I have a massive apple tree that produces wonderful fruit - we have so many apples we are looking into making cider - both regular for the kids - and hard for the adults.
I actually prefer hard pear cider, but love apple as well.
I bought a vintage ‘sausage press’ from an auction some years ago which was made in ‘phila USA’ in about 1890. I’ve only used it for making fresh polish sausage (ground pork, garlic, garlic, garlic, and marjoram) but it has a cider insert. I hope to use it sometime.