MUSEUM
A superb selection of instruments, all in superb condition, presented as live entertainment by informative guides.
Admission charges are adults £8, seniors £7, Children £3.50, family ticket (2 adults 2 children) £19. Entry to shop is free.
Open every day 10:00 - 17:00 hrs, except Xmas and Boxing day
(last admission to museum 16:00 hrs)
The World of Mechanical Music is a living museum of the extraordinary variety of self-playing musical instruments and automata which were the pride and joy of our Great Grandparents, and the only kind of "canned" musical entertainment available in the home before regular broadcasting started up in 1924.
All the instruments are maintained in the most perfect possible order in our world-famous workshops on the premises, and introduced and played by our well informed guides in the form of a live entertainment.
(Why not bring your own music box or clock with you for a free estimate for restoration?)
Listen to Grieg, Paderewski, Rachmaninov and Gerschwin giving concert performances of their own compositions, 'live" on our reproducing pianos, in the intimacy of our Victorian music room. Hear the latest in "hi-fi" from the 1930s on our enormous E.M.G. handmade gramophone.
Many of our visitors come again and again, and bring their friends, as there is always some new discovery to be made. Visiting exhibits have included two magnificent organ clocks with automata made by George pike of London in the eighteenth century, one from Kensington Palace and another formerly the property of Catherine the Great, both of which were sent to us for rebuilding in our workshops.
The most important part of the show is you, our honoured guest. All are welcome, of any age. School parties and group tours can be arranged. All areas are accessible to wheelchairs, and there are special facilities for people with disabilities. We look forward to your visit.
"The selection of exhibits was remarkably comprehensive and extremely interesting, it must have taken huge amounts time, energy,
enthusiasm, persistence, ingenuity (and lots more!) to put together such an exhibition." - JM, United Kingdom.
"To enter your museum and shop was to be transported to another world where today's problems disappear!" - Mr & Mrs C, West Sussex.
"A museum of great note!" - DH, Arizona USA.
