Duke of Juke

Jeroen de Jongh

Jeroen doesn’t mind people coming over for a cup of coffee as long as no one keeps him from his work. Surrounded by about ten jukeboxes, some incomprehensible mechanisms and an impressive amount of parts he manages to find – in between two sentences – the one original screw that belongs to the cover of an extremely rare cabinet from the 1940s. It’ s probably from a Wurlitzer, because that’s the only brand name I am able to remember. I have the feeling Jeroen knows just about every jukebox model ever made.

It’s magic

It becomes clear that Jeroen can work magic with jukeboxes seeing him bringing to life impressive mechanisms with playful ease. He can explain the functioning of every screw, catch and gear to me by heart. I myself find just operating a ready-made jukebox quit a task. No wonder Jeroen’s explanation goes way over my head in most cases. Anyway, Jeroen is a great solution for the jukebox enthusiast with a broken machine.

Jukeboxes are photogenic, but Jeroen’s workshop is even more so in my opinion. He didn’t particularly wanted to be photographed, but because he was too busy to really protest, I managed to capture him in action.