1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,320 Welcome to The Repair Shop, 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,880 where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. 3 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,520 Anything can happen - this is the workshop of dreams. 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,640 Home to furniture restorer Jay Blades. 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,600 Nowadays, things are not built to last, 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,960 so we've become part of this throwaway culture. 7 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,000 It's all about preserving and restoring. 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,480 We bring the old back to new. 9 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,880 Working alongside Jay will be some of the country's leading 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:27,480 crafts people... 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,160 I like making things with my hands. 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,440 I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work. 13 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,600 Whether it's a Rembrandt or somebody's family piece, 14 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,320 every painting deserves the same. 15 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,600 ..each bringing their own unique set of skills. 16 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,360 You're about to witness some magic. 17 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:44,600 They will resurrect... 18 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,840 - ..revive... - Oh, yes. 19 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,040 ..and rejuvenate... 20 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,760 treasured possessions and irreplaceable pieces 21 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,360 of family history... 22 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,360 Oh, my goodness me, it looks like it's new! 23 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,120 ..bringing both the objects... 24 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,640 Oh! 25 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:05,240 - Oh, wow! - ..and the memories that they hold... 26 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,680 back to life. 27 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,800 Oh, thank you! 28 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,640 In The Repair Shop today, 29 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,000 accordion expert Roger Thomas wrestles with an instrument 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,200 that survived the Blitz, but now sounds like a strangled cat. 31 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,000 DISCORDANT SQUEAKING 32 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:31,360 I have to be very careful not to cause any damage because 33 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,040 if I snap that off, then I'm going to be in trouble. 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:36,240 While furniture restorer Will Kirk 35 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,280 performs some emergency surgery on a 50-year-old fish. 36 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,680 This was probably carved by one of Fletcher Christian's descendants. 37 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,240 But first, something to test the skills of furniture restorer 38 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,120 Jay Blades and clockmaker Steve Fletcher - 39 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,520 a treasured family piece belonging to Jane Fanner. 40 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,920 - What have we got here, then? - Something that, to me, is very, 41 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,600 very special because it was made by my dad. 42 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,960 - It feels like Christmas time. - Unwrapping a present. - Wow. 43 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,080 - And there we are. - So, your father made this clock? 44 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,440 All of the clock, yes. 45 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,800 - Wow. - One of the things that you need to know is my father was totally 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,200 blind, I mean, he couldn't even tell the difference between day and night. 47 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,280 Seriously? 48 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,960 Dad and I were very close. 49 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,600 He was born with something called retina pigmentosis and gradually 50 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,880 the eyesight got narrower and narrower and narrower. 51 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,920 By the time he met my mother, 52 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:39,880 he was able to see only a minuscule amount and he'd lost his sight 53 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,080 completely after that. 54 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,120 I absolutely love this clock. 55 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,960 It always chimed all the time he was alive, and then, just after he died, 56 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,720 it stopped chiming, it stopped working, and it needs mending. 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,440 Well, I've never seen anything like it in my life. 58 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,400 I can see and hear that it's got nine gong rods, 59 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,280 which means that it plays Whittington chimes. 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,200 I can't remember the exact tune, 61 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,320 but I can tell you it sort of trills, 62 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,720 it's an incredibly pretty little... ble-blible-blibble... 63 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,240 - sort of tune. - Wow, really? - Yeah. 64 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,880 I'm just looking at the door that goes on there. 65 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,200 I was just trying to figure it out, how he made that by feeling there. 66 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:23,200 That in itself is just, like, amazing. 67 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,520 - It's incredible. - Sound mattered so much to him... 68 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,080 - Yeah. - ..that I really want to hear the chime working more than anything. 69 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,360 I don't even mind if it doesn't keep good time... 70 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,840 - It's just the chime. - ..but I'd love to hear those chimes again. 