Here's one you don't see everyday...

[Firedome]

Seeburg! it holds 49 of your favorite LPs. This one was for sale last year for $1000. and if a console was to sell for that kind of dough it may well be one of these as they were really expensive new and rare and still scarce today. I can't pay it, nor do I have room, but $350 might actually be reasonable for one of these.

[macgolf]

How many consoles incorporate a rotary phone dial? Is that how you tell the unit which LP to select? Would love to find out more about one of these. That is one cool unit. Thanks for posting!

Mark

[Motorola minion]

Only a jukebox company would make a console like that, pulse counter connected to the dial.

There is not "solid state" proudly written on that control panel, a selling advantage if its all tube amplification.

[hermitcrab]

Now that would be cool to own... seeberg made some high end equipment for the elite that could afford them...rare rare ....this you-tuber demoed some of seebergs equipment ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfJj-bPmN2k

[William]

One of our members here on the forum has one of those. I have seen the photos and it looks nice.

Bill

[Hydrolastic]

Hello, When I bought the second st 208 in 2019 it was in portland and the guy had 3 of these! He said they were called Album library's or something like that. He also said that Frank Sinatra had one and they were used on Nuclear submarines. You could play both sides of an album and skip sides but a lot of records could go into them.

[William]

I have seen those for sale before on eBay, but not often. Is the one shown in your photos where you picked up the Magnavox? I'm guessing yes, and he is going to demonstrate it for you? How did it sound?

Bill

[Hydrolastic]

William you can see the 2st208 that I bought just to the left. It has a 57 series radio and a Amp 175.

[TC Chris]

Looks like the seller has an interesting shop.

Chris Campbell

[William]

I see it now, the speaker is by his butt.

Bill

[Hydrolastic]

Yes very interesting shop. He had a lot of Seeburg stuff butt also a lot of other brands. Old mono cabinet radios all original no modified stuff. very nice. He was working on a Seeburg 200. Which he mentioned was rare because they made a Seeburg 100 that they sold a ton of. He was removing paint from a standup radio and had another he was combining and building one with I think it was a Zenith. A true collector he even had a big white Scale that was 6 feet high. it all was very nice super clean high end stuff. I was kind of in a hurry to get home but I could have spent all day there.

[William]

I love his bench with all the drawers and he even has it on dollies.

Bill

[electra225]

I like the benches on dollies and how he has his shop set up. And, strangely enough, I like the clutter. Looks homey and invinting. It also indicates the guy has done this for a long time. Thanks for sharing.

[TC Chris]

And, strangely enough, I like the clutter. Looks homey and invinting. It also indicates the guy has done this for a long time. Thanks for sharing.

My house and shop are VERY homey.... I'm going to remember that way of describing them.

Chris Campbell

[electra225]

My two elmers and my grandfather all had "homey and comfortable" shops. Grandpa would throw old car parts under the bench until there was kind of a snowdrift of old car parts along the walls of the shop. The floor was dirt, but he would pour used motor oil on the dirt, then throw lime on top, let that dry, then run his shop broom over that. Like having a concrete floor. Sam and Lloyd would both just toss components they removed toward the back of the bench, then would have to sweep the junk parts off the bench in order to find room to work. They let probes and test leads dangle wherever then would have to sort and separate leads in order to use test equipment. When I cleaned out my shop when I moved and had my sale, I tossed maybe two thousand tubes, every one I had ever replaced since I started working on electronic equipment as a hobby. I had a 30-gallon oil drum full of old capacitors I tried to give away, but nobody wanted. My brother could organize a hurricane. I did not inherit that trait. I am a slob, admittedly, and need to change my ways with the new shop.

[Firedome]

I'm the exact opposite, I like my work area to look like a surgical suite. It's probably an OCD thing and can sometimes be an impediment to actually getting things done as I'm constantly organizing, cleaning, sorting instead of actually moving forward on projects. But must have the environment in order to be able to work so at least things are never cluttered or dirty, and precision work is enhanced by a "clean room' environment. I'll clean, wipe down and oil and organize all tools at least once a year and everything is always stored in it's correct place. I haven't moved on to the "bunny suit" stage yet thank heavens lol. I think it was partly the influence of Mr. Dumler who ran a spotless metal shop - one of my favorite Jr. High classes - combined with my own borderline neurotic tendencies. It is what it is, doubt I'd be able to change at this age.

There's a independent mechanic near us in VT who has a shop that's immaculate: epoxy painted floors, every tool hung and organized perfectly, clean work benches, no clutter or dirt, yet he's busy and turns out a number of mostly import cars a day to a very high standard of work... don't know how he does it, most impressive.

[electra225]

I don't suppose I could convince you to take a vacation to AZ one of these days, could I? I'll get the input from the forum membership when it comes to organizing the shop. Piling and shifting would suit me just fine. I really need to do better......

I surely admire someone who can maintain a neat work area.

[TC Chris]

I'll clean, wipe down and oil and organize all tools at least once a year and everything is always stored in it's correct place. I

I can always find my tools because they all have a special place. But sometimes it can be a long reach past all the stuff--projects waiting for me to get to them, materials that will be useful for something someday, stuff that's too cool to toss.... On my boats things are a bit better. It's a safety thing. On a boat you may need a tool or device or part right now. You may not have time to fart around wondering where somebody left the crescent wrench. I can tell you right where the fire extinguishers are, or the emergency bilge pump, or the bolt cutters, or the manual stating rope for the outboard. No thinking required.

Chris Campbell

[Firedome]

Yep a boat is a whole 'nother thing, it MUST be organized. I always have the lines coiled, supplies well stowed in the bunks; as they say "everything shipshape and Bristol fashion". Though I like my beer I'll never drink until we're back on the mooring for the day. We fish a bit and all that gear needs stowed properly as well. Here's a fishing boat we sold not long ago, it was good in the big seas as it's a FL boat but we decided to go with a pontoon, more appropriate for an old guy and the family on a lake. The walk-around was a handful to launch and trailer by myself. We still have a 16' sailboat, the Grandson is now 9 and needs to "learn the ropes" this year.