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The Repair Shop - Season 15 Episode 2 -
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00:00Hello, here you go.
00:02A dream team of master craftspeople.
00:05This is quite a project.
00:07It's huge, yeah.
00:08Under one roof.
00:09Do you want a cup of tea?
00:10Oh, thank you.
00:11Together...
00:12Look at the colour.
00:14Absolutely amazing.
00:15Teamwork.
00:16They can repair anything.
00:18If someone's made it, then I can fix it.
00:20It's not bad.
00:21This is quite the conundrum.
00:23Cha-ching.
00:24Transforming the faded.
00:26This is major.
00:27It's just rotten.
00:28I don't think you've ever seen a wheel that bad.
00:30Back to fantastic.
00:35This is another same table.
00:36I'm gonna have to give you a hug.
00:38Reigniting the stories they hold.
00:41I'm gonna have this smile on my face for a long time.
00:47Welcome to the repair shop.
00:58You got a busy day on?
01:01Always busy.
01:02Oh, yes.
01:08Morning.
01:09You all right, Steve?
01:15You all right, Susals?
01:16Yeah, good.
01:17Good, good. Yourself?
01:18Yeah, good, thank you.
01:19Today's first job has arrived ahead of time.
01:28This is really nice.
01:29It's a lovely clock.
01:31It is looking slightly dull.
01:33Yeah, it's very tired, isn't it?
01:34Very tired looking.
01:37With high hopes that their combined restoration skills
01:40can nurse this historical timepiece back to life,
01:43schoolteacher Bethel Larko.
01:48Hello.
01:49Hi there.
01:50This must be your clock.
01:51Well, it's not my personal clock,
01:52but it belongs to Wello Primary School
01:54that I'm the headteacher of.
01:56OK.
01:57And you've got a book here as well?
01:59I have.
02:00So this tells the story of how we came to have this clock.
02:04Wello Primary School was built in 1875 on land
02:09which was given by Florence Nightingale's family
02:12for the children of Wello at the start of compulsory education.
02:15In 1877, the logbook shows us that Florence Nightingale
02:21personally donated this clock to the school.
02:24Wow.
02:25That's incredible.
02:26In May the 18th, 1877, it says that a new clock,
02:32the gift of Miss F Nightingale has been hung in the schoolroom.
02:37That is quite something.
02:39It's our claim to fame.
02:40The children know about Florence.
02:43She's part of our curriculum learning
02:45and she's buried in Wello Churchyard.
02:48Back in 1875,
02:51did people know how important she was for nursing then?
02:55My understanding is that she certainly had a reputation
02:59beyond just nursing.
03:01The influence that she had in her role in society
03:04and that the Nightingale family were social reformers of their time
03:08and recognised that the way to improve life chances for everybody
03:12was through education.
03:14In the early days, the children that came to the school
03:17were the children of farm workers
03:20and they were out in the fields helping their families
03:23before and after school.
03:25So I wonder if perhaps the clock was to help children,
03:29you know, be a little bit milpunctual
03:31to encourage better school attendance.
03:33Yeah, absolutely.
03:34I've been at the school for nearly 20 years.
03:37I've never known it to work.
03:39All right.
03:40And I haven't found anybody who's been able to remember it working.
03:42Really?
03:43Wow.
03:44It would be great to hear it.
03:45Yeah.
03:46I'm wondering whether we can do anything with the face
03:49just to smarten that up a little bit.
03:52Yeah.
03:53Someone's gone at it with like the gloss paint on the numerals.
03:55It's really peeling away.
03:57Yeah.
03:58I think we ought to do something with the dial.
04:00That would be great.
04:01It looks like it's seen better days.
04:03Yeah.
04:04Yeah.
04:05There's a massive crack there.
04:06Why have you decided to have it fixed now?
04:08Well, I think because we're coming up to the 150-year anniversary
04:12as a school, we've been thinking about the special things
04:16that we might do.
