Seeburg 2-door and 4-door style L

(Photograph from original Seeburg color catalogue)

The standard 2-door style L, with each door running full length from top to bottom. A small molded cherub head decorates each upper corner, and the casters are mounted on square wooden blocks instead of conventional piano toes. This style was made from 1921 through early 1925.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

A 2-door L with all colored art glass, as shown in the catalog illustration immediately above.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

Lower interior of an early 2-door L, showing the scissors pump mounted on the right side of the case.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

A later 2-door Seeburg L #159,431 made in 1924, with a rotary pump. Seeburg began using rotary pumps before adopting the 4-door case.

(Photograph from original Seeburg color catalogue)

The late style L, made from 1925 through the end of coin piano production in 1928, has four doors: two with art glass panels above the small shelf, and two with wooden panels below. This style has conventional, although small, piano toes glued to the inside of the cabinet sides to support the front casters. The column beside each door has a pressed wood capital on top. Minor art glass variations exist, including clear or sky-colored pieces in front of the music roll, and a clear rectangular piece at the lower right for displaying a tune card.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

A 4-door L #161,802, made in late 1925. The interior is similar to the 4-door L #159,431 made in 1924 with a rotary pump, pictured above. This example has clear glass in front of the music roll, as shown in the catalog illustration.