Q: Where can I find someone to repair a player piano? The player part seems to have a hole in it since it doesn’t work. The rest of the piano works just fine. Thanks so much. — Ellen Keith Thompson, ...

The Battlefield Boulevard shop where Ted DeWitt long coaxed music out of intricate machinery is gone. But DeWitt’s player piano repair business continues, operating out of his Chesapeake apartment and ...

John Talbot enjoys what he does for a living. “It ain't work if you enjoy what you're doing,” said John “The Piano Man” Talbot. Since 1996, Talbot has been restoring player pianos and converting ...

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The first thing you notice at Nate Otto's Anoka house is the hearse in the driveway, a 1967 Olds 98 with tattered curtains and a rusted body. Inside is a small, 100-year-old reed organ built for a ...

One Minnesota repairman brings musical history back to life. About a decade ago, Nate Otto opened Rum River Restoration in his Anoka garage to bring new life to the player piano. “It’s a piano that ...

The first thing you notice at Nate Otto’s Anoka house is the hearse in the driveway, a 1967 Olds 98 with tattered curtains and a rusted body. Inside is a small, 100-year-old reed organ built for a ...

Some of us collect butterflies. Some of us collect coins, stamps or marbles and some of us collect bigger things. However, it’s safe to say not many of us collect pianos. Jim Bahl Sr. has so many ...

URBANA — You may have seen a player piano, but it's unlikely you ever saw one like this. The 1927 piano is a treasure of the University of Illinois Music and Performing Arts Library and has a room of ...

The first thing you notice at Nate Otto’s Minnesota house is the hearse in the driveway, a 1967 Olds 98 with tattered curtains and a rusted body. Inside is a small, 100-year-old reed organ built for a ...