- Rock-Ola
The Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation was, along with
Wurlitzer , a top maker ofjukebox es. The company, which originally made scales andpinball machine s, was founded in 1927 by Coin-Op pioneer David Cullen Rockola. Starting in 1935, Rock-Ola sold more than 400,000 jukeboxes under the "Rock-Ola" brand name, which predated therock and roll era by two decades, and is thought to have inspired the term. In 1977, The Antique Apparatus Company engineered, refined, and manufactured the first and finest “Nostalgic” Jukeboxes, merging with Rock-Ola in 1992. In 2008, they manufacture jukeboxes with play CDs and others which download music powered by the Ecast broadband network, a massive album-based music library. Some of the latest units feature a SyberSonic 4 channel Pre-amp and a Peavey 900 Wrms power amplifier which can be upgraded up to to 600 Watts RMS for the largest locations.Rockola was also the maker of shuffleboard tables from 1948-50. Considered by collectors the Cadillac of shuffleboards due to their Art Deco styling with curving woodwork and lots of chrome, they are highly sought after by players.
Rock-Ola also produced and published arcade video game machines in the early 1980s.
Rock-Ola was also one of the producers the
M1 carbine for the US Military during WWII, making 3.7% of the 6,221,220 made.References
* [http://www.jukeboxworks.com/history1934.htm Jukebox History 1934-1951]
* [http://www.juke-box.dk/gert-design52-77.htm Jukebox History 1952-1998]External links
* [http://www.rock-ola.com Official website]
* [http://www.rockolajukeboxes.co.uk Rock-Ola Jukeboxes UK] UK Website
* [http://www.jukebox-world.de/index_en.html Jukebox-World] Forum, Serial Numbers, classified ads and more
* [http://www.jukebox-revival.eu/index1.html Rockola and other jukeboxes and parts]
* [http://www.gameroomshow.com/index.php?photos/album/13/photo/41.php Original 1929 Rock-Ola World Series Pinball Machine] , First Rock-Ola Pinball Machine Manufactured
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