04:17And this is one of the things that, of course,
04:19people went straight to.
04:20It would be really nice to get the clock working again,
04:21wouldn't it?
04:22Go back to that link with Florence Nightingale.
04:24It would be really lovely to have the clock
04:27as it would have been when it was presented.
04:30That would just be amazing.
04:32It's been lovely to meet you and hear all about the clock.
04:34Steve and I will do our best.
04:36I will see you very soon.
04:38That's lovely.
04:39Thanks a lot. Bye-bye.
04:40Thanks so much.
04:41Bye-bye now.
04:46The history behind this, I mean,
04:48it seems a shame to have a beautiful clock
04:50that hasn't worked for so many years.
04:52Absolutely.
04:53I'll take it over to my bench, I'll get the mechanism out,
04:56and then I'll get the case over to you.
04:58This is a really, really lovely clock.
05:16It was made by a top family of clock makers.
05:20It is in pretty poor condition.
05:25The dial needs to be done properly.
05:28I'm sure that I can give this to Cindy
05:30to transform back to how it should look.
05:33What I need to do now is to have a look at the mechanism
05:36and see why this clock hasn't been working for so many years.
05:40To do that, I'm just going to remove the wooden pegs.
05:47And this should just slide off.
05:58Wow.
06:00I can see here that the centre back pivot,
06:03which is one of the bearings, is rusty,
06:06and that means the actual pivot, which is steel,
06:09is worn.
06:11Sometimes these pivots can actually break.
06:14So when I take it apart,
06:16I've got to be really, really careful
06:18to do it nice and gently just in case it does break.
06:26I really want to see that centre pivot
06:28to see just how badly worn it is
06:31and see what other problems I'll find.
06:39Next, a tale of animal rescue.
06:51Did you used to have pets as a kid?
06:52Yes, I did.
06:53I used to have a dog and a bunny.
06:55Aww.
06:56I think you'll like what's about to come in then.
06:58Excellent.
06:59Pet lover Angelina Bacallaro
07:01has the paper skills needed for Hazel Smith's repair.
07:05Hi.
07:06Hello.
07:07Hi.
07:08What have you brought in for us?
07:09An old map.
07:10A falling apart old map.
07:11What's left of an old map?
07:12Yes.
07:13That looks like it's been very well used.
07:15Yes.
07:16This is actually a map of Wharfdale.
07:18Georgia.
07:19Bradford-ish area.
07:20Okay.
07:21It was one of my dad's tools of his trade.
07:23He was an RSPCA inspector.
07:25What was dad's name?
07:26Ted.
07:27Ted.
07:28Yeah.
07:29What does being an RSPCA inspector involve?
07:30Rescuing animals, treating animals.
07:34He was out and about.
07:36He could literally get a call and go anywhere for any reason.
07:40He might have to go and knock a wall down to rescue a cat from a chimney.
07:45He was up on the Pennines in the middle of winter one year,
07:49rescuing a cattle truck full of calves because the truck was snowbound.
07:56Goodness me.
07:57This would have been a really important tool then.
07:59Yeah.
08:00There's no phones, no internet, no sat-nav.
08:01No, no.
08:02I used to go out with my dad on cases.
08:04I was sort of the keeper of the maps.
08:07It was wonderful bonding time.
08:10My dad was, he was a gentleman but he was a very funny man as well.
08:13He was a lovely dad.
08:15Did your dad ever bring any unusual animals back home?
08:19We had a Canada goose.
08:21It came to live with us for a while and it bit me on the bum.
08:24Oh my goodness.
08:26And we ended up with a monkey staying with us.
08:29A monkey?
08:30Yeah.
08:31I'm very proud of what he did in the RSPCA.
08:33That's why it's special.
08:36This is the only map I've got left.
08:39When he died, we found it in all this important to keep things.
08:44It obviously meant something to him, you know, as it does to me.
08:49I can see the map has clearly had a life.
