In the lower level of Ron Barbagallo’s Smithtown home, a quick flip of a light switch powers on more than 25 pinball machines in a high-ceilinged showroom. Godzilla, Austin Powers, Star Trek, Elvis ...

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Pinball fanatic David Silverman has 867 pinball machines, some dating to the 1920s. He hopes to open a multimillion-dollar museum in Maryland dedicated to this unique American game, which saw its ...

It’s a rainy Monday morning and Doug Clark is making a house call—an early but otherwise average start to his week. He parks in the circle driveway of a lookalike home in a suburban subdivision, grabs ...

It takes some of the romance out of it, he admits, but as a pinball repair technician it helps to eliminate distraction when troubleshooting a broken machine. Deardorff's flirtation with pinball ...

Q: Do you know of a great mantle clock repair? The key will not wind the clock, nor will the pendulum swing and start the clock. Thanks. — Pam Brown Watkins, email Q: You’re such a great resource for ...

[Quinn Dunki] has come to realize the pinball machines of her youth aren’t the lame games she remembered. They’re actually quite marvelous in terms of electronics, mechanics, engineering and the all ...