Most people if asked to name an old sewing machine would automatically name Singer. Yet it was the Willcox and Gibbs chainstitch machine, such as this one, that dominated the market until the late nineteenth century. These very elegant machines, advertised as the Silent Automatic, were cheap to buy and run. The lack of a […]
A multi-instrumentalist, clown and busker, Rodney Walker is a retired Australian country music artist. His home-made eccentric musical contraptions combine as many as thirteen instruments, secured together with steel brackets. Carried on his head and shoulders, his instrument ensemble allowed Rodney to play guitar, sing, and use his feet to sound the percussion, all at […]
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