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Umbaumodelle   –   Aftermarket Conversion & Light-Up models: Australien   •••    Europa   •••   Kanada   •••   USA

Hier stellen wir einige bekannte Musikboxen als sog. Umbauten bzw. Light-Up-Versionen vor. In den Vierziger Jahren wurden sog. "Aftermarket Light-Up-Kits" für die Modelle der 30er Jahre angeboten, um sie durch bunte, beleuchtete Plastiken wieder attraktiv zu machen. Auch in den 60ern wurden Umbau-Kits angeboten, um Musikboxen ein zeitgenössisches Design zu geben.
 

This page presents some known aftermarket light-up and converted jukeboxes. The light-up-kits were offered especially in the 40s to make the older wooden-style jukeboxes look more attractive by using illuminated plastics.
Also in the 60s there were conversion kits available to give jukeboxes a modern look.
 

Amarda Automatic

Unbekannt - Unknown - Inconnu

Europäische Modelle   -   European Models

Belgien - Belgium - Belgique

Unknown

Deutschland - Germany - Allemagne

Böck

Müllerschön

NOVA

Sieglinde Vieth, DE

Wirth, DE

England - Angleterre

Österreich - Austria - Autriche

Schweiz - Switzerland - Suisse

Spanien - Spain - Espagne

Unbekannte europ. Hersteller - Unknown European manufacturers - Inconnu fabricants Européene

Unbekannt  -  Unknown  -  Inconnu

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Kanada - Canada

Fielding

The company was founded by William George (Bill) Fielding (1900 - 1954) somewhen in the 1930s. He began with bell machines but changed to jukeboxes and arcade games after the declaration of illegibility. Fielding distributed Seeburg until WW2. Since then he distributed AMI through his company "Toronto Trading Post Ltd" in 736 Yonge Street, Toronto. In general due to a variety of interest, he owned restaurants, hotels, penny arcades, and bowling alleys. He was known to be a shrewd trader. It is said he once traded a music machine for a cow - he also owned two farms at Harrow, Ontario.
His widow Rose Fielding continued the business after Bill passed away. But she passed away only a year later, in 1955, and the company was continued by their son Donald.

P&P Amusement

Laniels Amusement Exchange, 1807-15 Notre Dame West, Montreal

Distributor for Rock-Ola and Williams in the 1950s.
Sub-distributor of Baldwin Distributing Co, Canada, for Seeburg and AMI in the 1950s.

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US-Modelle   -   US Models

Ambassador

ACME Sales Co., New York

Aristocrat Cabinet

Manufacturer for phonograph cabinets and a division of Kilgen Associates Inc. established in the late 1930s by three sons of Charles Christian Kilgen (organ builders, Geo. Kilgen & Son, Inc.).

Art Cabinet Sales Co., Ohio

In 1940 Art Cabinet Sales was purchased by Reliable Specialty Co. incl. including the manufacturing rights to Art Cabinet stands for counter models, auxiliary speakers and Phonograph conversions.

Baker Novelty Co.

Berman

Buckley Music System Inc. - 4223 West Lake Street, Chicago

Capitol Automatic Music Co., New York

Samuel Kresberg founded this company in late 1929. They distributed coin operated phonographs in the metropolitain area of New York after being in business for several years already (as Capitol Piano Co.). In 1928 Mr. Kresberg patented a 12 selection mechanism 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 did built also the Sweet Sixteen in 1934 (16 selections). Capitol Automatic Music Co. distributed Rock-Ola as well as Seeburg jukeboxes.

Charm Music Cabinet Company

Chicago Simplex

D. Robbins & Co.

East Coast Phonograph Distributors, Inc. 25 10th Ave, New York - head: Sam Kresberg

616
(1940)

61, 500, 600
replacement cabinets
(1942)

Haller Furn. Co.

Hardray Inc.

Ideal Novelty Co.

Jacobs Novelty Co. was established in 1904 by Nicholas C. Jacobs (1871 - 1936) and taken over by his son Louis A. Jacobs (1894 - 1957) in ca. 1936. In December 1940 the Replacement Cabinet Co. was incorporated by Louis, his brother Paul, and James G. Harding (1895-1966). The purpose of the company was to manufacture and sell cabinets and parts of cabinets for phonographs, radios, and other instruments. After Louis passed away, Jacobs Novelty Co. was bought out by Paul Jacobs (1907 - 1966) in 2/1956.

Kontrolled Aire Sales

Les Lorden Music Co., Los Angeles, CA

Medill Electric Company – manufacturers of illuminated grille; Chicago

Also available for phonographs models
Rock-Ola Night Club, Regular, Rhythm Master, Rhythm King, Imperial
Wurlitzer P-10, P-30, 312, 412, 416, 616, 716
Mills Dance Master, Deluxe, Zephyr
Capehart Model 10, Model 20

Miraben Co., Chicago

412
(1940)

600A
(1940)

Moseley Vending Machine Exchange

Musi-Matic Covers Co. Youngstown, Oio

Nathanson, William - 2738 Cincinnati Street, Los Angeles, CA

Mills Panoram
Conversion
(1943)

National Coin Machine Exchange, Chicago, Illinois

Packard

Pantages

Reliable Specailty Co., Cleveland, Ohio

In 1940 Reliable Specialty Co. purchased Art Cabinet Sales incl. including manufacturing rights to stands for counter models, aux.speakers and Phonograph conversions.

In 12/1940 Acme Sales Company has become Eastern distributor for the Organ type speakers.

Rock-Ola

Scotto Music Company, Sacramento                                                                                                                                                          

Stark Novelty Mfg. Co., run by Walter Angeli, of Canton, Ohio, was a representive of O.D. Jennings. They featured phonographs and light-up ensembles next to other arcade machines, novelty games, etc.
In 1938 Walter Angeli saw the trend to rebuild automatic coin-op phonographs and decided to build lightup ensembles for his own jukeboxes on location. It did not take long, other orperators got interested and also wanted lightup ensembles for their own phonographs.
This was the start of the manufacturing end of the Stark Novelty & Mfg. Co.

Texas Novelty Co.

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

W&B Novelty, located in Grand Blvd. Co., St. Louis, MO. reconditioned used jukeboxes like early Wurlitzer and Seeburgs at least until 1943. They also produced remote control cabinets fro wallboxes and speaker from the late 1930s to ~ 1945.
They moved to 1012 Market Street in St. Louis in 1946 and became Seeburg distributor probably about the same time.

WICO, founded by Max Wiezer in 1940

Unbekannt – Unknown – Inconnu

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