Walter Mathis could play pretty much anything on the piano — as long as it was one particular piano. The grand piano in the Napoleon parlor of the late preservationist's home, which he dubbed Villa ...

In an era of iPods, Internet radio, DJs and high-tech sound systems, the venerable jukebox is still an object of fascination. It's hard not to grin when Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" crackles from ...

MARYSVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) – Music machines are huge cabinets that have musical instruments in them. You put in a nickel and a tune plays on a real paper reel. To say they are old-fashioned would be an ...

Remember when you could put another dime in the jukebox and rock around the clock to your favorite song? Believe it or not, those happy days aren’t over yet. Though the dime is now more like 50 cents ...

For the past 26 years, the Guthman Competition at Georgia Tech’s Department of Music has introduced the world to strange and innovative instruments. The contest welcomes inventors from all over the ...

Nowadays, listening to music in the home is as easy as flipping a switch or pushing a button. What: Display of music boxes from the collection of Brian Walter of Muscatine. Where and when: On display ...