This is a 1947 Seeburg 147 that has been modified to host my CD player and receiver
along with MANY CD adapters. I purchased the empty cabinet which also
needed various parts. Of course this was when I first began jukebox collecting
and didn’t realize that there is a difference between a 146, 147 and 148.
The cabinet needed various trim items, therefore I started buying parts
like crazy. I thought I was doing great until I tried to put them all together.
The grill was from a 148 but the trim was from a 146. Of course
when I tried to put them together the holes wouldn’t like up. Being that
the trim was in pristine condition, I decided to modify the grill to fit the
trim. Problem was covering up the old holes, thus the gold grill cloth
was put over the grill to hide the old holes (yes, I know a purist’s nightmare). I then decided that since this wasn’t going to be a purist’s restoration, it was time to give the cabinet some “glitz”. The original faux wood grain finish was almost completely worn off the metal cabinet, so I came up with an idea to spray super fine multi-colored glitter on the cabinet, then apply several coats of high gloss clear coat over the top. I needed to figure out how to give this jukebox some animation. A board was cut out to fit at the base of the dome. Holes were drilled in the board in the shape of a star burst. C7 sockets were inserted in each hole and colored lights were placed in the sockets displaying a different color for each star burst. A sequencer was hooked up to the lights to make each line of the star burst blink in sequence, much like the effect of a moving wagon wheel. I purchased a large enough sequencer to also hook up the clear bulbs inside the red pilasters thus giving the pilasters a waterfall effect. Now this juke could dance. At the present time I have 7 wallboxes hooked up to my 100 CD player and programmed in to play the songs selected. Eventually, my goal is to have all 30 of my wallboxes in my collection hooked up to the CD player. |
