And it’s not just because the walls are packed with paintings. It’s also the Victorian automatic musical instruments. With the exception of the bathroom, there are the instruments in every room of the ...

Inside a 16,000-square-foot, red-brick and sheet-metal building lies a treasure trove of antique automated musical instruments and machines once popular in parlors, drawing rooms, restaurants and ...

Ken Caulkins is pictured on Thursday morning (05-08-14) at his shop in Ceres, Ca. with his Ragtime Castaway Band. Caulkins is an automated entertainment specialist who started making player pianos in ...

Jasper Sanfilippo built his family's nut business into a publicly traded company that last year had $876 million in sales. However, it is his passion for musical instruments, particularly mechanical ...

Automated musical instruments aren’t a new idea. From water chimes to player pianos, they’ve been around for a while. But we can’t remember the last time we saw a player ukulele. [Zeroshot] shows us ...