Tuesday-Saturday: 11:00am – 4:00pm
Sunday: 12:30pm – 4:00pm
Nov. 1 – Mar. 31
Open by Appointment Only
Please Call: 814-432-8350
The collection of is showcased along with a wide range of antiques that have either musical or local significance. Lighting is provided by the DeBences' collection of over 40 Tiffany-style hanging lamps. Many of the instruments in the collection are very rare. The Berry-Wood A.O.W. is the last of its kind in existence. Less than two dozen WurliTzer Pianinos remain today. The Cremona J "Tall Case" is one of only a few manufactured. Guests enjoyed seeing these mechanical marvels and had the opportunity to hear many of them deliver their music from yesterday. In Preservation, the museum creates a tangible link with the past.
In restoration, they recreate that which was all but lost, not as a photograph or an artist's rendering, but as an experience. An experience in which to see and touch and hear. In many respects, this museum is a repository of the past, a timeline with which to chart where people have been and perhaps understand where we are going. It is testimony to man's spirit of vision, imagination, and creativity...the building blocks of civilization.