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1948 · United

Serenade

Yellow and green sunburst and stage-like backdrop.

Year
1948
Maker
United
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

On the playfield

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • tan
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Lanes 2

  • 100 thousand special
  • 150 thousand special

On the backglass

  • red
  • yellow
  • green
  • black

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Six women in long gowns in a staggered diagonal line, the front one in a pink gown with red swirls and arm outstretched, then blue, yellow, red, green and cream
  • man Smiling man with light hair, blue jacket, green bow tie, leaning on the black ribbon at left

Setting

  • Yellow and green sunburst
  • Stage-like backdrop

Text on it

  • 1 2 3 4 5
  • Million
  • United's
  • SERENADE
  • Thousand
  • 900
  • 800
  • 700
  • 600
  • 500
  • 400
  • 300
  • 200
  • 100
  • 90
  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • PINBALL ART

Reference

Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Playfield

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • tan

Fingerprint: abstract mid-century playfield on bare light wood, blue, red and yellow curved arrows and numbers, pale blue triangular kickers with white numbered caps, red shield reading EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN LIT, yellow 100 Thousand and pale-blue 150 Thousand banners, 200 Thousand, LITES WHEN 1 & 10, To Flip

Distinctive

No figures: an all-abstract design of blue, red and yellow arrows and numbers on bare wood. Pale blue triangular kickers carry white numbered caps. 'EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN LIT' in a red shield, with 'To Flip PRESS BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET' near the bottom. Numbers like '100 Thousand', '150 Thousand' and '200 Thousand' feature.

Setting

  • Bare wood

Symbols

  • Arrows
  • Numbers
  • Triangles

Notable shapes

  • Triangular kickers
  • Central funnel shape

Art motifs

  • Curved arrows
  • Shield

Themes

  • Numbers
  • Abstract

Text on it

  • 3
  • 4
  • 100 Thousand
  • 1
  • 2
  • 150 Thousand
  • 4 AND 9
  • 3 AND 10
  • 2 AND 7
  • 1 AND 8
  • 200 Thousand
  • EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • LITES WHEN 1 & 10 IS MADE
  • LITES WHEN 1&8
  • 1&9
  • 1&10
  • To Flip
  • PRESS BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET
  • SPECIAL WHEN 1 & 8 IS MADE
  • 5
  • 6
  • 2&7
  • 4&9
Pop bumpers
About ten cream-white round caps, mostly numbered, on blue triangular kickers and rails at left, right and low
Slingshots
Two blue triangular kickers in the middle and two lower
Apron and bottom of playfield
Two small flippers at the bottom with a '200 Thousand' red arrow; metal coin slot plate at lower right; outhole at the bottom.
Full description

A bare, light-wood playfield photographed leaning against a wall. The art is in blue, red, yellow and pale blue. At the top are numbers 3 and 4 in blue arrow shapes with '100 Thousand' on yellow, and big red circles 1 and 2 with '150 Thousand' on a pale blue banner. Pale blue triangular kickers sit on the left and right middle, each with a white round bumper cap. Cream cap bumpers carry numbers 2&7, 4&9, 5 and 6. Centre text reads 'EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN LIT, LITES WHEN 1 & 10 IS MADE'. Three lit-up rounds read 1&8, 1&9, 1&10. 'To Flip PRESS BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET' is printed at the bottom with '200 Thousand'. Plain, mid-century, no figures.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Backglass

  • red
  • yellow
  • green
  • black

Fingerprint: SERENADE, red capitals on yellow and green sunburst, six women in long gowns in a staggered diagonal line, front one in pink with red swirls, smiling man in blue jacket and green bow tie, black swooping ribbon, musical crescent with notes, scalloped bottom, star-shaped hole at right.

Distinctive

A line of six women in long evening gowns of different colours walking in a staggered diagonal, led by one in pink. A man in a blue jacket and green bow tie leans in from the left. The title SERENADE is in big red capitals with 1 2 3 4 5 Million in a black swooping banner. The coloured score numbers curve around a black ribbon along the left and bottom.

Setting

  • Yellow and green sunburst
  • Stage-like backdrop

Symbols

  • Crescent with musical notes
  • Stars
  • Star-shaped hole
  • Scalloped bottom border
  • Numbered boxes 1 to 10

Lettering

  • Red capitals with black drop shadow for the title; yellow script for Million and Thousand; multicoloured numerals

Themes

  • Music
  • Serenade
  • Evening gowns
  • Parade of women

Title on it

  • SERENADE

Text on it

  • 1 2 3 4 5
  • Million
  • United's
  • SERENADE
  • Thousand
  • 900
  • 800
  • 700
  • 600
  • 500
  • 400
  • 300
  • 200
  • 100
  • 90
  • 80
  • 70
  • 60
  • 50
  • 40
  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • PINBALL ART
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Six women in long gowns in a staggered diagonal line, the front one in a pink gown with red swirls and arm outstretched, then blue, yellow, red, green and cream
Man Smiling man with light hair, blue jacket, green bow tie, leaning on the black ribbon at left
Full description

Square backglass with a black swooping ribbon sweeping from the top across to the left and round the lower left. The top banner shows 1 2 3 4 5 in large multicoloured numerals (blue, cream, red, green, cream) and the word Million in yellow script. Beside it, United's in small red script and the title SERENADE in large red capitals with a black shadow on a yellow and green sunburst. Six women in long gowns (pink with red, blue, yellow, red, green, cream) walk in a staggered diagonal line, the nearest in a pink gown with arm outstretched. At left a smiling man with swept-back hair, blue jacket and green bow tie leans over a musical crescent. Coloured score numbers 100 to 900 and 10 to 90 follow the ribbon, with the word Thousand in yellow script. Along the bottom is a row of numbered boxes 1 to 10. A star-shaped hole at right. Watermark text overlays the image. Some paint loss on the ribbon.