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00:00Here at The Repair Shop, countless treasures...
00:05...have been brought back to life...
00:07Cha-ching!
00:09...that reveals so much...
00:10...about who we are...
00:12...and where we're from.
00:14It's like it's brand new.
00:15But there's so much more out there...
00:17Let's do it.
00:18...that's not yet made it...
00:20...to the barn.
00:21This is amazing.
00:22So the team are hitting the road.
00:25I just love getting up close and personal with the objects.
00:28And we're going to get a glimpse into some amazing...
00:30...and we're going to get heritage crafts.
00:31Yes.
00:32I cannot wait.
00:34I know you...
00:35...a unique adventure.
00:36Oh, yes.
00:37This is terrifying.
00:40To join forces with expert craftspeople.
00:43Whoa!
00:44If we don't...
00:45...to point these joints, moisture's going to penetrate...
00:47...on their most ambitious restorations yet.
00:50To think every day you come up, this is your office.
00:52Wow!
00:53It's big!
00:54Keeping...
00:55...and heritage crafts alive.
00:56Keep going.
00:57Keep going.
00:58Yeah.
00:59It's getting hot in there.
01:00...on precious restorations around the country.
01:03I can't even imagine what...
01:05...it looks like.
01:06Wow!
01:07There's a legacy here that needs to be protected.
01:10It's going to be protected.
01:11The people who are living in the New York City.
01:13You don't have to be protected.
01:14Never!
01:15Today, Dom visits a historic music hall.
01:19Look at this.
01:20It's incredible.
01:21That needs help with an old pianola.
01:25And I brought one with me.
01:30Okay, so we're missing two pieces.
01:32Yeah.
01:33To restore a priceless handma...
01:35To have something that I can hold...
01:40...that he has held.
01:40It's invaluable.
01:42And Dom turns his hand to woodwork.
01:45Learning an ancient craft.
01:46Quite impressed.
01:47I think I could hire you at this stage.
01:48Oh, yeah?
01:49Yep.
01:50I'm really enjoying it.
01:55Repair shop experts...
02:00Will and Dom are back on the road.
02:02Today's first stop, Glasgow.
02:05Having recently celebrated its 850th birthday,
02:08it's a city steep...
02:10...in history and culture.
02:12So, Glasgow.
02:14Yes.
02:15I'm dropping you off this morning.
02:16I'm going to a musical.
02:19A mu...
02:20A musical?
02:20No, not musical.
02:21I'm not going to be singing.
02:22A music hall.
02:24Oh, right.
02:25Quite an exciting morning.
02:26It will be.
02:28Stepping into the spot...
02:30What it looks like today
02:30are traditional craft skills.
02:33As Dom answers the call...
02:35of a legendary Scottish venue...
02:37in need of some restoration help.
02:40Hidden away in close...
02:45Glasgow's historic trungate.
02:46Oh, wow.
02:47The Britannia panopticon...
02:49is the world's...
02:50surviving musical.
02:51Look at this place.
02:52It's incredible.
02:55First raising its curtain in 1859,
02:58it quickly became a sincere...
03:00with popular entertainers of the day...
03:03including a young Stan Laurel...
03:05performing to packed houses.
03:08Today, the venue is an ongoing...
03:10conservation project.
03:12And Judith Bowers,
03:13director and founder of the Britannia...
03:15Panopticon Campaign...
03:17knows all its showbiz secrets.
03:20Judith, this building is...
03:25absolutely incredible.
03:26What did it used to be?
03:27Do you know?
03:28Originally?
03:29Originally...
03:30there was actually a warehouse...
03:31on this site.
03:32But what the locals really needed was...
03:35a music hall.
03:36And so...
03:37that's what it became.
03:40In the 19th century,
03:43Glasgow was an industrial...
03:45powerhouse.
03:46Its population booming...
03:48as new workers flooded in.
03:50And they all...
03:51needed entertainment.
03:53This was a bit of...
03:54escapism.
03:55Absolutely.
03:55This is where you blew off steam.
03:57And the audience left...
03:58no turn unstone.
04:00Oh, wow.
04:01OK.
04:02They threw shipyard rivets,
04:03nails...
04:04Tough...
04:05Tough crowd here then.
04:05Tough crowd.
04:06It was a full house every day.
04:08And in 1906...
04:10along came a young man called A.E. Pickard.
04:13He decided to extend...
04:15the entertainments.
04:16And those entertainments included...
04:18a wax works.
04:20a rooftop carnival.
04:22A zoo called Noah's Ark.
04:24A...
04:25Hall of Distorting Mirrors.
04:26And an art gallery.
04:28So you could see everything...
04:29for the one ticket...
04:30price...
04:30from the attic...
04:31to the basement.
04:32And it attracted over 20...
04:35thousand people a day.
04:37A day?
04:38A day.
04:39So what does...
04:40the future hold for this incredible building?
04:42Well, hopefully bring it back...
04:44to what it was when it was...
04:45the panopticon.
04:45So you'll get to see everything...
04:47under the one roof again.
04:52I had no idea.
04:55See you on stage.
04:56It's been a great one.
04:57deity.
04:58I'm so sorry.
04:58I had no idea.
05:02See you.
05:04See you.
05:07See you.
05:08See you.
05:16See you.
05:18See you.
