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Post by kestrels on Apr 29, 2022 14:29:35 GMT
Hello and thanks for the opportunity to learn something here. Anything I am totally new in the jukebox world. " Look out "world, here I come!"-Marco Polo
I'm waiting on a Rockola 440 manual in the mail. I was just curious if there are any closely related models that share a good number of parts. From the Rockola pictures and videos of I've seen, many mechanical parts appear the same. I know that "looks can be deceiving", and would imagine that the electronics were constantly changing. It seems reasonable that some changes could have been aesthetic. If you have a good working product, why not attract some more interest by adding a little flash. The 440 was named "Psychedelic" for Pete's sake. Thank you
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Post by Ron Rich on Apr 29, 2022 18:25:47 GMT
RockOla, as did most jukebox makers, just sort of "evolved". Post WW2, many of their models were just cosmetic changes, with very few mechanical changes-- electronics, were copied from Seeburg ( according to what Mr. Rockola, told me, with a wink in his eye). Ron Rich
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Post by kestrels on Apr 30, 2022 13:52:18 GMT
So, models made within a couple of years of each other may share quite a few parts? Would you happen to know which Rockola models are the same as the 440, in that regard? Thanks.
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Post by Ron Rich on Apr 30, 2022 14:03:06 GMT
I would GUESS, that most "400" series would be-- closer to the number "440", the closer in parts similarity ? Ron Rich
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