71 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:36,560 - We'll do him proud, we'll do your dad proud. - Oh, I'm so thrilled. 72 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,160 - All right, you take care now. - Bye-bye, now. 73 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,440 Now, that's blown me away, now. That just made me, like, wow. 74 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:49,320 I'm actually thrilled and excited, but also missing Dad more than ever. 75 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,280 Now it's down to Jay, 76 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:55,040 Steve and The Repair Shop team to get this treasured timepiece 77 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,440 ticking and chiming again. 78 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,440 What I think I'll be able to do is revitalise the actual case. 79 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,480 So not taking away any of the integrity, 80 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,080 but making sure it just shines. 81 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,360 It's looking a bit tired at the moment, isn't it? 82 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,920 - It does look a little bit tired. - Yeah. 83 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,080 I think the main challenge is going to be just making sure 84 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,000 we get the movement working OK. 85 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,960 So, I'll strip down the whole clock, right down to every single screw. 86 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,600 - Seriously? - Yeah, yep, yep. - So, you're not going to lose any screws, 87 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,040 you'll take them all apart and then be able to put it back 88 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,360 - together again? - Yeah, yeah, every single part. 89 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,440 Right, I've taken the mechanism out. 90 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,720 So, it's like a piece of furniture now. 91 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:37,400 Cool, so I can have my wicked way with it? 92 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,280 - You can have your wicked way with it. - Thank you, sir. - Yeah. 93 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,040 - Kirsten. - Steve. 94 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,560 I wonder whether you can do a little job for me...? 95 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,840 Steve is also calling on the skills of Repair Shop ceramics expert 96 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:54,000 Kirsten Ramsay to help give the face a well-needed makeover. 97 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,040 I've got this dial here that I think we could improve by painting 98 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,000 - the numerals black. - OK. 99 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:04,880 That leaves Steve with the main 100 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,480 challenge of getting the chimes sounding. 101 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:11,680 The hammers that hit the gong rods are powered by the clock mechanism, 102 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,720 which hasn't worked since Jane's father's death. 103 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:16,280 So, to fix the chimes, 104 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:21,000 Steve's going to have to first mend the whole clock mechanism. 105 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,720 The main problem is in the bearings, these holes here. 106 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:29,480 Even more tough than that is that some of the teeth are slightly worn. 107 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,040 So the main challenge is going to be to get the chimes sounding 108 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,600 as Jane would have remembered them, and... 109 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,520 ..that's going to be quite interesting. 110 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:52,160 From tired treasures that just want some TLC to mouldering Old Masters 111 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,520 in need of a full MOT, 112 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,240 The Repair Shop team takes on labours of love 113 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,680 that have lain unfixed and forlorn for years. 114 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,960 Will, here you go, there's one for you. 115 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:04,520 Faye, what's in the box? 116 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:05,800 It's... 117 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,040 a flying fish. 118 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,840 Wow! 119 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:12,480 This family pet was plucked from a remote corner of the Pacific 120 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,760 by Faye Lambert's parents nearly 60 years ago. 121 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,520 He needs a little help from furniture restorer Will 122 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,840 - to bring him out of retirement. - You can see what's happened. 123 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:25,920 - Oh, no! - Its tail, it's snapped off, unfortunately. 124 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,360 Aw! Um, you don't happen to have...? 125 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,000 I'm sure that you would have brought it with you if you did have... 126 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,760 - I'm afraid that's long gone. - Right. 127 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,520 It was bought on our way back from Australia and I remember my mother 128 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,560 coming down, waking my sister and me up, and saying, "Come up on deck, 129 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,440 "cos something quite exciting's happening," 130 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:48,040 and the islanders were rowing out in their canoes from Pitcairn Island, 131 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,520 and they were selling their wares. 132 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,400 - Wow. - I don't know if you've heard of Mutiny on the Bounty? 133 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,720 - Yes. - But this was probably carved 134 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,400 by one of Fletcher Christian's descendants. 135 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:04,560 The crew who mutinied on HMS Bounty in 1789 in the South Pacific 136 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,120 settled on Pitcairn Island. 