Posted
on November 23, 2016
Put
in your coin! Make your selection! Now rock, hop, dance, prance!
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| From a large machine with 1 to 8 records (each with its own turntable!) to a teeny-tiny machine with half a million songs! |
A
jukebox is a really, really, really old-fashioned version of an iPod
– a machine that has stored in it some great tunes and a way for
people to choose when to play -- and which tunes to play.
Of
course, a jukebox is a heck of a lot bigger than an iPod!
Which
you can understand when you realize that the musical technology of a
jukebox is records and turntables!
On
this date in 1889, the very first jukebox went into operation at the
Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco!
But the very first jukebox was a lot less dancing-friendly.
The listeners had to stand near the machine and listen through
stethoscope-like tubes! The tubes operated individually – each
listener had to put a nickel in the slot in order to be able to hear
the tune.
There
were towels there so that customers could wipe off the end of the
tubes after listening!
The
fellow who installed this marvel was named Louis Glass, and he called
the big, cumbersome music player a big, cumbersome name:
nickel-in-the-slot player.
And
although big and cumbersome, the nickel-in-the-slot player became an
instant success. Soon its popularity spread all around the world!
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