08:51What are you hoping Angie can do to it?
08:54I would like so that I can't see people through it.
08:58Yes.
08:59And the edges aren't falling apart and bits like this sticking up.
09:06And if it can possibly get framed or at least bordered.
09:10Thank you so much for sharing your stories with us.
09:12It's been fascinating.
09:13Good.
09:14It's been lovely to meet you.
09:15Thank you very much.
09:16Thank you so much.
09:17See you later.
09:18Nice seeing you.
09:19Bye.
09:23Oh goodness me.
09:24So I have to figure something out about this guy.
09:27Yeah.
09:28I'm excited though.
09:29Good luck with it.
09:39Goodness me.
09:40This map has definitely been very, very well used.
09:44I really want to go through and think about how to address all those little tears and the losses that are on the map.
09:52I really also do need to deal with all these liftings and find a way for this to be displayed in the way that Hazel would like.
10:01There's quite a lot of things for me to figure out but I do know where I'm going to start.
10:07I think it will be best if I remove the textile from the back.
10:13It will allow me to have access to the paper on the back of the map and then I will be able to line it.
10:19This is always a bit of an unknown when removing something from a surface.
10:24But I will always go with water first because water is a very, very good solvent.
10:30So I'll just apply a little bit on the surface and see if that helps reactivate any paste that is on the gauze.
10:37I'm extremely happy that this is working but I will not take it for granted that this will continue working throughout.
10:49Because that paper has been through like a lot of adventures.
10:53So easy does it as always.
10:56While Will takes charge of the wooden case of the Florence Nightingale clock,
11:12dial restorer Cindy Welland has the eye for detail required to turn back time on its face.
11:19You alright Cindy?
11:21Hi Steve.
11:22I've got this amazing clock dial that was gifted by Florence Nightingale.
11:28Really?
11:29Yeah.
11:30The real Florence Nightingale?
11:31Yeah, absolutely.
11:32Wow.
11:33Someone's made a valiant attempt at repainting it.
11:36But yeah, as you can see it's in poor condition.
11:39You can see why they've done that because you can see that it's all cracked there.
11:43So really they probably had no choice.
11:45But unfortunately you can see lots of it is missing underneath.
11:48So there's very little of it left.
11:51This is the only original part that we've got here that they've painted around.
11:55I think it's beyond saving it.
11:57We're going to have to strip it off and start again.
12:00I'll leave it in your capable hands.
12:02Okay then Steve.
12:04Now this is a really tricky bit of damage to fix.
12:19This area here is where the hinge goes on and that attaches the glass to the woodwork.
12:24And at some point having drilled a hole to fit it, it's created a bit of weakness and it's split.
12:31So the best thing to do would be cut out that damage to the crack there.
12:35A piece and a new bit of wood.
12:52Here we are.
12:54Let's see if this fits.
12:56And yes it does.
12:59Right, I'm going to add some glue to that.
13:02Pop it in, clamp this up and when it's dried I can shape this to match it with the surrounding area.
13:12I've dismantled the whole mechanism and I've looked through all of the parts.
13:17It's in such good condition apart from the pivot.
13:21And I do need to rectify that.
13:23And the pivot's sort of crucial to the working of a clock because it's the actual bearing point.
13:28There is so much force from the mainspring pushing on this wheel.
13:33And this pivot, which is only about 1.3 millimetres in diameter, that holds all of that force.
13:42And if they're worn, the clock just won't work.
13:45So the first thing I need to do is pop this into the lathe and get the pivot nicely polished.
13:51I'm going to use a pivot file.
14:01I'm just going to gently spin the lathe.
14:06I'm taking a fraction of the surface off so that I've got a nice parallel pivot.
14:18Now what I need to do is use a very fine polishing paper to finish it and get a really good shine on it.
14:27Once it's in the pivot hole and lubricated properly, there should be hardly any friction at all.
14:43Great.
14:44That's all ready now to pop into the pivot.