137 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,840 Their descendants live there to this day. 138 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,200 And carved flying fish like Faye's 139 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,800 - can fetch up to £200 in good condition. - Steve? 140 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,120 - Yeah. - You haven't got a pair of callipers? 141 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,440 Will's toughest test will be to make a seamless repair without the 142 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,080 original piece of tail that's broken off, 143 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:30,080 as it was carved from a tree that grows on the other side of the world, 144 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,080 thousands of miles from The Repair Shop. 145 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,120 So, I've managed to find some wood 146 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:39,800 that has a very similar colour and grain to the fish and, hopefully, 147 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:41,640 I might have enough width on that 148 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,240 to make up the missing part of the tail. 149 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:50,880 So, what I'm looking for here... 150 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,440 I mean, I have an overall decent colour match, 151 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,280 but it'd be quite nice to get a similar grain pattern. 152 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,400 Excuse the licking. 153 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,560 If you look here, we've also got a bit of figure and a bit of grain going 154 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,840 on in the wood there, so I think, if I can get the angle right, 155 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,720 I could probably have, like, 156 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,200 a decent colour match and also a match for the pattern as well. 157 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,720 It's weird to think that the last person working on this fish 158 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:18,920 would have been one of the islanders. 159 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,000 It's actually quite an honour, really. 160 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,840 Meanwhile, third-generation clockmaker Steve has reached a critical point 161 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,880 in getting Jane's clock working again. 162 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,640 It's bath time. 163 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:38,880 So, I'm just cleaning up these barrels now. 164 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,440 We use old-fashioned clock cleaning fluid 165 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:46,520 and then I scrub them up in normal washing-up liquid. 166 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:49,760 This is the way that we've been cleaning clocks forever 167 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:53,240 and my grandfather used to clean them in exactly the same way. 168 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:59,480 I'm just using a water-based paint with pigments and just flooding that 169 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:03,240 into these areas, but it's quite painstaking and quite fiddly, 170 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,200 hence the magnifying glass. 171 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,000 I just find when I'm doing really sort of fiddly painting, 172 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,440 really close up, you sort of tend not to breathe, you hold your breath 173 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,000 so that you get a completely sort of straight line. 174 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,600 So, yeah, not much chatting while I get on with this. 175 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:23,400 - Jay? - Yeah? 176 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,240 You look better with your mask on. 177 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:27,480 That's what the missus tells me! 178 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,400 With the hundreds of individual parts washed and clean, 179 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,560 Steve must now put the clock back together again before he can fix the 180 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:42,600 chimes and find out exactly what they sound like. 181 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:46,760 - How we doing, Steve? - I'm just putting some new springs into two of the barrels. 182 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:48,600 What, that's going in one of them? 183 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:50,880 Yep, and then the barrels go into the clock. 184 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,840 So, Steve, do we know anything more about the Whittington chimes, then? 185 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,600 Any history about that? 186 00:09:55,600 --> 00:10:00,280 Yeah, they're based on the chimes of St Mary's church at Bow. 187 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,000 - So, the Bow bells. - Bow bells, yeah. 188 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,960 - East London. All right. - And they're called Whittington because they're 189 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,880 based on a story about Richard Whittington, the Mayor of London... 190 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:12,120 - Yeah. - ..when he was a lad and he was Dick Whittington. 191 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,120 - Oh! - And they've just been called Whittington chimes. 192 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,840 So, Steve, when will we hear the chimes the same way that Jane remembers them? 193 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,760 I'm almost there on the movement. I know it doesn't look it, 194 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,080 but I'm on the home straight at the moment. 195 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,000 - Really? - This is the easier part, actually. 196 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Did you just say this is the easy part? 197 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,640 - Yeah. - It doesn't look easy at all. 198 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:34,000 How many pieces have you got here that goes into this clock? 199 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,360 Just in this unit alone, I suppose there's, um, 100 pieces. 200 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,200 - Wow. - And the rest of the clock... 201 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,160 I suppose another 150 pieces. 202 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:45,560 But hold on, I do see a washer there. What's going on there? 203 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:47,840 No, no, no, no, that was an extra washer. 