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As far as the actual Mechanisms are concerned, on machines built from
the early 60's and up, Rowe AMi to me, was always the most practical to service on the location. The mech was self supporting so you could remove it from the Jukebox Cabinet and set it on any flat surface to work on it. Try doing that with a Rock-Ola or Wurli mech of similar vintage. All of them were designed and built to be very reliable for continuous commercial service for an average lifespan of 10 to 15 years at which time they can be considered commercially obsolete. That does not mean however that they can go on for many more years in a more "retired" eviornment such as a home or private club setting. When Seeburg went out of business in the 70's I worked for an AMi Distributor in a large market area. We also represented about 25 manufacturers of amusement and vending machines as well as Jukeboxes. Many of our larger operator clients were heavy Seeburg users and they knew they would have to change to AMi or Rock-Ola for their future replacement and new location Jukeboxes. NSM was kind of a minority at that time so it was really not that much of a competitor in our area ( a good machine but most operators wanted main-stay machines ). I was sent around to give sales and service seminars to our client distributors to demonstrate just how easy a Rowe/Ami Mech is to service right on the location. I would diss-ssemble a mech from a brand new machine right in front of them, discuss the function of each sub-assembly or individual part and what experiences I had with these items in the field. The client Operators and their service people believed in my service presentations as they knew I actually repaired machines on location and on the bench in the shop and my presentations were based on real life experience, not something scripted in a book as many of the salesmans talks were derived from. Meanwhile, our competitive Rock-la distributor started sending people out to show Rock-Ola product to the same operators and their employees. I think my presentations must have gone over better as more and more Rowe/Ami machines rolled into locations when the Seeburgs were replaced. I never claimed to "know Everything" nd if I could not come up with a satisfactory answere at a presentation I would tell them I would find out and get back to them, and I always did. To this day, I still believe that the Rowe/Ami Mech was always the most practical Mechanism to service, especially at the location where it really counts ! Sure, parts would wear out and need replacing every so often. There was always an illusive problem that would occour now and then but if you knew the operating system and the Mech,more times than not it was not a big deal. The Seeburg Mechs were well built and durable as well but to me their machines were over engineered, overdesigned and the mech in many cases seemed impractical to service on location, and I did work on many of them. Roc-Olas were simpler than Seeburgs although they were not easily removed from the cabinet and set on a small coctail table in a location to work on. I never did much with Wurli's or NSM although I thought NSM was a decent machine with good sound. Those in the business of servicing commercially operated Jukeboxes will hae varying opinions and reflections of working on the various makes and mech. models. For me, it was Rowe/Ami for fast and easiest service on location and thats where it counts the most ! |
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No the 1250 does not leave records spinning on the way back to the tray
The idler wheel moves away and the wheel that runs against it moves down & away from the idler . during all that the record has plenty of time to stop way before it hits even the top tray . |
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