Jukebox Model 500

Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph; North Tonawanda, NY

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  • Year
  • 1938
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 205129

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 5
  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Details
  • Record Player (perh.Changer); Loudspeaker + integr.Amplifier
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 cps 115 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 15 inch = 38.1 cm
  • Power out
  • 25 W (unknown quality)
  • Material
  • Catalin (a brand name for a thermosetting polymer popular in the 1930s and 1940s - a phenol formaldehyde resin - like Bakelite, but a two-stage process with a lot of work afterwards).
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Jukebox Model 500 - Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph;
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 35 x 58.5 x 28.25 inch / 889 x 1486 x 718 mm
  • Notes
  • The Wurlitzer Model 500 jukebox was offered in several different configurations: P500 with simple coin mechanism and no external coin return cup. P500A with slug rejection coin mechanism and external coin/slug return cup. G500A with rotating color cylinders behind the lower, inner yellow catalin plastics on either side of the speaker grill. The most commonly used amplifier (60cps) was Model 854.
  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 300 lb (300 lb 0 oz) / 136.2 kg
  • Author
  • Model page created by Douglas Daniels. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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