Play Meter

Mailbox .
. . .
been an important part of a
jukebox route but should be
extra important in these times of
inflation. If all operators could do
a good job of finding requests we
could cut down on costs by not
buying so many new records that
won't play anyhow.
In our particular case, we
inherited a huge library, but we
aren't using it efficiently. The
system used is following the
trade services publications-one
can look up the title or artist
alphabetically in the book .
There are many problems with
An old timer
As per your request in the
December 15, 1979 issue of PLAY
METER on old timers, I'd like to
give you the name of Frank A.
Toce, who is now 75 years old and
is still operating. He started
when he was a little boy, with his
father.
Walden Courville
Melody Music Co.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Another old timer
In the "Mailbox" section of the
December 15 issue there was a
letter about the "Old Timers" .
I'm writing to you about my
husband, who started in the coin
machine business in 1936. He
worked as a serviceman until
1958, when we started our own
business.
He was born in April of 1906,
so he will be 74 this coming April.
He is still active in the business
and runs his own service calls.
We don't have too many loca-
tions, and since he has diabetes
now, he has slowed up some, but
he works every day with no idea
of "retiring."
Mrs. Roy (Alice H.) Fruit
A and R Entertainment
Decatur, Illinois
Library info
The Jukebox Issue we recently
received was well done as
always; however, I was disap-
pointed to find that in both in
depth articles nothing was writ-
ten about record libraries.
Record Libraries always have
PLAY METER, April, 1980
this system, one being that a
record may only appear in a book
for two months, so to find a
particular song, one must look
through many books.
Only our large major labels like
Columbia, Capital, MCA, RCA
etc. are filed alphabetically with
sub sections for known artists. It
is very difficult to work with and
I am in great need of ways to
improve our system.
Fran Lange
Action Amusement, Inc.
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Very Special Prices
for Very Special
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Solid State Plnballs
Arcade Equipment
Bally
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Evel Knieval. .... ... . ... ........ ... .... ... .. . .. 860
Power Play ........... .. .... ••... ..... ........ 855
Eight Ball ..................... ............ . ... 910
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Black Jack ........ ....... ..... . ...... ...... ... 905
Strikes & Spares ... ........................... 955
lost World ...................... . . ........... 1105
Playboy .. ...... .. . ... ..... . .. ... ... ... ... . ... 1325
Six Million Dollar Man ....... ... . .. ...... . .... 1155
Gottlieb
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Dragon ..... ... . .. .... .. . ..... .. ..•. . .. ...... 1155
Sin bad . ... ..... ...... ........ .. ..•........... 1010
Close Encounters .................. .... . .. ... 1010
Charlie's Angels .. ...... .... ..... ... .... . ..... 1205
Solar Ride ........... .. ...... . .. .. .. ....... . . 1185
U.S. BilliARDS Shark ................ . ...... $199
FUN GAMES Tank
..... _. _ ... 199
FUN GAMES BiPlane....
___ ...... _ ... 199
MEADOWS Drop Zone 4
... 199
ATARI Jet Pilot...
_. _. _ .. . ... _ .......... 199
MEADOWS Bombs Away
.. 299
AMERICOIN Junkyard....
. .. _ .. 299
GREMLIN Blockade .. _. _......
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SEGA Road Race . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 299
SEGA Fonz. _
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PSE Bazooka._.
. ..... ...... .. ... .. .. .... 399
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.... 399
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VECTORBEAM Speed Freak .. _ ... . ... _ ...... 1399
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Cockta II Tables
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Breakout ... ..... ............. ... ........... .. 695
Co motion 11-2]. ... ... .. . ...... ..... ... .. . ...... 495
Gunfight. ..... ... ............................. 595
Tank .... .. ..... .. ........ ...... ... ........ .... 295
Tic Tac Quiz ..... ...... ...... ...... ..• ... ... .. $195
Hearts & Spades [Pinball] .... .... .. . ... . .... .. 995
Disco !Pinball]. ... ... ..... ..... .. ...... .... ... 1195
Video 5 Plus 2 ............. . .... .... .. ......... 395
Fun Four ....... . .... . .. .. .. ... .. ... .. ..... .... 295
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ADVAHCE
DIST~IBUTIHG
2820 North Grand Boulevard
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