Well, yesterday when I stopped by Clark’s new joint, the General Store in Silver Spring, the chef and her partner, Robin Smith, told me a story about their antique Nickelodeon player.

Wayne Lincoln examining a player piano in the Lisbon Historical Society's museum. Photo: Amy Feiereisel The Nickelodeon was his first repair – and his hardest.

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 piano, J.P. Seeburg Co., from 1913 THE ...

Karen Fields antique player piano has been sitting in Neuhaus Piano Workshop for more than three years. The owner, Tom Neuhaus, can't get it to play. "I don't like this.