204 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,000 - You sure? - Don't point that out. 205 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,400 You know what? Funnily enough... 206 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,240 You had lost a washer? 207 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,440 I had lost a washer, so I took a washer out of my washer drawer, 208 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,120 - put it in and then I found the other washer. - The washer. 209 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,360 See, it does happen. 210 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,120 So now you've got to just put it all together. 211 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,840 Yep, I'm just putting it all together now. 212 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,320 So I'd best go and crack on with the case, shouldn't I? 213 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,600 - Have you not done it yet? - Well, I'll see you in a minute, um... 214 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,080 - I'm gone! - Good. 215 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,120 - Right. - How are you doing? 216 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,560 The young lady you need to see is Kirsten just over there. 217 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:26,720 The Repair Shop experts have countless years of experience at rescuing 218 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:31,920 cherished possessions from languishing broken in the country's attics and cellars. 219 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:35,560 What have you got there? That looks nice. Hello. 220 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:38,600 - So, what's this? - This was my mother's accordion. 221 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,960 - Oh, wow. - But she has given it to my daughter now. 222 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Next to arrive in need of some Repair Shop TLC, 223 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,560 the Brierley family have something to test the musical talents 224 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,280 of accordion expert Roger Thomas. 225 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,040 Cos Sarah's the musician of the family. 226 00:11:53,040 --> 00:11:54,720 Oh, so you can play this, Sarah? 227 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,240 Well, I would like to. 228 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:59,120 - It was my mum's... - Right. - ..who is now 94. 229 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,200 - And do you know when she got this one? - When she was 17, 230 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,080 she came home with her first week's wages and her mum went 231 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,960 and put it down as a deposit for them to buy this, 232 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,000 so it was actually brand-new when they bought it. 233 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,520 - So I'm just trying to do the maths. So, how old...? - So, she's 94, 234 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,960 - so it's just under 80 years old, isn't it? - OK. 235 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:20,480 Roger is one of just a handful of specialist accordion restorers in the UK. 236 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:24,760 But can he get this antique instrument playing sweet music once more? 237 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,920 HE PLAYS A NOTE I can hear that really high note. 238 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,880 - Yeah. - Cos it shouldn't make that really high-pitched noise, should it? 239 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,000 No, no, it's very annoying, actually. 240 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:34,920 Because you can't actually play it, either. 241 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,080 SQUEAKING 242 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,960 - Yeah, it's like a cat, isn't it? - Yeah. 243 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:40,320 That doesn't sound right, either. 244 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:42,640 - No. OK. - These keys that are popping up, 245 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,400 they look like they're kind of broken. 246 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,640 - You can deal with that, can't you? - Yeah. It's a beautiful instrument, isn't it? 247 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,520 - Yeah. - But the story about the accordion 248 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:53,360 is my mum used to play it during the war, 249 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,840 - during the Blitz... - Oh, wow. - ..in the shelters. 250 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,040 - Really? - So they used to go, obviously, 251 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,680 underground and play to keep people's spirits up. 252 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:03,280 So where does she think this is? Does she know this is here today? 253 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:05,400 - She doesn't know. - She doesn't know anything about it. 254 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,040 She doesn't know anything about it. 255 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,800 - Seriously? - Yeah. - And, in fact, last time she saw Sarah, she said, 256 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,800 "How are you getting on with my accordion?" 257 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,000 Sarah then says... "Ask Dad." 258 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:18,480 - Just pass the buck! - She knows it's broken and she's been nagging 259 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,840 for a couple of years now for me to get it done. 260 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:23,640 So, what would this mean to Mum to actually get this repaired, then? 261 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,440 - Oh, she'd... - She'd be really pleased, wouldn't she? 262 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:28,800 Yeah. I think really she'd like me to be able to play it. 263 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,240 - So it's going to mean a lot to her. - It's going to mean a lot. 264 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,560 So, hopefully, by the time - 265 00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,720 not hopefully - by the time you come back... I know, 266 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,280 - you looked at me funny then. - Yeah, yeah, yes, the "hopefully", yeah! 267 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:39,880 Definitely, by the time you come back, 268 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:41,560 it will not sound like a strangled cat. 269 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:44,400 - It will if I play it. - Yeah, if you play it, or me, as well, 270 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,280 but it's definitely going to sound good. 271 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,040 Thank you very much, nice to meet you. 272 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,800 - You take care now. All right? - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. 