14:48The present pivot hole, the actual wheel here, is just too loose and wobbly.
14:53Basically, I need to push the hole so that the pivot will fit in there nice and snugly.
14:59Now I need to push it in.
15:06Right, that's perfect.
15:11I'll just check that it fits in there nicely, which it does.
15:15That'll be good, hopefully, for another 100, 200 years.
15:20Now the whole mechanism is ready to reassemble and get ticking.
15:33Pete, do you come from a musical family?
15:35No. Not at all.
15:37No? No.
15:38What made you get into it, then?
15:39Well, I don't know. At school.
15:41OK. What, did you play the recorder?
15:43I used to get chucked out of recording classes, yeah.
15:47Although recorders didn't work out, musical instrument restorer Pete Woods is a dab hand when it comes to brass instruments.
15:56Natalie Wade and her father, Mike, are hoping he can bring harmony back to an item that they treasure.
16:02Hello, welcome.
16:04Hello.
16:05How are you?
16:06Beautiful.
16:07So whose is this, then?
16:08This is my late father Dick Wade's baritone saxophone.
16:12It looks like it's been played a lot.
16:14Yes, he had this right the way through his professional and semi-professional career.
16:18From the mid-40s right the way through to the mid-90s.
16:21What kind of bands was your dad playing?
16:24Well, post-war there was a big swing band, Boom.
16:28And they were playing at the big concert halls that existed at that time.
16:31So he travelled around with the band?
16:33He travelled all over UK with big bands up until the early 50s.
16:36And then I think he thought he'd get a proper job.
16:39So he became an engineer.
16:41But his passion for music was still there.
16:43So he was semi-professional.
16:45He actually had his own band, the Dick Wade Five.
16:48He was mid-70s by the time he retired.
16:50And he died in 2004.
16:54I play the piano.
16:56And I was lucky enough to play with him for a couple of years.
16:58Which was an absolutely momentous time.
17:02Really inspiring for me to actually play with him.
17:05Yeah, I bet.
17:06And so the musical sort of strain has carried on to yourself.
17:09I've got to ask, did it carry on with you?
17:11It did indeed, yeah.
17:12Oh, I'm glad to hear it.
17:13Yeah, I think a lot of my musical inspiration came from my grandfather.
17:17I used to go around quite regularly and music just kind of ran through him.
17:22He would often get his saxophone out and play it for me.
17:25And it was so inspirational and he was so talented.
17:27It really made me want to follow that passion.
17:30Yeah.
17:31When I was 19, I joined the Ron Maroons Band Service as a flute and saxophone player.
17:35I particularly loved playing the baritone.
17:37We would do big band concerts.
17:40Don't make it worth doing that.
17:42Somebody who can get that oomph off out of the baritone.
17:46It's just much percussive, the sound, isn't it?
17:49It's a great sound.
17:50Yeah, playing the baritone in the big band, you really just give it that oomph and have some fun with it.
17:55Brilliant.
17:56What sort of venues did you play?
17:57Probably one of my favourites to perform in is the Royal Albert Hall.
18:00Oh, wow.
18:01That was a huge moment.
18:03I bet.
18:04Goodness me.
18:05And I just wish that my father could have been there and seen the inspiration that he'd had on her musical career and her playing.
18:13He would have been so proud.
18:15What an amazing thing to sit and see.
18:17Yeah.
18:18So it looks on the surface.
18:20It's amazing.
18:21There's not a dent on it.
18:22What's wrong with it?
18:23I think the pads will probably have seen better days.
18:26The key guard has gone off of here.
18:29I love the patina of this instrument.
18:31I don't want to see it shiny and...
18:34I'm so glad you said that because it just looks beautiful.
18:36It has.
18:37It's got his blood, sweat and tears on it.
18:39Absolutely.
18:40My granddad played this instrument throughout his life.
18:43I would just absolutely love to be able to play on this same instrument.