04:55And like any other great theatrical establishment, the Panopticon
05:00has its very own grand dame, albeit one in need of some tales.
05:05Gee, what have we got here then?
05:07Well, this is Henrietta and she's our 19...
05:101904 Nilsson Pianola.
05:12Self-playing piano.
05:14Self-playing piano.
05:15So you can pedal it and it will play the role of music.
05:18You can change that, I guess, but...
05:20Whichever song you want to play.
05:21Absolutely.
05:22We've got over 573 roles, but we can't play...
05:25Many of them.
05:26Because this Pianola is not working.
05:28If you pump on the bellows, pump on the...
05:30Yeah.
05:31Nothing happens.
05:32Nothing happens.
05:33Nothing happens.
05:34Okay.
05:35The Edwardian Europeanola was donated to the Panopticon 20 years ago.
05:40by a woman from nearby Cumbernault, but its origins are far more...
05:45exotic.
05:46Her next-door neighbour, her mother, inherited it from her parents.
05:50who apparently had a pub in New York.
05:55And they bought the Pianolist so that it could entertain...
05:57Makes sense.
05:58...the people drinking in a pub.
05:59And then, of course...
06:00Prohibition happened in the Americas, so they came back to Scotland.
06:05And the Pianola came with them.
06:07They must have really wanted it.
06:09It was a...
06:10piece of high technology back in the day.
06:12What would it mean to you to get the Pianola repaired?
06:15Well, this is a very important part of the music hall for us, particularly with...
06:20engaging the community.
06:22They always become fascinated by how this...
06:25incredible instrument works.
06:26Yeah.
06:27It is our secret weapon for engaging the community.
06:30really.
06:31If we're able to get this repaired, can we have a listen?
06:34Yeah.
06:35Yeah?
06:35Yeah.
06:36Oh!
06:37Magic.
06:38The Pianola has...
06:40been waiting in the wings for its encore.
06:43But Dom knows just the person to...
06:45get it singing again.
06:46On his way to tackle the specialist job is Jamie McClough...
06:50a local piano technician...
06:52for more than 20 years.
06:55Isn't this a beautiful thing?
06:57Yes, they're wonderful old machines.
06:59Unfortunately...
07:00this one...
07:01is not working.
07:02How do we establish what's actually wrong?
07:04The first thing...
07:05I would want to do...
07:06is...
07:07pull the roll of music down...
07:09over the tracker bar...
07:10the tracker bar has lots of little holes...
07:13which...
07:14works easily...
07:15each note...
07:16and then we would...
07:17pedal.
07:18So by pumping that pedal...
07:19that should...
07:20be...
07:21moving a mechanical mechanism inside...
07:23with chains and other little bellows...
07:25for the roll to then turn...
07:27to create the music.
07:28So the fact that you're pumping that...
07:29So the fact that you're pumping that...
07:30pedal furiously...
07:31and nothing's happening.
07:32Nothing is happening at all.
07:33So the first thing we want to do...
07:34is...
07:35take the bellows out...
07:36do a re-assessment...
07:38see what's going on...
07:39what repairs...
07:40needing done...
07:41and...
07:42then we go from there.
07:45While Jamie and Dom...
07:46get under the bonnet...
07:47of the old pianola...
07:49we...
07:50Will is keeping the show on the road...
07:52searching for more gems...
07:53in need of the repair shop.
07:55for treatment.
07:56He's left the central belt behind...
07:59for...
08:00of a nest...
08:01where he's meeting Debbie...
08:02or not of a chess set...
08:04with personal...
08:05of personal significance.
08:08So this is the chess set.
08:09This...
08:10is the chess set.
08:11Whereabouts did you get it from?
08:12So my dad made the chess set...
08:13Will...
08:14erm...
08:15I don't think he made the board...
08:16but the pieces certainly...
08:17he moulded...
08:18erm...
08:19and created.
08:20Really?
08:20Yeah.
08:21They are absolutely amazing.
08:22It's like really good quality.
08:25Debbie's dad, Chris...
08:28modelled the set...
08:29on the famous...
08:30chessmen.
08:31Discovered in 1831...
08:33on a beach...
08:34in the outer...
08:35celebrities.
08:36The original pieces...
08:37were carved from...
08:38walrus ivory.
08:39Mostly...
08:40likely in 12th century Norway...
08:42when Lewis was part...
08:43of a huge Norse.
08:45kingdom.
08:46The striking pieces...
08:47have captivated...
08:48people...
08:49ever since.
08:50What's your earliest...
08:51memory of the chess set?
08:52Probably...
08:53coming home...
08:54from primary school.
08:55and...
08:56wanting to sit with dad...
08:57and...
08:58learn chess.
08:59Mmm.
09:00I probably would have been...
09:02five or six.
09:03You know...
09:04just that family time...
09:05that comes from...
09:05sitting around...
09:06a board game together.
09:07Yeah.
09:08Sounds like you had...
09:09quite a close relationship...
09:10with your dad.
09:11Yeah.
09:10She was definitely...
09:11a daddy's girl.
09:12Erm...
09:13he...
09:14he was just...
09:15such a family man.
09:15you know...
09:16family was his life.
09:17There's so much of me...
09:18my mum says...
09:19that she sees in me...
09:20that's...
09:20just like my dad.