273 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,160 - Well, that's a nice story. - Yeah, it is. 274 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,440 Hm. I've got to adjust the levers inside here... 275 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,480 There's always a little bit of risk there, 276 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,160 so I've got to be very careful I don't break anything, that's the kind of first challenge. 277 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,720 OK. So, what should a working accordion sound like anyway? 278 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,280 Well, I can't actually play this one right now, but I've got... 279 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:12,960 Why don't we go over to the bench... 280 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,840 - OK. - I've got a little... A little melodeon over there that I can just give 281 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,480 - you a rough idea of what it ought to sound like. - All right. 282 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,960 - HE PLAYS A TUNE - That sounds all right. Yeah. 283 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,320 That's really nice, yeah. 284 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:38,840 So, that kind of gives you... 285 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,400 - Well done. - Yay! 286 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,240 - Come on, eh? - ..a rough idea. 287 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,040 - So, have you fixed it already, then? - He has fixed it. 288 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,280 I'd quite like to save that as a ringtone on my phone. 289 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,320 Actually, if you could do that again... 290 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,920 Before he can get Iris' 80-year-old machine sounding as good as that, 291 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,520 Roger needs to investigate. 292 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,040 So, it's always a bit kind of entering into the unknown 293 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,480 when you open up one of these... to take a look inside. 294 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,800 And we'll take the grill off... 295 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:11,120 An accordion works by blowing air from the bellows across the reeds 296 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:15,840 inside. The notes are determined by which keys and buttons are pressed. 297 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,920 Roger's detective work reveals a problem straight away. 298 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,880 What I can deduce from this is that one of the pallets has fallen off 299 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,360 and... Look, there's the pallet. 300 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:30,160 This is a pallet. It's a leather and felt sandwich, 301 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,080 and when you operate the bellows it forms an air seal, 302 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:36,040 and this is why we're getting the sound when you... 303 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,480 - SQUEAKING - The dead cat sound. 304 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:43,960 But the thing I need to do is just give this leather a bit of a brush. 305 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,280 I can glue that back on there. 306 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,680 I then can give it a full test, 307 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,640 so I can test all the notes to see 308 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,160 whether there are any other sounds that we don't want. 309 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,960 While Roger's specialist skills are focused on finessing the accordion, 310 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,520 the rest of The Repair Shop team 311 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:14,600 have been turning their talents to getting Jane's clock ticking 312 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,200 and chiming again in time for her return. 313 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,280 - You got a minute, Steve? - Yeah. 314 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,720 - Oh. - I've got your clock face. 315 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,720 - Would you call that a clock face or...? - It's a chapter ring. 316 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,640 - Chapter ring, OK. - That is looking really good. 317 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,160 - Is that OK? - Brilliant, oh, fantastic, thank you. 318 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,440 I'll leave it with you. 319 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,680 Now with all the pieces back in Steve's hands, 320 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:39,000 his final job is to put it back together again before Jane arrives. 321 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,080 Um... 322 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,760 I've got to make an adjustment. it's not going to go straight in. 323 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:50,760 I've put a bolt instead of a riveted screw in and I've just got to take 324 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,800 a very small amount of material off of the case. 325 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,200 After taking the clock apart down to the very last screw, 326 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,040 it's the very last screw that's undone Steve. 327 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,080 Precious seconds slipping away, 328 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,440 it's over to Jay for a last-minute fix. 329 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,680 I can't get me file in there. 330 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,160 I don't know whether you can just cut something like that here? 331 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,760 Oh, I tell you what we could do, though, we could take the door off, 332 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,600 cos it's the door that's in the way, isn't it? 333 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,600 - Yeah, it is. Yeah, yeah. - There we are. 334 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,000 - So just going straight down, you want, yeah? - Yeah, yeah. 335 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,200 I think that might do, actually. 