I just returned from a trip to Chicago Illinois, where I visited a
great museum/shop called "Pedals, Pumpers & Rolls."  The owner, Roger
Dayton, has 130 instruments which he restores to top notch quality.  He
played me a Seeburg KT special that was probably the finest sounding
instrument I've heard.

The high point of the collection for me is an American Fotoplayer Style
45, used to accompany silent films with a large selection of built in
sound effects.

Changing gears, there is a wonderful museum/shop in London called
Caberet Mechanical Theatre.  They feature very clever automatic figures
built by Peter Marky, Paul Spooner, and others.  Most figures and
mechanisms are built of wood and are rather simple, but quite clever
and funny.  They have a web site too:

     http://www.cabaret.co.uk/

Pete Docter¶
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