The Sanfilippo Foundation Is Proud to present the "Place de la Musique"

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The Sanfilippo "Place de la Musique" is known worldwide for its magnificent collections of beautifully restored antique music machines, phonographs, arcade and gambling machines, chandeliers, art glass, the world's largest restored theatre pipe organ, the most spectacular European salon carousel in existence, street and tower clocks, steam engines and other functional mechanical antiques, displayed within a breathtaking French Second Empire setting.

The primary motive behind this collection is the preservation and sharing of the experience of these marvelous inventions of the Western World.

The Place de la Musique contains the largest collection of restored automatic musical instruments in the world, including:

• music boxes and phonographs
• coin-operated pianos
• violin machines
• photoplayers
• American and European orchestrions
• dance organs
• fairground and band organs and calliopes
• the world's largest indoor theatre pipe organ