nPostednon November 23, 2016
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nPutnin 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! |
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nAnjukebox is a really, really, really old-fashioned version of an iPodn– a machine that has stored in it some great tunes and a way fornpeople to choose when to play — and which tunes to play. n
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nOfncourse, a jukebox is a heck of a lot bigger than an iPod!
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nWhichnyou can understand when you realize that the musical technology of anjukebox is records and turntables!
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nOnnthis date in 1889, the very first jukebox went into operation at thenPalais Royale Saloon in San Francisco!
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nInalways think of a jukebox as a big, shiny machine with speakers,nsomething that sends music out to a diner or “gin joint,”nhopefully getting even those who aren’t dancing to tapping theirntoes…
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nBut the very first jukebox was a lot less dancing-friendly.nThe listeners had to stand near the machine and listen throughnstethoscope-like tubes! The tubes operated individually – eachnlistener had to put a nickel in the slot in order to be able to hearnthe tune.
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nTherenwere towels there so that customers could wipe off the end of thentubes after listening!
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nThenfellow who installed this marvel was named Louis Glass, and he callednthe big, cumbersome music player a big, cumbersome name:nnickel-in-the-slot player. n
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nAndnalthough big and cumbersome, the nickel-in-the-slot player became anninstant success. Soon its popularity spread all around the world!
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nAlsonon this date:
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National Eat a Cranberry Dayn
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Dr.nWho Day
Dr.nWho Dayn
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nLabornThanksgiving Day in Japan
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nAnniversarynof the discovery of fossils in Antarctica
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nFibonaccinDay
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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