09:21So this...
09:22was your dad.
09:23So how comes that...
09:24you have it now?
09:25My dad died when I...
09:25was 13.
09:26My dad had MS...
09:27multiple sclerosis.
09:31When Debbie was a toddler...
09:33her dad got a job abroad.
09:35and the family up sticks...
09:36to Canada.
09:37So we were in Canada...
09:39erm...
09:40and that was the first signs...
09:41that there was...
09:42my dad was ill.
09:43Something wasn't quite right.
09:44So they made the hard decision.
09:45to move back to...
09:46to Scotland...
09:47to be closer to family.
09:48He went from being this guy...
09:49that would be throwing...
09:50me over his shoulder...
09:51and...
09:52you know...
09:53playing football in the garden...
09:54to a man...
09:55who was bedridden.
09:56He had really progressive...
09:58multiple sclerosis...
09:59and it...
10:00took his life...
10:01when he was 37.
10:02I'm really...
10:03I'm really sorry to hear that.
10:05that must have been...
10:06tough on him...
10:07but also...
10:08the family as well.
10:09Yeah.
10:10I had to grow up.
10:10quicker than I...
10:12I wanted to, I guess.
10:13You know, we lived in a beautiful part of Scotland...
10:15there's a Loch...
10:16Loch Moy...
10:17and it's a place that's...
10:18really special to me.
10:20I spent a lot of my childhood there...
10:22swimming...
10:23in the loch...
10:24erm...
10:25climbing.
10:25trees...
10:26building dens...
10:27but I felt that...
10:28there was a time when I...
10:29I couldn't be that...
10:30child...
10:31because there was that extra...
10:32responsibilities...
10:33and I was the eldest obviously...
10:34of the three.
10:35child...
10:38Sadly...
10:39the family suffered...
10:40another terrible loss...
10:41in 2002...
10:42when Debbie's brother Ian...
10:45took his own life...
10:46aged 24...
10:47It...
10:48hit us like a tonne of bricks...
10:49we... just...
10:50could...
10:50we didn't get our heads round...
10:51why he would do that...
10:52and...
10:53there were so many emotions...
10:54I think, Will...
10:55unfortunately...
10:56my brother's passing...
10:57was at the loch.
10:58Really?
10:59Yeah.
11:00and it's also though...
11:01where I hope to get married...
11:02literally...
11:03it's my past...
11:04it's my present...
11:05it's my future...
11:06it's such a significant place...
11:08in my life...
11:09everything I have...
11:10gone through...
11:11has made me the person...
11:12that I am today...
11:13and it's why I do the job...
11:14that I do now...
11:15and love the job I do...
11:15so much...
11:16What do you do for work?
11:17So I'm a peer support worker...
11:19for a mental health charity...
11:20Oh fantastic!
11:21You know...
11:22recovery is a journey...
11:23do you ever fully recover?
11:24but I'm far enough along...
11:25to be able to use...
11:26erm...
11:27my lived experience...
11:28to hopefully give hope...
11:30to others...
11:31Why is this chessboard...
11:32so important to you?
11:33I mean...
11:34out of anything...
11:35that you could have...
11:36inherited from...
11:37from your dad...
11:38He made it...
11:39you know...
11:40he has put the time...
11:40and the effort...
11:41into...
11:42crafting...
11:43each piece...
11:44to have something that...
11:45I can hold...
11:47that he has held...
11:48it's invaluable...
11:49and that's why...
11:50restoring it...
11:52so that it can be used...
11:53so that I can teach my kids...
11:55erm...
11:56how to play chess on it...
11:57Now I thought that...
11:58this board was made of wood...
11:59but it's not...
12:00I don't think...
12:00I think it is...
12:01is it resin?
12:02Yeah...
12:03I can see around...
12:04the outside edge there...
12:05Yeah...
12:06It's really dusty...
12:05I didn't even attempt...
12:06to clean it...
12:07because I didn't know...
12:08would I do more damage to it?
12:09Well that's why...
12:10that's why I called...
12:11them the experts...
12:12If it had the missing...
12:14two people...
12:15in some cases...
12:16I would be delighted...
12:17Yeah...
12:18Absolutely delighted...
12:19erm...
12:20and some of the...
12:20pieces that have got...
12:21the worst damage...
12:22I guess...
12:23This guy's head's...
12:24He's half a head...
12:25doesn't he?
12:26Yeah...
12:27Yeah...
12:28He's like a Scotsman...
12:29on a Saturday night...
12:30How's it gonna feel...
12:30to play that first game?
12:31As long as I win...
12:32it'll be great...
12:33That's the right answer...
12:35Well...
12:40Back in Glasgow.
12:42It's taken a while, but Dom and Jamie are finally...
12:45...managing to remove the pianola's bellows, the pedal-driven air pump...
12:50...that powers the whole instrument.
12:52So now we've actually got the bellows out, how they look...
12:55Yeah, there's a few holes there, if you open that up...
13:00That's it.
13:01I can see a hole in yours there.
13:02Right, you'll often find them in the creases.
13:05Is it mine okay on your side there?
13:07No, there's a wee hole there.
13:08Oh, really?
13:09There's a big hole on this side as well.
13:10Right.
13:10We've found the smoking gun, these four holes in the bellows...
13:13Yeah.
