Better quality player pianos, such as this 1913 model owned by Carmen Farmer of Picayune, Miss., are now considered collectibles. THE PIECE: A vintage player ... need extensive work to make ...

He doesn’t use Phillips head screws to fix century-old vintage instruments because ... Otto views the player pianos that he fixes as kinetic art pieces, steampunk mechanical wonders that use ...

After six decades, he says the work’s too physically demanding now. Michael Bryant tunes an old player piano that has had the player removed. “I remember hearing a roll by Rachmaninoff ...

Richard Reutlinger lives in the past, and it's a splendid place to visit. Walking into his beautifully restored 1886 Italianate Victorian in San Francisco's historic Alamo Square sector, one is ...