336 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,400 - Yeah? - Right, ready? - Yeah. 337 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,280 What am I holding my breath for? 338 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,800 Tense moment. 339 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,960 - Perfect. - That's good. - Absolutely perfect. 340 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:36,040 Well done. 341 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:39,480 - Hello, Jane. - How are you? 342 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,880 Yeah, good. This is the bit we really love, 343 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,440 so I'll just go and get it for you. 344 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,840 Oh, wow. 345 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,120 There we are. 346 00:17:52,120 --> 00:17:54,600 That looks wonderful. 347 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,760 Oh, look, you've done the dial... 348 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,320 The case... 349 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,400 It... 350 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,680 How we doing, Jane, you all right? 351 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,680 Dad would have liked that. 352 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,040 - Yeah. - He'd be, um... 353 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,640 He'd be proud of that and he'd be... 354 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:13,280 He would have loved to have met you. 355 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:15,760 - Aw, fantastic. - And you. 356 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,800 Does it go? 357 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:22,280 It-it-it's all going absolutely beautifully. 358 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,720 So I'm just going to chime it for you. 359 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,440 Ooh! 360 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,920 CLOCK CHIMES 361 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:36,280 How's that? 362 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:42,040 - Wonderful. - Fantastic. 363 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,480 HOUR STRIKES 364 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:51,920 It was ticking and chiming the day he died. 365 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,480 Which came as a complete surprise and was... 366 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,480 If you can have... 367 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,440 a good death, then he certainly did. 368 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:03,840 - He fell asleep in the chair next to this clock. - Aw, bless. - So... 369 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,560 To hear this again is absolutely wonderful. 370 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:09,440 - Um... - Bless him. 371 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,040 You've given it life that it had lost. 372 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:14,480 Let's have a look at the back. 373 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,720 - Yes, as I'm turning it around... - Let's have a look at it! 374 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,760 Its innards! 375 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,920 Oh, my goodness me! 376 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,640 I've cleaned everything up. 377 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,520 It looks like it's new! 378 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,520 - Yeah. - It's... That is astounding. 379 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:31,880 By getting the clock working again, I've got a bit of our father back, 380 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:35,960 which both myself and my sisters will love. 381 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,080 Oh, thank you... 382 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,160 Thank you so much, that is... 383 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,800 You're very, very welcome. It's been an absolute pleasure to do. 384 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,440 Ooh! I want to kiss you! 385 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,160 But I don't know if this is allowed! 386 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,800 I'm going to grab my sisters and say, "Come up here, girls! 387 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,440 "Let's have a party... Let's have a clock party!" 388 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,240 It's part of our family 389 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,000 and I am absolutely thrilled to be taking it home. 390 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,560 As another Repair Shop project is restored to pride of place, 391 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:15,560 accordion restorer Roger has reached a crucial point on his project. 392 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,760 He's taken the 80-year-old instrument to pieces 393 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:23,120 and is testing all 448 individual reeds. 394 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:27,120 - So, all of these are like notes, then? - That's correct. 395 00:20:27,120 --> 00:20:29,840 - NOTE PLAYS STRONGLY - So that's kind of OK. 396 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,160 QUAVERING NOTE 397 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,560 - That's not. - OK, that's quite cool, man. 398 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:34,680 So that's how it works 399 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,840 and I've just been checking the general condition 400 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:39,480 of these valves, these little strips of leather. 401 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,080 So, Roger, now you've got this apart, 402 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,000 can you tell me anything more about the history? 403 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,320 Well, we know it's made in Italy. 404 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,680 Actually, this one was made in Castelfidardo. 405 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:50,320 - Oh, right. - And Castelfidardo these days is regarded 406 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,200 as the capital of quality accordion manufacturing. 407 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,200 So this has come from good stock, then? 408 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:58,840 - Yeah. - And the most expensive accordion would be, roughly...? 