{"id":637,"date":"2011-08-14T10:02:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T16:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=637"},"modified":"2019-11-23T07:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T13:46:58","slug":"seeburg-jukebox-restoration-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=637","title":{"rendered":"Seeburg Jukebox Restoration, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_638\" style=\"width: 436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-638\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-638\" title=\"jb-5940\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5940-426x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5940-426x640.jpg 426w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5940-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5940.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The jukebox cabinet, down to the bare skeleton.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The restoration plan of attack is to start at the skeleton of the jukebox and restore various sections and parts and gradually put it all back together.<\/p>\n<p>Everything in this jukebox is covered in a yellow grime.\u00a0 Fortunately strong detergents will remove it.\u00a0 It occurred to me that this is residue from cigarette smoke.\u00a0 This jukebox spent all of its working life during an era when cigarettes were very popular in society and smoking in restaurants and bars was encouraged.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve all seen <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/search?tbm=isch&amp;hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;biw=1274&amp;bih=1026&amp;q=cigarette+girl&amp;gbv=2&amp;oq=cigarette+gi&amp;aq=0&amp;aqi=g9g-m1&amp;aql=&amp;gs_sm=e&amp;gs_upl=1373l5737l0l7232l7l7l0l1l1l0l260l1110l1.2.3l6l0\">images<\/a> from old movies of pin-up girls selling cigarettes from a tray around their necks.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve finished the top lid of the jukebox.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_639\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-639\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-639\" title=\"jb-5946\" src=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5946-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5946-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5946-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/jb-5946.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Refinished jukebox top<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You might notice it&#8217;s different from the <a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/jb-5756.jpg\">photo<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=535\">orginal post<\/a>.\u00a0 At some point in the past, the original red dome was swapped out with a white scalloped dome.\u00a0 The white dome was used on the later versions of this jukebox (circa 1947-1948).\u00a0 I was able to get a new red dome from a company that makes reproduction parts for old jukeboxes.\u00a0 So now it&#8217;s back to its original configuration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?tag=seeburg-146\">See all posts<\/a> related to this jukebox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The restoration plan of attack is to start at the skeleton of the jukebox and restore various sections and parts and gradually put it all back together. Everything in this jukebox is covered in a yellow grime.\u00a0 Fortunately strong detergents &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=637\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[83,109],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creations","tag-jukebox","tag-seeburg-146"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}