• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph; North Tonawanda, NY

• Year
• 1938/1939

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 203421

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 6C5 76 6L6G 6L6G 5Z3

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Jukebox-Coin operated Phonograph

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Jukebox 600 Keyboard Ch= 851 - Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph;

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 750 x 1370 x 600 mm / 29.5 x 53.9 x 23.6 inch

• Notes
• The Wurlitzer Model 600 existed in three different variations: 600K with a horizontal row of metal keys to select. 600R with a circular array of red plastic buttons to select. 600A which had a more elaborate coin mechanism capable of rejecting fake coins. The rejects were dropped into a cup located on the lower right front corner (similar to model 24-A). This coin system was required in "bad" areas where the clientele might try to use fake coins.

  Details seen in photos: The cylindrical white and silver object hanging below the record stack is a popularity meter, which tells the operator of the jukebox how many times each record was played. He can then remove worn-out records and those records that were not popular.

  The little silver box on the left side below the volume control box is a Kit 87 Wurlitzer "one tube (6J5) pre-amplifier" to give better volume for wall speakers and large rooms. With it, the sound system has an extra stage of amplification and 6 tubes instead of 5.

  Notice the significant differences between this jukebox and the incorrect one we show too as model "600 Jukebox-mix-up": 24-play mechanism, motor, proper (smaller) amplifier, proper electrodynamic speaker sitting on floor, etc.

  About 10,000 Model 600 jukeboxes were sold, in all configurations. The keyboard model is the most common.

  Wurlitzer amplifiers of this era had a unique "Quick Start" feature: In standby the tube filaments are not heated. After a coin is inserted and a selector button pressed the tube filaments are supplied with 9.8 volts for rapid heating. A relay time delay will switch to normal supply (6.3 volts) after about 7 seconds. That makes the Amplifier ready before the pickup is set into the record groove, since the player mechanism needs this amount of time to place the record into playing position.

• External source of data
• Guest Doug Daniels, USA

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 234 models, 146 with images and 83 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph; North Tonawanda, NY