13:14...of why the whole machine...
13:15...isn't working.
13:16If there wasn't holes there, then there would be an issue...
13:19...up there.
13:20...but there still could be a few issues.
13:21We need a punch of repair kit, and I brought one with me.
13:24I'm glad to hear it.
13:25We'll see you soon with it.
13:30So I've got some bits and bobs here.
13:35And we'll cut out with this leather the right.
13:40What we'll do, first of all, is try and take these...
13:45Big springs off.
13:46It should pop off if you get in at the right angle.
13:50Just watch it doesn't nip you.
13:52Oh, yeah, it did.
13:53You got yours to do it.
13:55There you go.
13:57Makes it a wee bit easier to get in.
14:00I think you would want to make it round about an inch all the way.
14:05Around from this leather.
14:07That's it.
14:07And that gives us plenty of area to...
14:10To glue that down.
14:11Okay.
14:11Okay.
14:20Make sure it's sealed all the way round the edges.
14:25How's that look?
14:27Absolutely great.
14:28Acceptable.
14:29Yes.
14:29Good.
14:30Good.
14:30Fantastic.
14:32With the leaky bellows fixed, Dom start in...
14:35New journey north, leaving Jamie to continue the investigation and repair of this...
14:40...musical marvel.
14:44Meanwhile...
14:45Will has brought Debbie's chair set back to the barn to consult...
14:50...built with the queen of model restoration, Kirsten.
14:55Hello, Kirsten.
14:57Hello.
14:58Fancy game of chess?
14:59I was going to say.
15:00Game time.
15:01Now, this is Debbie's chessboard.
15:03This was made by Debbie's dad.
15:05Wow.
15:05I know.
15:05Goodness me.
15:06So we're missing two pieces.
15:08Yeah.
15:08It's going to be a bit of a...
15:10The board itself, even though it's not made of wood, it could do with a bit of a tidy up.
15:14If I get that sort of...
15:15Could you get started with replacing the pieces?
15:18Absolutely.
15:18I'm sure between us we'll get it.
15:20Looking lovely.
15:20Looking lovely.
15:20Looking lovely.
15:25I can see that this is made of plaster where the...
15:30Original body is exposed and they've been painted.
15:34What I'd really...
15:35Like to do is to fill and touch in all of these...
15:40Little chips that have obviously just occurred whilst these have been placed.
15:45With over the years, unfortunately, there appear to be two...
15:50Of the pieces missing and I'm going to see if I can make those.
15:55It's a really long time since I made a chess piece.
16:00I think when I was a student at college, one of the exercises that we had to do...
16:05Was to cast a chess piece, so I'm going to have to see if I can remember.
16:10How I did it.
16:13I think I'm going to start...
16:15With this piece here because this has got the most damage.
16:20So...
16:25To the side of my body is just like hair.
16:25V 들어가 the komme assisted there was a春 passar pier.
16:27So I'll see each other as a trial.
16:29Of my worst data sendiri...
16:29Jaguar Porton has made fun of a included この Swamp Gaze About the Fire.
16:31I think you're going to have to pay a bill...
16:32chessboard a bit of a clean up. The underside has been covered in green beige.
16:37This is the same stuff you get on pool tables and it prevents an item from scratching.
16:42It's a nice polished surface. The corner here is lifting up and it's another lifting up piece.
16:47Here I can glue those down quite easily with some wood glue and that will get it nice and flat again.
16:52When I do the gluing, I'm going to clean the top. One thing I like to use when I'm cleaning...
16:57is a nail brush. Now this with soapy water is really great at getting into all those grooves.
17:02It will hopefully help me to relieve some of that dirt off the surface.
17:07Has Will cleaned...
17:13Kirsten tackles her first piece.
17:16Because this has made...
17:17is made of plaster and it's therefore a porous material. I've painted...
17:22painted on a sealant and it's a way of...
17:27consolidating that surface and it just means that there's a barrier between...
17:32the fill that I'm using and the original material.
17:37I'm using this black two-part epoxy putty which...
17:42just makes it a lot easier. You can just go straight for the black colour and it's also...
17:47quite nice for putting detail into the fill.
17:52Because this is quite hard once it's set, I want to...
17:57get as much detail and get the shape as accurately as I can.
18:02because what I don't want to do is to be sanding and shaving...
18:07taping once this has gone hard because that's a hard fill and the actual...
18:12plaster figure itself is quite soft. So if you start sanding...
18:17it's quite possible to cause damage to the soft plaster.
18:22that's probably my that kind ofýrof.
18:24So that's starting to come together now.
18:27There's a bit more refining of the detail left to do.
18:32But once I'm happy with that shaping, I'm just going to leave this too high.
18:37Harden off and then probably have to do a little bit of retype.
18:42Touching as well, but not too much.
18:47I'm glad.
18:52As well, with the bellows repaired, Jamie's now removed the pianola section of the...
18:57...instrument so he can access the piano parts.
19:02He's working...
19:02...on the lost motion, the amount that piano keys move before they engage them.
19:07The hammers which strike the streams.
19:10This is for the piano side.
19:11When...
19:12...and the felt and leathers compress so we can always adjust it to make it feel and play even.
19:17...movingly and nicely.
19:22Now Jamie can remove the piano action to get even deeper in...
19:27...inside.