409 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,120 Well, you'd pay 5,000, 6,000, 7,000 or more... 410 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:05,000 - Thousand? - Yeah, yeah. 411 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,680 For professional accordions, yeah. 412 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,040 - Wow. - Or even more, I mean, I've seen them more than that. 413 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,840 And we're going to get it working and sounding beautiful again? 414 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,160 Yeah. It's a lovely instrument, actually, I have to say. 415 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,520 It just looks beautiful and when it comes back together, 416 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,440 - it will sound beautiful as well. - Yep. 417 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,040 - I'm just going to put it back again. - SQUEAK 418 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,720 The accordion's not the only thing in the workshop in need of a tuning. 419 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,160 Do you want me to tell you what note that is? 420 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,080 I think it was a B. I think it was... 421 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,080 - Oh, sorry. - There we go, try again. 422 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,160 HE PLAYS A "B" AND DRAWER SQUEAKS 423 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,720 - Yeah, there you go. - So that is B, innit? Yeah. 424 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,720 It's about a B. 425 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,600 - Is that an E-sharp? - Yeah, it's there, it's that one there. 426 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,280 Oh, that's a flat. That's a flat. 427 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,720 SQUEAK 428 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,920 - Finished. - So, I have to be very careful not to cause any damage 429 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,040 to where this lever is fixed to the key. Because if I snap that off, 430 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,080 then I'm going to be in trouble. 431 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,920 Roger's realigning all the keys on the keyboard and making sure 432 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,520 none are leaking air. 433 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,360 But the parts are nearly 80 years old and one false move now 434 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:14,280 could spell disaster. 435 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,680 Originally, I thought I'd just need to adjust one or two of these keys, 436 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:21,080 but actually, they all need adjusting. 437 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,800 And the reason why you want the keys nice and flat like this 438 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,360 is because it gives you a nice action. 439 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:28,240 It's like the response of the keyboard. 440 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:31,520 And also, aesthetically, of course, it looks a lot nicer. 441 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,200 Because now I just use my little gauge to check... 442 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,720 No, it's still a bit proud. 443 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,760 The other way. Sometimes you get it right first time and other times you 444 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,520 don't, but you obviously don't want to be bending it backwards and 445 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,200 forwards too often too much because then you're going to introduce 446 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,280 some kind of, you know, metal fatigue in there. 447 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:54,360 Hang on. If I broke one of these levers it would be a bit of a 448 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,080 problem. I'm not going to. 449 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,080 Also at the fine-tuning stage, 450 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:09,680 Will's angling to get a seamless fix for Faye's 60-year-old fish before 451 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,400 she arrives to pick it up. 452 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:16,680 A little bit of polish on that tail and we are just in time, I think. 453 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,240 We are really up against it today. 454 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,040 - Hello. - Hello. 455 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,960 - So, are you ready? - Yes, I am. 456 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:31,280 Da-da-dah-dah! 457 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,000 - Oh, lovely! My goodness. - It's got a tail! 458 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,200 - We have his tail! Oh, it looks great! - Yeah. 459 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,800 And you've actually managed to get the colour spot-on. 460 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,120 He's looking pretty smart and he will go home and 461 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:42,680 be put in pride of place. 462 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,880 - Thanks, Faye, very much. - Thank you for all that hard work. 463 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,320 - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. 464 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,520 Roger's hoping he'll also hit the high notes with the owners 465 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,800 of that very special instrument he's been working on. 466 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,240 This is the final bellows pin, so put that in there... 467 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,320 And the next stage is for me to give it its final test. 468 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,240 - How we doing, Roger? Are we ready? - We are, yes, it's done. 469 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,160 It does look gorgeous. 470 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,600 - The only thing left now is to hear what it sounds like. - Yep. 471 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,720 HE PLAYS A FEW NOTES 472 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,600 It sounds better. 473 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,040 HE PLAYS A TUNE 474 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,640 I told you I'm not a maestro, but... 475 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,640 - No, it sounds good. - A kind of demo, really. - No, that's a good demo. 476 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,960 - So, you've fixed it, then? - Yeah. But what we've got... 477 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,480 I noticed it when I came in, it is just the case. 478 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:38,560 Looks extremely tired and a repair that we would not be proud of. 479 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,160 You've done such a great job on the actual machine itself, Roger, 480 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,440 it seems a shame to put it in something like this... 481 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:45,960 - Yeah, I agree. - Yeah? 482 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,200 So, I know a man who might be able to... 483 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,520 Will? He's trying to shy away at the moment. 