John Gabel’s Automatic Entertainer

John Gabel’s Automatic Entertainer A disc coin-op produced in 1906 by the Automatic Machine and Tool Co. This early jukebox held 24 10-inch records, and allowed the user to choose any one by turning a knob. It operated with a hand-wound spring motor, installed in a glass-sided cabinet five feet high that permitted viewing of the mechanism. A needle-changing device provided a fresh needle for each playing. The Entertainer even had a magnetic coin detector to defeat the use of slugs in place of…