Seeburg Corporation

Seeburg was an American design and manufacturing company of automated musical equipment, such as orchestrions, jukeboxes, and vending equipment. Founded in 1902, its first products were Orchestrions and automatic pianos but after the arrival of gramophone records, the company developed a series of "coin-operated phonographs."[1]

Before it began manufacturing its signature suite of jukebox products, Seeburg was considered to be one of the "big four" of the top coin-operated phonograph companies alongside AMI, Wurlitzer, and Rock-Ola.[2] At the height of jukebox popularity, Seeburg machines were synonymous with the technology[3] and a major quotidian brand of American teenage life.[4] The company went out of business after being sold to Stern Electronics in 1982.[5]

  1. ^ "American Jukebox History - Seeburg - History". www.jukeboxhistory.info. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  2. ^ "Jukeboxes: The Complete History". www.homeleisuredirect.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  3. ^ Segrave, Kerry (2015-10-06). Jukeboxes: An American Social History. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6260-5.
  4. ^ "Jukebox - Dead Media Archive". cultureandcommunication.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  5. ^ Segrave, Kerry (2015-10-06). Jukeboxes: An American Social History. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6260-5.