19:29I know it's your piano action.
19:31Pianolas need...
19:32...expert care because they incorporate standard piano design with pneumatic...
19:37...air-driven mechanics so they have hundreds of intricate components from val...
19:42...alves and gaskets to a gearbox.
19:45I'm going to now clean down...
19:47...and get all the bits and bobs out of there that shouldn't be...
19:51...and this now...
19:52...will allow me to service the key action.
19:56Jamie is starting by...
19:57...by giving the brass capstons at the ends of the keys a polish with wire wool.
20:02And then there's a century's worth of dust to continue...
20:07...with.
20:12Next I'm going to take the keys out...
20:15...now that it's hoovered.
20:17...and we're going to do a section at a time...
20:21...and you will see...
20:22...all the dust...
20:25...and everything that's...
20:26...fallen...
20:27...down in between.
20:28As you can see...
20:29...it is...
20:30...pretty dusty in here.
20:32A minutes...
20:35One point...
20:37Once...
20:38...we've gone...
20:39...well let me get...
20:40...oh no I believe is.
20:43in the old...
20:44...what the canc Fordbruck is going to play?
20:46And another guy named...
20:47...I could also...
20:48... tapped...
20:49...by 에...
20:50...trust...
20:51...I worked like by one of the five games around the corner...
20:53...to structures...
20:55After a thorough clean with wire wool, Jamie has a trick up.
21:00So I'm just going to put some Teflon on.
21:05The pins just like your non-stick frying pan.
21:10And it just helps the key glide over the nice polished.
21:15Me too.
21:20Enola continues, Dom is taking to the tarmac once again on the hunt.
21:25For a completely new crafting experience.
21:30Jamie Kunker is Scotland's only wooden ski maker.
21:34A craft...
21:35A craft he's developed over the past decade.
21:37From his workshop in the Perthshire village of...
21:40...Burnham.
21:41Competing in a multi-million pound industry against rivals...
21:45...using high-tech production methods and ultra-modern synthetic materials...
21:50...and various construction techniques hark back to traditional methods...
21:54...that have remained relevant...
21:55...relatively unchanged for over a thousand years.
21:59This is Ashwood.
22:00Nice.
22:01And what I've done to it is obviously cut it straight into two segments...
22:04...and then I've...
22:05...tapered it with a sort of raised platform for your foot.
22:08And that's going to govern the flex of the...
22:10...ski and how it performs.
22:11What we need to do is bend that familiar ski...
22:15...scoop into the front of it...
22:16...with the steam box and the steam bending jig.
22:18As you'd expect with modern...
22:20...skis.
22:21Yep.
22:22We're just made out of some Ash.
22:23Absolutely.
22:24Okay.
22:25I've got to say...
22:27...this is quite some set up.
22:30This is genius.
22:31It's just a hob, a big pot of boiling water and a box.
22:35It takes around 25 minutes for the steam...
22:40...to heat the wood...
22:41...so it's pliable enough to bend without snapping.
22:45But when the skis come out of the heat box...
22:48...time is of the essence.
22:51We've got to act quick now, haven't we?
22:53We've not got a huge window, so tick this way.
22:55And what we're going to do is ease it in there...
22:59...get the bar...
23:00...about there.
23:01Right.
23:02And now start pushing from there...
23:03...and then with your...
23:04Oh!
23:05...palms.
23:06Don't be shy.
23:07They're always creaking.
23:08Keep going.
23:09Keep going.
23:10Push here.
23:11That's it.
23:12That's lovely.
23:13And then we'll close the latch.
23:16You still get scared now doing this?
23:17You do think they're going to crack.
23:18Yeah.
23:19But if you've done it properly...
23:20...they'll be great.
23:21They'll be okay.
23:22So these will be in for about 24 hours...
23:23...to dry off and make sure that they're...
23:25...where the steam bench stays in.
23:27But I've got another set on the bench over there...
23:29...which is the next day.
23:30...so I can show you the next stage.
23:31Perfect.
23:32Perfect.
23:34Okay.
23:35So this is...
23:36So it's stage three now.
23:37We've got our steam bench in.
23:38This is what they're going to look like.
23:40So it's got that marvellous radius that's set in.
23:43It's quite a heavy ski at this stage.
23:44So we...
23:45We want to remove some material to help the ski flex...
23:48...but also remain rigidity.
23:50So this is quite critical.
23:51Because if you take too much off...
23:52...they're going to snap.
23:53It's going to be too soft.
23:54Yeah.
23:55So we...
23:55We're going to use a few traditional tools here.
23:56We're going to use...
23:57...our spoke shaves.
23:58Plane.
23:59And...
24:00...quite a fun one.
24:01The convex spoke shave.
24:02I have never used one of these.
24:04I'm not...
24:05I'm familiar with these tools.
24:06Yeah.
24:07I've never...
24:08I haven't got that much experience with them.
24:09So you might see it on kind of like...
24:10...the furniture makers bench to do...
24:11...sort of like...
24:12...the grooves and stools and things...
24:13...to make things more ergonomic.
24:14And so that...
24:15...this section is going to kind of fall away...
24:17...and become slightly thinner.
24:19And that's going to create...
24:20...the spine on the ski...
24:21...which is going to keep the ski...
24:22...stiff in rotation.