18:46I've seen my father play it and then to see my daughter play it would just mean the world.
18:52It's been so lovely meeting you both.
18:53It's been a pleasure to be here.
18:54Thanks a lot.
18:55Bye.
18:56Bye bye.
18:58Well I hope you can get it working.
19:05So do I.
19:07Good luck.
19:08Thanks.
19:22This Barry Saxe, it's a sort of equivalent to the bass guitar in the rock band.
19:27It sort of honks away at the bottom but it's a nice honk.
19:31It's almost a percussive feel.
19:34First thing that's wrong is the action is terrible but a lot of that is old oil.
19:39So it needs a good clean.
19:41The pads are showing their age a little bit.
19:45I think we'll replace all of them because they're very important to make it airtight.
19:50There's supposed to be a guard that goes over the top which stops that going up too far.
19:56So I've got to make one up.
19:59It works in exactly the same way as that one does.
20:03I like the way somebody's put that piece of string on.
20:06Just imagine somebody at a gig, oh whoops it's come off.
20:09Bit of string.
20:10Away we go.
20:11Wonderful.
20:12First thing I've got to do now is get all these keys off.
20:24Ah, it's one off.
20:25I need now to get that one out, measure up what's called a cup, the bit that holds it,
20:31and then I can get some more on order.
20:33Just got to keep going.
20:42The team effort to restore the clock continues,
20:52and Cindy's ready for the critical stage of the dial's restoration.
20:57I've painted the ground paint, I've transferred the pattern on this dial,
21:01and now I'm going to do my favourite part,
21:03which is to repaint all of the numerals and get it looking
21:06how Florence Nightingale would have seen it originally.
21:12Some people ask why not do it with a drawing pen and draftsman's pens,
21:23but you'll never get as fine a line with a draftsman pen
21:26as a nice, good quality brush.
21:30Now I've finished all the outline, I've just got to fill in all the numerals freehand.
21:45It's really important to have a good amount of paint on the brush
21:49and really flood out the numeral, so you get a really even finish on colour.
21:55I'm just going to work my way around the dial in the same way
22:02until all the numerals are painted.
22:04Well I've finished shaping in that new piece of woodwork,
22:15and I'm going to polish the entire surface to sort of even it all out.
22:19I've got some shellac polish and some methylated spirits.
22:25So this is the satisfying part of this process.
22:29It brings up the lovely colour, it also shows any imperfections,
22:33so if you've missed something, you're going to see it.
22:36Once I've finished polishing this, I'll then move on to the rest of the case,
22:40if I can get it back to Steve.
22:48Angelina's diving in as she prepares to rehydrate Hazel's map.
22:53I was able to really successfully remove the gauze from the back of the map
22:57and I have prepared a humidification chamber.
23:00The map is sitting on a wetted capillary matting
23:03and this will slowly allow the water to evaporate
23:06and come into the chamber, humidifying the paper nice and gradually.
23:11And once it's nice and soft,
23:13I will be able to flatten all of these curly, curly edges
23:17and it will be nice and ready for me to start lining it.
23:21I will cover it with a plastic sheet just to seal my chamber off.
23:27I'm going to use some clamps just to make sure
23:31that all of the nice humidity is staying inside.
23:34It's basically just like a little sauna for them.
23:56I can see that my map is ready, I can see the steam inside,
24:00so it should be nice and humidified for me to start lining.
24:05Everything is looking loose and limp, so this is really, really good.
24:12I am using a Japanese tissue as a lining tissue.
24:16It has really long fibres and it will be an excellent support for the map.
24:21My lining paste is a combination of wheat starch and methyl cellulose.
24:28It's quite wet and it will allow me to move the pieces around as I go.
24:34It is quite a stressful moment for me because I need to make sure
24:38that everything is nice and straight
24:40and just make sure that all of these tiny little edges are nicely adhered.
24:44Oh my word. That is amazing.
25:01Be pleased.
