Verschiedene Musikboxen USA - Various US Jukeboxes

Aireon
Aireon produced aircraft accessories before they entered the jukebox market in 1946 (tooling 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.

Berman and Company, IN

Capitol Automatic Music Co., New York
Samuel Kresberg founded this company in late 1929 and distributed coin operated phonographs in the metropolitain area of New York after being in business for several years already. In 1928 alraedy he patented also a 12 selection mech (similar to Western Electric and Mills with a ferris wheel). Later in 1934 he developed and patented a 16 sel. mechanism (similar to the Gabel mechanism with Programatic Dial). They marketed cut-down Gabel Entertainer models but built also the Sweet Sixteen in 1934 (16 selections). Capitol Automatic Music Co. distributed Rock-Ola as well as Seeburg jukeboxes.

Entertainer
(1936)

Charme

Chicago Coin (1931 - 1977; founded by Sam Gensburg and Sam Wolberg; manufacturer of coin operated amusement games)

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

Melodie-Vendor Corp.

Melodie Vendor
(1965?)

Monarch

Personal Music Inc.

Rhythm Air

Ristaucrat
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. Their first mechanism  developped by Paul Smyth was sold to Rock-Ola. In the early Fifties they made a new attempt, but with no success. Ristaucrat was run by father Gus, his three sons Alfred, Harold and Arnold and his son-in-law. Models "Melodie Vendor" were produced by "Melodie-Vendor Corp. WIS".                                                                          >>> more info about Ristau

Melodie Vendor
(1965?)

Regatta

Shyvers Co.,  Seattle

Texas Novelty Co.

Western Electric Piano Company, 429 West Superior Street, Chicago                                                        >>> History of Western Electric (1 MB)

Western Electric Piano Co. was founded in 1924 by Axel F. Larson, Byron C. Waters and Russell I. Wilcox. Justus P. Seeburg bought a controlling part of the company very soon. The company went bankrupt in 1933 due to the difficult times for the whole mechanical music instrument business after the Wallstreet Crash in 1929.

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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