24:23So torsionally stiff.
24:24But...
24:25...also shedding all this weight.
24:27So when you're turning the skis...
24:28...the skis feel lighter...
24:29...and don't feel...
24:30...kind of bulky.
24:31This is seriously complicated.
24:32Yeah.
24:33This is something that they worked out...
24:34...you know, thousands of years ago.
24:35Because all the skis...
24:36...that they find in bogs...
24:37...and hidden in ice...
24:38...and stuff...
24:39...all have this feature.
24:40...this thing is going to start...
24:43...kind of gouging out...
24:44...very...
24:45...slowly.
24:48That kind of convex shape.
24:50How on earth did you learn...
24:53...how to do this?
24:54Well I actually started...
24:55...my woodworking journey...
24:56...making...
24:57...archery longbows and stuff.
24:59And I think I'll...
25:00...always liked wooden objects...
25:01...which kind of had a...
25:02...had a bit of dynamism.
25:03So like...
25:04...you know, had a bit of...
25:05...spring...
25:05...spring tension movement.
25:06Yeah.
25:07Yeah.
25:08So have a little shot.
25:09Okay.
25:10...There are lots of questions and...
25:12...goes back...
25:13...and in the way...
25:14... sometimes...
25:15...but then the hood.
25:16...in the background...
25:17...the truth...
25:18...but then the Others...
25:19...if happen...
25:21...to try to get...
25:23...the minions...
25:24...can...
25:25... Systems few...
25:26...it Skill...
25:27...un...
25:28...mix for...
25:29...us...
25:30...computs...
25:31...ta put,
25:32... aument...
25:33...un...
25:34...the opportunity...
25:35...we can Ran...
25:37a week to produce a testament to Jamie's skill and passion for this
25:42rare craft very last stage is we've got to seal them from the elements so we've got a
25:47apply a traditional pine tar finish onto the base we have a pot of stock
25:52comb tar ready to go is there a technique
25:57with this brushing or thin coats you'll find it'll probably as it cools down it'll
26:01start to start right at the end
26:02yeah have a look at the colour change it's quite amazing
26:04oh yeah look at that
26:07yeah
26:07stockholm tar is a natural antifungal preservative with a wide variety
26:12of historical uses from waterproofing boats to treating cuts and horses
26:17his hooves what we'll do is we'll run heat over it run that over and you see it
26:22bubbling whoa
26:22so that means some of that tar is actually getting absorbed into the wood
26:26fibers that's what we want and then
26:27you'll come along quick rub it off like that and there you go
26:32so that's kind of that that's the finish we want
26:37you
26:47Obviously, we've got to apply the tar to the...
26:52...sides and the top, and then put the binding on, and then it's kind of good to go.
26:57Finished ski.
26:57Like one of these.
26:58They are beautiful.
27:00Jamie, thank you so much.
27:02I have...
27:02I loved every minute of this.
27:04Yeah, come back any time.
27:05I'd love to.
27:07Back of the bar, Kirsten has made...
27:12...making her next move, replacing Debbie's two missing chess pieces.
27:17The first step is to create a mould using an existing piece.
27:22It's...
27:22It's so fortunate that I've got both of the pieces that need car...
27:27So, I've attached these threads, and I'm going to...
27:32To suspend it into this cup, there's a...
27:37...gap of about that much just between the head and the bottom of...
27:42...the beaker, and that's ready for me now to make up my silicon.
27:47Rubber.
27:48Rubber.
27:52This is the silicone rubber here.
27:57This...
27:57This has to be quite accurate.
28:01I'm just going to add...
28:02...with the hardener.
28:06I'm going to mix this...
28:07...really well just to ensure...
28:09...that it is going to harden.
28:12I'm confident that that has been...
28:17...really thoroughly mixed now.
28:20And I'm ready to...
28:22...pull the...
28:22...the silicone rubber into the cup.
28:24Music
28:28He's swinging around a little bit in there, but...
28:31...I'm sure it will just...
28:32...settle.
28:33Music
28:37I'm going to leave that to harden now.
28:41And...
28:42...this is where I cross my fingers...
28:44...and hope that all that detail...
28:45...will come out in the mould.
28:47Music
28:52Music
28:57Music
29:02It feels like the...
29:05...moulding material has...
29:07...set...
29:08...really well.
29:09And I'm just going to...
29:10...see if I can...
29:12...pop...
29:14...the chest piece out.
29:16There's always...
29:17...a slight risk of...
29:19...the thing getting stuck...
29:20...of the mould material...
29:22...tearing.
29:23It's...
29:24...a little bit...
29:25...fraught with things that can go wrong.
29:27Music
29:29Music
29:31Music
29:32Music
29:33Music
29:34Music
29:35Music
29:36Music
29:40Music
29:41Music
29:44Music
29:46Music
29:48Music
29:50Music
29:51You have to measure
29:56the material out quite carefully to make sure that
30:01this sets properly.
30:04I think that's looking good.
30:07Just going to bang this on the table a little bit
30:10because that brings...
30:11...any of the air bubbles up to the surface.
30:16I'm going to pour this in now.
30:19Pouring it quite slowly to make sure
30:21that I don't get bubbles in any of the areas where the arm...
30:26...and things are.
30:28I'm just going to set this to one side now and allow...
