Jukebox

Picture of Jukebox, partially automated music-playing device.
Invented on
Age
 Saturday November 23, 1889
134
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Basic information

Category
inventions
Country
United States
Description
partially automated music-playing device.

In 1889 inventor Louis Glass installed a music machine in a corner of the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The machine was an Edison phonograph modified with a coin slot and installed inside an oak cabinet. It could only play one wax cylinder at a time, which had to be changed by hand.

In 1906, John Gabel's "Automatic Entertainer" could play 24 different selections on 10-inch discs.

The word "jukebox" came into use in the United States beginning in 1940

Reached the height of its popularity in the 1950s

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Mercury
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11.37 years
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