Wurlitzer Digital Jukebox

Can the traditional Juke Box survive in the digital and MP3 world? The MP3 Jukebox is a available in various types and expressions yet still the standard coin operated music system endures.

Juke Box styling changed from the stark wood boxes in the early 1930s to brilliant lighted displays with plastic and color liveliness of the Rudolf Wurlitzer 850 Peacock jukebox of the early 40's. Unfortunately once the USA government entered into the 2nd world war, metal as well as plastic were required for the war effort.

During the war, cion-operated music system production was cut back. The 1943 Wurlitzer 950 boasted wooden coin slides to economize on metal. It should also be mentioned that although the juke box mechanisms were made of alloy, they weren't built during this era, instead, an new console was developed and the inside components of the jukebox were set into it. Since most of the mechanisms were built by hand, many of these automated music systems contained components which never fit the right way and involved refitting.

The 1943 Wurlitzer Victory console had glass illuminated panels rather than plastic. After the war, materials were in stock once again and there was a great expansion in juke box manufacturing. The Wurlitzer juke box symbolises the appearance and is arguably the most popular juke box design of all time. Many of of these lived on into the 1950's in active use and are alternatively related with the fifties in pop music culture despite their 40s origin, as their unique visual prominence and production volume.

After the '40s, the juke box trends as a whole went more three-dimensional and techy in appearance, distancing themselves from traditional designs such as ancient Grecian, renaissance, and Gothic architecture motifs detected in the 'forties model juke boxes.

Music juke boxes of the forties came to be known as Golden Age because of the yellow catalin plastic. Music juke boxes of the fifties are known as Silver Age because of the predominant chromium-plate design. With the ascension of drive in restaurants in the sixties, dining establishments wanted to get customers in and out quickly.

Today, the diner juke box has been replaced by other forms of amusement entertainment media, yet when you go to a place that still has a juke box, young and old are still attracted to their almost garish styling. The juke box as a mass media device may be dying yet the nostalgia is something that may never leave us.

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