and the Capehart from another post were out of that shop in 2010.
James.
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