Hi all, Kim Bunker here from http://www.playerpianos.com  My time
of being associated with this field, mechanical musical instruments,
is relatively short compared to many of the collectors I have met.

I have grown over the years to know that this association is not
dwindling but changing.  I don't think its a matter of children and
parents loosing interest, because these instruments are commanding
higher prices or the exposer is limited in their viewing location
(private collections).

There will always be human curiosity to know about our mechanical past.
The Marvels of Yesteryear will continue to be collected, restored and
preserved as long as there are people out there that are curious as to
their existence.

I have been working on a project for a particular collector on East
Coast now in our third year with seven more years left in my contract
of work yet to be done.  This work is for only one type of automatic
musical instrument.  A rather large building is in the process of being
constructed to house these marvels when they are restored.  This museum
will be open to the public as the first of its kind in nearly a hundred
years.

There are other collectors out there whom are currently doing the same
as us.  So I guess if we give you a glimmer of hope you'll now realize
there is a future in mechanical music and its preservation.

Sincerely yours
Kim Bunker