25:02More than pleased. I can't see where the gap was at all.
25:05Thank you so much. Pleasure. See you in a bit.
25:11Pete has stripped the keys from the saxophone,
25:14ready for a degreasing bath to remove decades of oil and grime.
25:19So we don't want to soak it too much because I don't want to spoil the lacquer.
25:28Water can disturb the lacquer if it's in there too long.
25:33This really does look as if it's been around a few years
25:37and Mike wanted it to look like that.
25:39It's got to look like his dad's old saxophone, like he remembered it.
25:44It's most probably originally what they used to call a gold lacquer.
25:49It's got a tint in it. It was quite fashionable at one time.
25:57I've got to make sure this is spotless actually
26:00because Natalie wants to play.
26:03I think she's going to enjoy playing it actually.
26:06Are you using your old bath waters cleaning?
26:26No, this is a fresh bath water.
26:28You ought to see it when the old bath water goes out.
26:31Birthdays and Christmas, Mike, isn't it?
26:33Angie has completed the painstaking task of relining the fragmented man.
26:54All of the little areas that were curled up are now nice and flat
26:58so I can really see where my losses are
27:00and now I can work on filling them up.
27:03I've got my fine felt tip pen
27:07and I'll be using this acetate to trace my loss on it
27:12because I want it to match as closely to the loss as possible.
27:17Now that I have my shape, I can just put my paper directly on it.
27:31By using my owl, I'll trace it directly on,
27:36which means that it's pretty much getting cut as I move the owl on top of it.
27:42Now that I have scored my paper, it should be nice and easy to pull it apart.
27:49There we go.
27:54Ah, just going over it with some wheat starch paste.
28:01Right, moment of truth.
28:11It looks good.
28:13So I'm just using my bone folder just to make sure that the paper stays nice and flat and into the little loss.
28:23So now that this is nice and secure, I'll just put a piece of bondina blotter and a weight,
28:32so it all dries nice and flat.
28:34And then I will continue working through the rest of the map
28:37and then everything will be ready for retouching.
28:40Hi Steve, I have something for you.
29:07Oh, look at that.
29:10Ready for lots more children to be looking at it.
29:13Can I have a look?
29:15That is so perfect.
29:17Absolutely perfect.
29:19With all the clock parts now repaired, Steve can start putting it back together.
29:26I would have never have guessed when I was a child listening to the stories about Florence Nightingale
29:32that I'd be working on a clock that was actually presented by her.
29:36And I completely understand why it's so important to Bethan to get this clock working for the school,
29:43because she's never seen it working and ticking away.
29:47This once handsome clock had long stopped telling the time, and a well-intentioned facelift had badly let it down.
30:00Over in the market town of Romsey, it's a big day at Wello Primary.
30:05Head teacher Bethan and her pupils are hoping to give top marks to their now restored link to history.
30:14Thank you very much for allowing me to install this important clock to your school.
30:21How has it been without the clock up on the wall?
30:25It's been strange because it's part of our school, and it's been there for a long time.
30:31Yeah, I completely understand.
30:33Would everyone like to see it now?
30:35Yes.
30:36OK, here we go.
30:38Oh my goodness.
30:54I've been imagining what it might look like.
30:57And it didn't look like this.
30:59And it's shiny.
31:00I can't believe it.
31:02The painting looks so much neater than it was before.
31:05Cindy has completely repainted the dial.
31:09So, real team effort.
31:11It doesn't look 150 years old, does it?
31:15So, would you like to hear it ticking?
31:18Yes.
31:19OK, here we go.
31:31That's amazing.
31:32We didn't even know it did that.
31:34It's just one single thing.
31:35It's called a passing strike.
31:37We've done a very good job of it.
31:39Thank you very much.
31:40It's totally beyond my expectations.
31:43It's beautiful.
31:44It's going to be a key part of our celebrations, about being 150 years old.
31:49And I think that just sums it up, that beautiful clock, fully restored.
