Expert: Rodger Knutson - 4/3/2010

Question
Rodger, My father has had his Trash Can Jukebox for about 30 years.  It has gone back and forth from working to working and stuck on 1 song to working to working stuck on 1 song and now does not work.  He bought it from my his father-in-law in the late 70s who moved it to his basement after he sold the bar he owned in the 60s.  I would love to see it completely operable/restored but don't know where to go.  My father lives in central Wisconsin and I've been able to find restoration businesses in NV and PA.  Both just a little out of reach and a little pricey or time consuming to transport.  Can you recommend a restoration business and estimate the cost worst/best case scenario to get it completely restored if possible.  Thanks for you time and information.

Answer
Hi John,

I don't even know where to start here on this question. If I were you the first thing I would do is maybe get a subscription to the always jukin magazine as it loaded with adds and dealers and that sort of thing, There web site is at: http://alwaysjukin.storesecured.com/

If you were looking to just fix this one problem I would suggest to you that you try this reference book located at: http://alwaysjukin.storesecured.com/items/Jukebox-Reference-Books/list.htm
and look for this book:

http://alwaysjukin.storesecured.com/items/jukebox-reference-books/sbrefv1-detail...

SEEBURG REFERENCE Vol. 1

1930’s thou 1955: includes pre-war models and M146, M147, M148, M100A, M100B/BL, M100C, HF100G, 100W, HF100R, 100J/JL. Chapters on: Cabinets, Cartridges, ToneArms, Coin Systems, Early Seeburgs, Electrical, Mechanisms, Product Reviews, Selectors, Sound Systems, Speakers, Wallboxes & Steppers, 16 Feature Articles. 196 pages.

As for knowing anyone down your way to recommend, I don't know enough about your area to do that and also prices can very a lot in different areas do the the cost of living. I can tell you that a complete restoration is going to be very expensive and easily cost more then the value of the jukebox, but that does make it like new.

I hope that this answers at least some of your questions and helps you decide what is the best way to go about this. You also might do a search here in the above search box for your jukebox as there have been lots of questions I have answered about this jukebox and you might find some of it interesting.

Thank You
Sincerely

Rodger Knutson
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