Jukebox Debutante (Prototype)

Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph; North Tonawanda, NY

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  • Year
  • 1933
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 148352

 Technical Specifications

  • Main principle
  • Audio-Amplification
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Jukebox-Coin operated Phonograph
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Jukebox Debutante - Wurlitzer Co., The Rudolph;
  • Shape
  • Console with any shape - in general
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 950 x 1470 x 720 mm / 37.4 x 57.9 x 28.3 inch
  • Notes
  • The model Debutante was Wurlitzer's first Jukebox. But the first Jukebox was the "Automatic Entertainer", made by John Gabel Company in 1906. One could choose between 24 titles. Only from 1927 Jukeboxes had also an audio amplifier and loudspeaker. See the article "Jukebox - history of Jukeboxes worldwide".

    The Wurlitzer Debutante plays 78 speed records and can select 10 different records. Wurlitzer began 1933 with "Debutante" to design and produce Jukeboxes as prototype. In 1934 they made model P-10 Wurlitzer Simplex, P-12 and P-20, followed by P-30 and P-400 in 1935. Until 1936 all cabinets were made of wood only.
  • Author
  • Model page created by Ernst Erb. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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