Chorus Gal

Chorus Gal, produced by Thames Mfg. Co. under the TACO trade name, is an electro-mechanical (EM) conversion built from a flipperless base game — specifically United's 1948 'Manhattan.' Thames advertised in a February 1950 Billboard ad that it sought flipperless games to convert into new machines with flippers, though the ad did not name the resulting conversions; Chorus Gal appears to be one of these TACO-branded conversions.

The machine's music, dancing, and nightlife theme sets it apart from many contemporaries. Gameplay features two flippers, two pop bumpers (their caps marked 'Bang'), five passive bumpers, and four kick-out holes, giving players a mix of shot-making and bumper-driven scoring. The replay wheel has a maximum of 28.

While Chorus Gal's exact release date, designer, and artwork are not well documented, its status as a flipper conversion of a flipperless game reflects a common industry practice as manufacturers raced to retrofit older machines with the new flipper mechanism that reshaped pinball in the late 1940s and early 1950s.