At long last but worth the wait

Some time ago I said we were in the process of restoring a Wurlitzer model 1100.
I should have known better and gave a ridiculously optimistic  completion date( May or June according to an earlier blog), I will never learn.
However, the long wait has been well worth it and Stephen, our restorer, has done a fantastic job.

Stephen with his pride and joy

We spent all Afternoon listening to the rich warm tones of this box and admired the finish, the restored veneers and the re nickelled metal finish and the turning coloured lights  . Stephen then admitted that he had finished restoring the jukebox a couple of weeks ago but his family loved it so much they begged him to keep it "for testing" for a few more days!

I think this has the best sound of any of the 78 rpm Jukeboxes, excellent amplifier, good sounding speaker and the first Jukebox to have the (relatively) lightweight 'Cobra' tone arm.

Will put some more images up of the finished jukebox on the website and on this blog over the next few days

Here are a few pictures of the 1100 being restored

The speaker has been rewound and the cone re-doped

External metal removed for polishing and nickel plating 

Amplifier has been fully restored and tested

Back restored, as good as new

This caused problems, bits missing, head scratching,
 now working with new bits!!