Sanfilippo Foundation

Restoration and preservation:the Sanfilippo foundation acquires, restores, preserves and makes available to the public for educational purposes antique music machines, phonographs, arcade and gambling machines, chandeliers, art glass, pipe organs, salon carousels, street and tower clocks,steam engines and other functional mechanical antiques.the collection cannot be a viable entity if the instruments are not in working condition to be able to teach others of their history and importance. Jasper Sanfilippo has maderestoration a priority in his collection. As he gifted items to the foundation, the restoration shifted to the foundation's control. At the Sanfilippo foundation restoration shop in barrington hills, experienced craftsman and historians work together to keep machines working and/or restore them to their original condition.