31:55And it's going to be working for another 150 years if it's looked after.
32:02I hope so.
32:03There's no let up for Pete.
32:13There's no let up for Pete.
32:26He's restored a subtle sheen to the saxophone, but it's still a long way from performance ready.
32:32The next thing to do is replace this guard.
32:35I've got to make a brand new one.
32:37They're quite important because they do guard the keys.
32:41So I managed to get some hexagonal brass, exactly the same that's on here for bending.
32:48I've just got to anneal it.
32:50I get it to red hot and it softens.
32:52We don't actually bend it while it's hot.
32:56So we quench it.
33:00That way we can handle it quite quickly.
33:06That's nice and cool now.
33:07That's annealed nicely.
33:09It should bend nicely.
33:11Nice and soft.
33:26We use quite a low melting point solder.
33:50It doesn't cause as much heat damage then.
33:53And it runs nicely.
33:55That's the first one done.
34:01It's made a good bond now.
34:03It's in there.
34:04All I've got to do now is get on with the others.
34:13Hopefully that'll save Natalie having to do the emergency repairs like her granddad did,
34:19with a bit of string.
34:25Having navigated her way around the gaps in Hazel's map, Angelina is on the road home.
34:43I'm really pleased with the infills.
34:49Everything is really nice and smooth.
34:51Now for the exciting part, it's very touching.
34:54I have decided to use watercolors.
34:55So I want to start from the greens a little bit and then I'll move into more of the brown areas.
35:03This is really one of my favorite parts of my work.
35:12Although I can't fill all of the little details.
35:15I can just fill in those sort of gaps into all of the places that Hazel and her dad had all of their adventures when Hazel was growing up.
35:25Well, I think this is going really well so far.
35:33I still have quite a lot of work to do.
35:35Then I will be able to mount it and have it ready for Hazel to come pick it up.
35:40This map was a cherished keepsake of Hazel's joyful travels with her father, Ted, an RSPCA inspector.
35:53Now Hazel has returned, hoping the map with the memories it holds has been revived.
35:59Hello.
36:00Hiya.
36:01Welcome back.
36:02Here we go.
36:03How are you feeling?
36:04Really excited to get something back from my dad because it was in a real bad state.
36:12So are you ready to see it?
36:14Oh, you've no idea how ready I am to see it.
36:17I'm so excited.
36:18Here we go.
36:19Good heavens.
36:32That is utterly amazing.
36:38You can't see through that at all and everything's stuck down.
36:43My dad would be over the moon.
36:45He'd be so, so happy.
36:48Oh, gosh.
36:51It's back being what my dad owned.
36:54I am so, so happy with it.
36:56It's exactly how I hoped it would be.
36:59Oh, really?
37:00Exactly.
37:01I'm so happy.
37:02I loved working on it and I really feel like I'm part of its history.
37:07Absolutely, you are.
37:08I will get this ready for you, packed up.
37:10I can't wait to get it home.
37:12I really can't.
37:13And I can't thank you enough for doing it for me and doing it for my dad.
37:18You're welcome.
37:19Goodbye.
37:20Bye.
37:25I'm absolutely amazed at the job that Angelina has done.
37:29She has just brought it back to life.
37:32All the times that my dad and I were out with the map in his little van, just having adventures.
37:41I couldn't be happier.
37:42I'm now claiming this ironing board.
37:58I've covered it in pink, so everybody knows.
38:00You restored it?
38:01It's yours.
38:02In the cover.
38:03Well, you know.
38:17Pitch restoration of the saxophone is almost complete, with one last step to ensure it's
38:23pitch perfect.
38:24The final test is the leak light.
38:27If I can see light, it means there's a little tiny air leak.
38:33So I've got to cure it.
38:35A sax with leaks is no good to anybody.
38:38That one's fine.
38:41That one's fine.
38:43Ooh.
38:44We're having a bit of luck here.
