DITCHBURN 'MUSICMAKER 200' 1960's 'CAROUSEL' JUKEBOX - Good Cosmetic Condition.
  £   382
  $   506

 


£ 382 Sold For
Oct 30, 2013 Sold Date
Oct 20, 2013 Start Date
16   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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'1x Play 6d 3x Plays 1/ ' !!!.....  Iconic & collectable Britiish made (Lytham St Anne's) early to mid 1960's Ditchburn 'Musicmaker' 200 Jukebox - In Good Cosmetic Condition for vintage,& 'Temperamental',but Working Order *  -  Purchased by myself some 5 years ago as a 'spares or repair' project,a pending house removal forces Reluctant Sale. Numerous modifications include : Conversion from Mono to Stereo,via a 1980's QED Integrated Stereo Amplifier (Volume is controlled via this unit - Original & intact Valve Amp' by-passed)  Red 'in car' HiFi Stereo Speakers fitted to sides - New Stereo Cartridge (heavy duty Jukebox model) fitted to Tonearm (inc. Spare Stylus) - 1x diffused 12'' Strip Bulb fitted to illuminate 'selections' display - 2x Low Energy screw fit 'Colour Changing' bulbs housed in 2x 'Ikea' adjustable Mirrored picture lamps - Opaque perspex 'table of selections' (No's 1 to 100) made by a friend,this can be easily written on/erased with non-permanent black fine marker,according to chosen selections - Mounted on dedicated detachable 1'' plywood Trolley,with 4x Heavy Duty Castors - All Cabinet stickers were in place at the time of purchase,& I decided to leave them intact,as they're of their time,& a nice extra feature - Original features include: 'quirky' Telephone Dial record selection - Open display 'carousel' Record 'pick up & play' Movement - Downward facing 15'' Wharfedale Bass Speaker still intact & performing Well......Plenty of 'oomph' ! - Integral Coin -op Mechanism is deactivated - Also included are 300+ 45rpm single records(all era's 1960's through to '80's) & the Jukebox can be loaded with a maximum of 100 of these - * With reference to its 'Temperamantal 'nature: On occasion the 'Carousel' has to be 'hand spun' into action following Dialled selection/s(may be mechanical ? I've never got around to correcting this,despite all my labour in 'bringing it back to life'.    That's it really - Extremely Heavy!!!  hence Collection Only,but the 'buggie' which I made will aid in transportation to van/vehicle prior to any lifting proceedure - Finally,& most obviously,this is a UK ONLY AUCTION !   Thanks for 'checking out' my listing,& Good Luck to all potential Bidders !


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