30:31...the casting material which is very similar to a plaster to harden.
30:46The casting material feels like it's completely hard.
30:51And it's therefore ready to be released from the mould.
30:56I'm going to trace.
30:58I'm going to trace.
31:01It's coming out now.
31:05Oh!
31:06It looks good.
31:09It looks good.
31:10It looks good.
31:11It looks good.
31:12It looks good.
31:13It looks good.
31:14It looks good.
31:15It looks good.
31:16now need to repeat that process with the other missing piece
31:21and once I've got the two new chess pieces
31:26I then have to start thinking about retouching and matching them to the original
31:31pieces
31:36and I'll see you next time
31:41back at the Britannia in Glasgow.
31:44Jamie is nearing the end of the time-consuming
31:46and...
31:46...complex renovation of the pianola.
31:49The last section requiring work...
31:51...is the piano action,
31:53which contains the hammers, levers, and dampers
31:56that are...
31:56...so crucial to a fully functioning instrument.
32:00So that's the...
32:01...action dust-free.
32:03So I'm just checking all the little screws for all...
32:06...the piano parts,
32:08all the hammerheads, levers...
32:11...make sure everything...
32:11...nice and tight...
32:13...so we don't have any clicks or movement...
32:16...then...
32:16...it should play nice and quietly when it goes back in.
32:20It's been good fun when you...
32:21...you start working on these old instruments...
32:24...you can take them apart and find a...
32:26...a million things wrong...
32:27...lots needing replaced...
32:29...but this one...
32:30...uh...
32:31...I think...
32:32...we'll come back to life...
32:33...with all the little repairs...
32:34...that we've done.
32:36Okay.
32:36That is...
32:37...everything tight...
32:38...and what we're gonna do now...
32:39...is pop it back in the piano.
32:41...and then...
32:42...so...
32:44...so...
32:45...so...
32:46...so...
32:47...and then...
32:48...we'll be back in the piano.
32:49So we're just going to start tuning the piano.
32:54So you can hear it's dreadfully out of tune.
32:57We're going to get it sounding pretty good.
32:59But I don't want it to be bang on because a lot of the rolls of music...
33:04For the pianola workings in here are kind of Ragtime, Scott Joplin and it's...
33:09Sounds brilliant when it's a wee bit honky-tonk.
33:12So that's the aim of the game.
33:14What a lovely tone this piano has.
33:19I can't wait to hear what it's going to be like at the end because I think it's going to sing a beautiful...
33:24Thank you so much.
33:29In the barn, Kirsten has successfully recast both of Debbie's missing...
33:34Test pieces and is now ready to add the final touches.
33:39This has now hardened and I think it's picked up that detail.
33:44It's ready to be painted.
33:48I'm going to...
33:49I'm going to try and match this cream buff colour that the...
33:54White pieces have been painted and it's not just a straightforward...
33:59Block colour.
34:00You've got this detail where the lines...
34:04Are so...
34:05It's going to take a little bit of...
34:07Trial and error.
34:09I'm going to use acrylic paint for this so I'm just going to mix up a few colours...
34:14And see if I can try and match that in.
34:19It's going to be in.
34:20It should be pulled.
34:21I love it.
34:22It's ok?
34:23It's okay.
34:25Alright, let's see.
34:26I'm sorry.
34:27I'm sorry.
34:33I think that colour looks pretty good.
34:38I'm just going to leave that now to dry.
34:43And I'm now going to paint.
34:48The other piece that I made black to match the original.
34:53The other piece that I made black to match the original.
35:23It's going to be tricky.
35:25I can't tell.
35:28Well done.
35:29The right answer.
35:30Great job.
35:31Debbie is going to be so happy to have this back in the family.
35:33The other piece that I made black to match the original.
35:38The other piece that I made black to match the original.
35:40The other piece that I made black to match the original.
35:45The other piece that I made black to match the original.
35:50The other piece that I made black to match the original.
35:52her chessboard. Debbie paints such a wonderful picture of them.
35:57Can't wait to see it, but some of the memories are happy, some are sad.
36:02I'm hoping that when I give her back the chessboard, it's going to add one new happy memory.
36:07My dad
36:12made it, you know, he created it. And obviously with losing my dad at such a young age, my memories
36:17of him are really limited. When I hold it
36:22a piece, that's a piece that he's crafted. And that for me is what brings out the magic.
36:27And being able to have it restored.
36:32This was Loch Moy as the meeting place for their reunion.
36:35It's such a special place for me.
36:37Because it holds good memories with some sadness, unfortunately, but it
36:42it's a place of peace and calm and serenity. And you just have to look at what we've got behind us to see.
36:47The kind of feelings being here evokes.
36:52Hi Debbie. Hello. Nice to see you again. Nice to see you too.
36:57This is beautiful, isn't it? Yes. Loch Moy. My childhood memories.
37:02These are all here. Yeah. You're getting married here in a few months, aren't you?
37:05Yes. Yes. That is the plan anyway.
37:07Well, today I bought gifts. Okay. Gifts are good.
37:12What are you hoping we've managed to do for you?
37:14For me to be able to play chess on it, you know, having
37:17those missing pieces replaced. So I was happy with that. I wanted to keep as much of his.
37:22handiwork present. Would you like to take a look? Yes.
37:27Yes. Yes. Yes.