484 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:52,600 So, Will... How we doing, my friend? 485 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,240 - Ah... - Got this. 486 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,240 - Sounds like trouble. - It is trouble. We need this repaired. 487 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,400 - Sounds like trouble. What's all this? - I know... 488 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,400 But I was thinking, what we could do... 489 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,200 is take this off and then you must have some kind of... 490 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,440 - Oh, gosh. - That's it. 491 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,240 - Let's not make it any worse, though, yeah? - Not any worse. 492 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,640 Just so it looks uniform, I would say. 493 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,400 Right, uniform. Well, the good thing is... 494 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,960 - It's solid. - It's made of plywood, I think. 495 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,520 Yeah, so it's just a superficial damage to the surface. 496 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,680 - Yeah. - I am going to work some magic. 497 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,680 In the next five minutes, yeah? 498 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,760 There's no rush, there's no rush. 499 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,960 OK. But probably five to three minutes. 500 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,040 If you make me a cup of tea, three minutes. 501 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,480 - I'm on it, mate, I'm on it. - Yeah? 502 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,960 Cup of tea. Cup of tea. Two and a half minutes now, yeah? 503 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,440 - Yeah, right(!) - All right, see you in a minute. 504 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,520 - That looks diamond. - Yeah? 505 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,280 Yeah! That looks good. 506 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,960 I'm very pleased and it looks... 507 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,520 It is a stunning looking instrument, I mean, I have to say, 508 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,240 and I am still amazed at the condition that it's in given its age, 509 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,480 and it's 80 years old. And I hope Sarah enjoys it and it'll keep her going 510 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,400 for a good few years, maybe another 80 years, who knows? 511 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,360 Cheers, mate. 512 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:13,680 Now restored to its former glory, 513 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:18,040 Sarah and Howard are ready to reveal the accordion to its original and 514 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,000 unsuspecting owner... 515 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,960 94-year-old Iris. 516 00:26:25,360 --> 00:26:28,160 - Hello. - Mum... - Right, we've got a surprise lined up, 517 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:29,680 in case you hadn't guessed. 518 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,040 - Are you all right? Do you need a hand? - All right? 519 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:34,080 Hello. 520 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,000 So, this is your surprise. 521 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,080 So, you know when you opened it up and it made a terrible noise? 522 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,120 Yeah? Oh, you had it fixed! 523 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:47,480 Yeah. Because there was a key sticking up here... 524 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,440 Yeah, it was this one, I think, wasn't it? 525 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,480 And then when you opened it, it was... 526 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,960 - The note was... - Yeah, permanent noise, yeah. 527 00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,680 Yeah. Must be ten years since I used that. 528 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,000 - Mm. - But it's all in working order now. 529 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,800 - Do you want to see Sarah play it? - Yes, please! 530 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,760 SHE PLAYS "SHE'LL BE COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN" 531 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:10,720 She's good. 532 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,280 # Singing ay ay yippee yippee ay Yee-ha! 533 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,080 # Singing ay ay yippee yippee ay 534 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:34,840 # Singing ay ay yippee, ay ay yippee 535 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:39,560 # Ay ay yippee yippee ay. # 536 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:40,840 - That's smashing. - Yay! 537 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,960 Good, very good. 538 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,760 She was just so happy that it had been fixed. 539 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,240 I can't believe what they've done. I knew nothing about it. 540 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,560 It was a complete shock. 541 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,840 The best thing was her reaction to seeing Sarah play it, without a doubt. 542 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,760 She got quite emotional because it brought back memories for her, 543 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,480 but it was also, you know, passing that legacy on to her granddaughter. 544 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:10,440 I hope that my granddaughter will look after it and play it and enjoy it 545 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,360 as much as I did. 546 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:14,560 Life goes on. 547 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,160 Join us next time as more precious pieces are rescued 548 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,400 and their cherished memories restored in... 549 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,280 The Repair Shop.