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 ...

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 ...

ANOKA, Minn. — Microsoft was born in a garage. Nate Otto’s garage is home to some much older tech. “Especially if you're in 1916, it’s the top tech of the day,” Nate says as he pumps the foot pedals ...

STANFORD — Stanford University wants to unlock the secrets of the player piano, which brought recorded music into living rooms long before there were cassettes, compact discs or iPods. Stanford ...

A dozen deconstructed pianos crowd Ray Ternstrom’s workshop, their parts laid out like bones at an archeological dig. Here, the even teeth of unmoored keys. There, a riblike row of hammers awaiting ...

The piano is an instrument that can take a lifetime to master. Still, the beauty of its sound and versatility find a place in the heart of every musician. The instrument resonates with the talent and ...

Lloyd Baker is the "pianola man". The Year 11 student from Murtoa in Western Victoria took up the hobby of restoring self-playing pianos after buying one from his music teacher. "I was getting music ...

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 ...

Imagine a scene in the parlor: You sit down at your turn-of-the-century player piano and start pumping the pedals. The piano roll becomes taut and then slips smoothly from one spool to the other. The ...

"The Force Awakens" is coming in a matter of days and "Star Wars" fans can't contain their excitement. Sonya Belousova and Tom Grey of Player Piano took to their YouTube channel to do their own ...