37:32Why?
37:34Why?
37:35Why?
37:36Why?
37:37Why?
37:39Why?
37:40That's amazing!
37:41Absolutely!
37:42amazing. I can't even tell what the pieces were that
37:47you've made. They just look identical, it's...
37:52perfect.
37:57I'm a bit in awe because I was so young the last time I saw this complete.
38:02It's made me really quite emotional to see it with all the pieces there.
38:07Yeah, I'm thankful, I'm emotional, I'm grateful.
38:13And just, it's amazing what you guys do.
38:16Well, I can't take any of the...
38:17praise here because Kirshen has worked absolute wonders.
38:21I can see that.
38:22I love the fact that I managed to bring this back to you at this wonderful location.
38:26Yeah.
38:27Receiving the chess set here helps me to start making even more happier memories connect.
38:32I'm connected to Loch Moy, my special place.
38:37The chess set is ready to be played.
38:42Once again.
38:45But can the same be said for Henry...
38:47Rieta, the Edwardian pianola.
38:51Dom's hitting the road.
38:52To find out.
38:53I'm back in Glasgow, on my way to the Britannia panopticon.
38:57To see Judith and the team there.
39:00And most importantly, to hear that.
39:02Piano to play for the first time in a long time.
39:05I'm so excited.
39:07First on the cards is a catch-up with Jamie.
39:12How's it going?
39:13Hello.
39:14You okay?
39:14Still smiling?
39:15Still smiling.
39:16Yeah, it's...
39:17It's been a lot of work, but I quite enjoyed it, actually.
39:21Repairing something like this.
39:22Knowing that it's here, and it's going to be enjoyed by so many people for years to come.
39:26As I was working...
39:27Knowing that that's what goes through my mind.
39:29So, should we get it covered up?
39:30Yes, let's cover it up.
39:32Judas organized a glitzy and glamour...
39:37A glorious gathering of artists, performers, and friends of the panopticon, who are all...
39:42eagerly awaiting the results of Jamie's repair.
39:47It's kind of important today to share, I think, this experience with them, because a lot of them...
39:52have never seen Henrietta working, and it's just going to be such a buzz.
39:57It's just for them to see it.
39:59It's such a magical instrument, you know, press...
40:02button, and off it goes.
40:03It's like a fairy tale, and she's going to be turned on again, and...
40:07she'll be entertaining the public as she used to do.
40:09It's thrilling.
40:10The panorama has always been in the background...
40:12and I can't wait to hear it play, it's going to be really fantastic.
40:15I can't wait to see it all working.
40:17I really can't.
40:18I really can't.
40:19No pressure then, Jamie.
40:21I really can't.
40:22I'm feeling quite nervous.
40:23I've worked really hard on the pianola.
40:26I think I've never...
40:27killed it, and I can't wait to see the faces.
40:32Thank you so much, everybody.
40:36It's so nice to see...
40:37such an amazing turnout, and you all look incredible.
40:39It's a big day, isn't it?
40:40It is a big day.
40:41It's a big day for all...
40:42all of us, I think, to date the scene.
40:43Yeah.
40:44What's underneath that cover?
40:45What difference is it going to make to have it...
40:47working?
40:48Well, for a start off, having a piano in tune
40:50for everybody to sing to is going to be fantastic.
40:52and a real novelty.
40:54Everyone ready to see it?
40:56Yeah!
40:57Are you excited?
40:58Yes!
40:59Come on then, Jamie.
41:02Thank you, Jamie.
41:03Thank you, Jamie.
41:08I know that it looks the part, but really, this is all about what it sounds like, isn't
41:12it?
41:12Yes.
41:13Do you want to hear it?
41:14Yes!
41:15Will you do the honours?
41:16Yes.
41:17Yes.
41:18Yes.
41:19Yes.
41:20Yes.
41:21Yes.
41:22Yes.
41:22Oh, my God, I'm crazy.
41:27Oh, what a love of you.
41:32Be a stylish marriage, I can't afford.
41:37Oh, my God, I'm crazy.
41:42Oh, the seat of a bicycle made for two.
41:47Oh, my God, I'm crazy.
41:52Oh, thank you.
41:54Judith, how does it feel hearing it for the first time?
41:57And properly tuned.
41:58Absolutely amazing.
41:59Nowhere's going to describe it.
42:01Oh, my God.
42:02It's going to bring a lot of joy to a lot of people.
42:04Yeah.
42:04It is.
42:05I can't believe I'm grinning.
42:07Yeah, I'm going to greet as well.
42:12Thanks to Jamie.
42:17With all this skill and hard work, the pianola's decades of silence have been broken.
42:22At last.
42:23We've never, ever heard the pianola playing like that.
42:26It's incredible.
42:27It really is incredible.
42:28To see the pianola actually working again is fabulous.
42:32To see the transformation from, you know, before and now is absolutely incredible.
42:37I do love history and I do love the sculpting and I do love that pianola.
42:47I do love the sculpting and I do love the sculpting and I do love the sculpting.
42:52If you'd like to see more fantastic fixes and restorations, search BBC iPlayer.
42:57For the repair shop on the road.
43:02For the repair shop on the road.
43:07For the repair shop on the road.
43:12For the repair shop on the road.
43:17For the repair shop on the road.
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