Play Meter
Issue: 1980 September 15 - Vol 6 Num 17 - Page 3
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Vol. 6, No. 17
September 15, 1980
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Staff
Interview: Speaking from Experience . .............. 8
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Ray E. Tilley
In place of our regular Coinman of the Month feature,
PLAY METER devotes three exclusive interviews with
location owners who tried operating their own pool tables
and then went back to an operator. What they have to
say is something all location owners should read before
buying their own equipment.
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editors:
Randy Fromm
Jim Galore
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Pat Matthews
Tony Licata
Dick Welu
Charles C. Ross
Art Director:
Katey Schwark
Administrative Assistant:
Valerie Cognevich
Pool Table Manufacturer Cam a Big Shadow . ..... &4
David Pierson visited The Valley Company, a pool table
manufacturing concern, and quizzed the producers not
only about themselves but about the state of the industry
in general.
Shuffleboard: The Game Has Long-Standing
Acceptance . ..................................... 84
Ray Tilley traces the history of this amusement game
standard and learns that the game still has appeal in areas
where it is promoted.
Circulation Manager:
Renee' Pierson
Classified Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Staff Illustrator
Mars Walker
Advertising Manager:
The 'Top-Flight' Look of the Future ................ 72
Roger Sharpe reports on New York's newest, most
innovative amusement center, Electroport, which just so
happens to be in a 'top-flight' location .
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , September 15, 1980.
Volume 6, No. 17 . Copyright 1980 by
Skybird Publishing Company. PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is pub-
lished twice monthly on the 1st and
15th of the month . Publishing
offices : 320 Old Hammond Highway,
Metairie, La . 70005, P. 0 . Box
24170, New Orleans 70184 . Tel.
5041838-8025. Subscription rates:
U. S. and Canada - $25; Europe and
Japan - $45; elsewhere - $50. Mul-
tiple-subscription orders: 2-9, $20
each; 10-24, $17 each ; 25 or more,
$15 each . Advertising rates available
on request . No part of this magazine
may be reproduced without ex-
pressed permission . The editors are
not responsible for unsolicited manu-
scripts . Second-class postage paid at
Springfield, Mass. 01101 and addi-
tional mailing offices . Postmaster:
Send Form 3579 to PLAY METER,
P. 0 . Box 24170, New Orleans, La .
70184.
European office:
PLAY METER
Promotions, "Harescombe" Watford
Road, Northwood Middx. England,
Northwood 29244.
PLAY METER, September, 1980
Making the Moat out of Your Cash Balance . ....... 74
Joseph Arkin has some worthwhile suggestions about
getting the most mileage out of your cash balance.
From die Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Mailbox .•........................................ 7
Operating . ....................................... 20
Equipment Poll . .................................. 30
Distributing . ..................................... 34
Manufacturing . .................................. 38
lntemetlonal News . .............................. 48
Music Programming . ............................. 81
Technical Topics ................................. 78
Critic' • Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
New Products . ................................... •
Claalflecl ........................................ D
News Briefs . ..................................... 84
Cover Credit:
Special thanks go to J -S Sales Co., Inc of Mount Vernon,
New York. The billiards supply company specializes in
two-piece cues for the billiard industry.
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Vol. 6, No. 17
September 15, 1980
••• • ••••••••••••••••
LAY
Ell
•••••••••••••••••••••••••
Staff
Interview: Speaking from Experience . .............. 8
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Editorial Director:
David Pierson
Managing Editor:
Ray E. Tilley
In place of our regular Coinman of the Month feature,
PLAY METER devotes three exclusive interviews with
location owners who tried operating their own pool tables
and then went back to an operator. What they have to
say is something all location owners should read before
buying their own equipment.
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editors:
Randy Fromm
Jim Galore
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Pat Matthews
Tony Licata
Dick Welu
Charles C. Ross
Art Director:
Katey Schwark
Administrative Assistant:
Valerie Cognevich
Pool Table Manufacturer Cam a Big Shadow . ..... &4
David Pierson visited The Valley Company, a pool table
manufacturing concern, and quizzed the producers not
only about themselves but about the state of the industry
in general.
Shuffleboard: The Game Has Long-Standing
Acceptance . ..................................... 84
Ray Tilley traces the history of this amusement game
standard and learns that the game still has appeal in areas
where it is promoted.
Circulation Manager:
Renee' Pierson
Classified Advertising:
Valerie Cognevich
Staff Illustrator
Mars Walker
Advertising Manager:
The 'Top-Flight' Look of the Future ................ 72
Roger Sharpe reports on New York's newest, most
innovative amusement center, Electroport, which just so
happens to be in a 'top-flight' location .
David Pierson
European Representative:
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , September 15, 1980.
Volume 6, No. 17 . Copyright 1980 by
Skybird Publishing Company. PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-1343) is pub-
lished twice monthly on the 1st and
15th of the month . Publishing
offices : 320 Old Hammond Highway,
Metairie, La . 70005, P. 0 . Box
24170, New Orleans 70184 . Tel.
5041838-8025. Subscription rates:
U. S. and Canada - $25; Europe and
Japan - $45; elsewhere - $50. Mul-
tiple-subscription orders: 2-9, $20
each; 10-24, $17 each ; 25 or more,
$15 each . Advertising rates available
on request . No part of this magazine
may be reproduced without ex-
pressed permission . The editors are
not responsible for unsolicited manu-
scripts . Second-class postage paid at
Springfield, Mass. 01101 and addi-
tional mailing offices . Postmaster:
Send Form 3579 to PLAY METER,
P. 0 . Box 24170, New Orleans, La .
70184.
European office:
PLAY METER
Promotions, "Harescombe" Watford
Road, Northwood Middx. England,
Northwood 29244.
PLAY METER, September, 1980
Making the Moat out of Your Cash Balance . ....... 74
Joseph Arkin has some worthwhile suggestions about
getting the most mileage out of your cash balance.
From die Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
Mailbox .•........................................ 7
Operating . ....................................... 20
Equipment Poll . .................................. 30
Distributing . ..................................... 34
Manufacturing . .................................. 38
lntemetlonal News . .............................. 48
Music Programming . ............................. 81
Technical Topics ................................. 78
Critic' • Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
New Products . ................................... •
Claalflecl ........................................ D
News Briefs . ..................................... 84
Cover Credit:
Special thanks go to J -S Sales Co., Inc of Mount Vernon,
New York. The billiards supply company specializes in
two-piece cues for the billiard industry.
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