Jan. 23—The clicks, dings, chimes and buzzers from old pinball machines are music to Paul Hodges' ears — not only because they were the soundtrack to his childhood in Skowhegan, but also because for ...

There are old pinball machines and arcade cabinets littered here and there in dive bars and restaurants all across the country. But have you ever considered what it takes to maintain and repair them?

FRAMINGHAM – Like a master mechanic looking under the hood of a car, Stuart Bloomstein lifted the play field of a pinball machine to expose its anatomy: the wiring and switches, the chimes and coils.

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 ...

Brian Halac, left, at work restoring pinball machines at Hollywood Candy. Brian Halac works on a Gottlieb Melody pinball machine at Hollywood Candy in the Old Market, restoring lights, bumpers and ...

So far, with his special tools and lifelong mechanical talents, he has been able to repair and restore every single one, no matter how old or decrepit. It didn't matter if it was a Ding Dong, or a Hot ...

Old pinball machine in need of repair? There’s a guy for that. Dan Kearney, owner of Pinball Fixer here in Sioux Falls, has been working on coin-operated machines for the past 14 years, including ...

The pings and pops and pongs of old-school pinball machines are the sounds of playtimes past. But at Southern California’s Museum of Pinball – which houses close to 1,400 vintage machines in a massive ...