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Vintage Vibes: The Shyvers Multiphone was "Streaming" Music in the 1930s

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This crafty music selection device created by Ken Shyvers (inventor of the pinball machine) allowed you to select music to be played via the phone lines. You could deposit your coin into the slot, and it would ring to a female “DJ” operator who would take your request and play it so you could hear it right at your tabletop or counter. The added bonus of interpersonal communication coupled with the fact the service had around 170 records compared to a Jukebox’s approximately 20 records made it a force to be reckoned with. It was in operation at 120 locations from 1939-1959 primarily in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Bremerton, and Spokane,

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