Expert: Rodger Knutson - 11/13/2011

Question
hello:  first off, thanks for the referrel to bill whelan he helped me a lot.  i am looking to purchase a keeney bonus 5cent-25cent electro-mech machine, not the console.  if i had a choice i would rather have an un-restored machine, from what ive seen, it will be a challenge    any suggestions  thanks in advance

Answer
Hi Warren,

I am a little confused here, I know the Keeney's One, Two, and Three way Super Bonus Bell Console Floor Slot Machines and I even have a Three Way bonus Super bell myself, and had the one and two ways in the past, but they are All console machines? The only model that I might not call a console is Kenneys Pyramid bell but it is called a console in books also. This Pyramid is one of the last ones made being made from 1949 to 51. The only Kenneys Bonus machines that I know about are large floor machines, and 100 percent Electro/mechanical console floor machines. These are cheep when found on the market, only costing from about 200.00 to 400.00 on average and maybe up to and over 1,000.00 for the Kenney 3 Way super Bonus Bell. They are large machines, and heavy, expensive to ship, and complicated inside. By your description I would guess your looking for the Kenney two way (Two Coin Heads)Super bonus bell console which are all Electro/mechanical games. So, and you looking for something else here, if so, Please let me know and I'll have to research this a some more ok? You have me interested, thinking that I am missing something here. These old floor consoles are great machines and fun to play, but value wise, they just never made it to the big time in value with the collectors market. They can be a little labor intensive as they are built with cloth insulated wires and have piles of leaf switches, solenoids, step up units, and score counters, random selectors units, leather clutches, coin slicers, etc., etc.

Thank You
Rodger Knutson
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