Art Cabinet Sales Co., Ohio

Aireon Manufacturing Corporation

Aireon produced aircraft accessories before they entered the jukebox market in 1946 (tooling already began in 1945). Within three years only they produced six models which were partially available with various features and in different colour combinations. After having major financial problems Aireon was closed in early 1950. Model Fiesta deLuxe was designed by Raymond Loewy.

Capitol Automatic Music Co., New York

Samuel Kresberg patented also a 12 selection mech (similar to Western Electric and Mills with a ferris wheel) in 1928. Later in 1934 he developed and patented a 16 sel. mechanism (similar to the John Gabel mechanism with Programatic Dial). The mech. was assigned to Capitol Automatic Music Co. Inc. in New York, to which company Samuel Kresberg was connected mid 1930s (owner?). They marketed cut-down Gabels Entertainer models but built also the Sweet Sixteen in 1934 (16 selections).

Charme

Chicago Coin

Filben

Samuel Kresberg became production manager at Batavia Metal Products Inc. in Illinois (parent company of Challenge), and then of course deeply involved in the production and design of the Filben Maestro and also the Challenge 47. He moved to Miami in Florida after the phonograph production at Batavia had stopped due to the patent disputes between Rock-Ola and Batavia (he was fed up with the phonograph business).

Holcombe & Hoke Manufacturing Company - founded in 1896 as a brush business in Lafayette, Indiana

Electramuse record player

History of Holcomb & Hoke

Monarch

Personal Music Inc.

Rhythm Air

Ristaucrat was founded in 1892 by G.W. Ristau (Gus) as an operating business: from the coin-in-a-slot-piano to the first operator for automatic phonographs (Regina phonograph). In 1929 they did produce the "Aristocrat". In 1935 they operated about 300 automatic phonographs. But during the Thirties due to the depressions they were forced to stop production. In the early Fifties they made a new attempt, but with no success.
Ristaucrat company was run by father Gus, his three sons Alfred, Harold and Arnold and his son-in-law.

Regatta

Texas Novelty Co.

Western Electric Piano Company

company was owned or bought (?) in 1928 by Seeburg.
Jukeboxes sold for less than a Seeburg

W&B Novelty Co., St. Louis, MO.

416
(~1937)

also with Seeburg Rex, Royal, Gem and Regal
(1943)

W&B Novelty, located in Grand Blvd. Co., St. Louis, MO. reconditioned used jukeboxes like early Wurlitzer and Seeburgs at least until 1943.
They moved to 1012 Market Street in St. Louis in 1946 and became Seeburg distributor probably about the same time.

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