This original blog entry was written and posted by the late Timothy T. Trager (April 4, 1958 – April 11, 2024), former collector and consultant of mechanical music machines.
To most people mechanical music is an unknown. Exposure and education are key to generating interest. A person can literally go their whole lifetime without being exposed to mechanical music. As many of you know, I have put on display at restoration locations, public festivals, libraries, and conventions instruments that give a three dimensional experience of representative examples of mechanical music which creates demand for the instruments I sell. Nothing excites and generates interest like a first hand experience in mechanical music! I maintain a group of mechanical musical instruments for this purpose. If you have a high visibility secure display location that requires such an instrument, contact me and lets discuss the potential.