38:47There's a pad there that's got a little tiny leak.
38:51I've got these little plastic wedges that I make.
38:56Plastic doesn't damage what you're doing.
38:59I'm just going to give the key, just a little easing.
39:06And that's it.
39:07It's done.
39:08It's an absolute fraction.
39:10There's no one.
39:13I've got to get it right.
39:14Natalie's going to play this.
39:16So I've just got to keep on with it, give it a cling, and it'll all be ready to go.
39:23This sack served its owner well in big bands for some 50 years.
39:35But it needed new parts and a thorough overhaul.
39:42Pete.
39:43It's looking good.
39:44It's all right, yeah.
39:45It's come up all right.
39:46It's about how it sounds though, isn't it?
39:47As long as it plays right, I'll be happy.
39:49Exactly.
39:55Mike and daughter Natalie hope to hear the sound that evokes memories of an inspiring and much-loved father and grandfather.
40:04Here they are.
40:05Welcome back.
40:06Hello.
40:07Hi.
40:08It's lovely to be back.
40:09Good to see you both.
40:10Excited, nervous, apprehensive.
40:14A whole mixture of feelings, Dom.
40:16It's difficult to explain.
40:17How about yourself, Natalie?
40:19Just really excited to see it brought back to life.
40:22Having this instrument at home and not being able to use it must have been torture.
40:27It's not an ornament.
40:29No, no.
40:30It's designed to be played and used.
40:33Well, do you both want to take a look?
40:35You ready?
40:36Yeah, I'd love it.
40:37Yes, really want to take a look.
40:38Yes, thank you.
40:39Here we go.
40:40Thank you, Pete.
40:44Oh, wow.
40:45Wow.
40:46Look at it.
40:47Wonderful.
40:50It's absolutely beautiful.
40:52I feel like you've kept all its character too, but actually definitely shined it up a bit.
40:57I knew you wanted it to look the same.
40:59Yes.
41:00The only place I'm afraid I lost it was there where I just make up a new key card and solder it on.
41:05But isn't that a battle scar?
41:07I like that.
41:08That's exactly how I see it.
41:09I think it is.
41:10I think that all adds to the history of this.
41:12It's history now, isn't it?
41:13Absolutely.
41:14I think what you've done with the character of it is perfect.
41:17Yeah.
41:18That's beautiful.
41:19I'm hoping you'll play it for us.
41:20Well, I've got some big shoes to fill with my granddad's, but I'm very excited to give it a go.
41:26Perfect.
41:27Brilliant.
41:28Yeah.
41:29Yeah.
41:30Wow.
41:31That was really nice to play.
41:33Sounds beautiful.
41:34Really does.
41:35How are you doing, Mike?
41:36You all right?
41:37Yeah.
41:38Yeah, I'm right.
41:39Yeah, I'm good.
41:40I could hear my father playing it.
41:41I mean, just to hear it again like that, it's so, so good.
41:45I feel like I'm walking in his shoes.
41:46He really appreciates it so much.
41:47Lovely to meet you.
41:48Okay.
41:49Cheers.
41:50Bye-bye.
41:52Bye-bye.
41:54Bye-bye.
41:57It sounded brilliant.
41:58It's a nice sound, isn't it?
41:59It's a nice sound, isn't it?
42:00Yeah.
42:06Bye-bye.
42:08Thanks.
42:09Goodbye.
42:11It sounded brilliant.
42:12It's a nice sound, isn't it?
42:17Hearing Natalie play the saxophone, my father's saxophone, it was just exciting.
42:23It was uplifting, invigorating.
42:26It was something that meant such a lot to him.
42:29So now to be able to play it myself is just really special.
42:34Now I'm just excited about Natalie continuing to play this instrument
42:39and keeping that connection with my father.
42:47If you have a treasured possession that's seen better days
42:50and you think the team can help,
42:52please get in touch at bbc.co.uk slash techpar
42:57and join us in The Repair Shop.
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