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Here at the Repair Shop, we take
amazing objects from the past...

Oh, wow, look at that!

..and bring them back to life.

There's so much history that could
have been lost there.

You've got to have a love to do
this type of work.

to the people we fix them for...

Wow!

Oh! I don't want to cry, but...
Oh, my God!

Heck of a history, isn't it?

..they also tell a bigger
story about Britain...

These went out of service in 1938.

Aha!

It's from my family business,
which started in 1862.

Bagpipes - over 100 years old!

..our history back then...

They're just about the most modern

designed bikes that I've
seen for ages.

It looks extremely sporting.

..and who we are now.

Yes!

I'm Jay Blades...

Roll up, roll up, here we go.

..in this series we're going to look
back at how we fixed...

No idea where to start on this!

..some of our favourite
items in the Barn...

Over 100 years old?
And still it stands.

..unlocking how the past...

Look, look, look. See that? Look!

You've literally just unlocked
the secret.

Now that's the story.

..shapes the way we live now.

I can feel the memories she feels
from it.

The story that is behind -
this is what's kept it alive.

Here at the Repair Shop,

we've got a talented team of makers
and menders...

..but what people don't know is
there's even more

skill behind the scenes.

Ceramics expert Kirsten is
a mean fiddler...

..while wood genius Will
is learning to strum...

..and you've probably clocked
our resident horologist Steve,

well, he's super skilled on sax!

You see, that's just magical,
innit?

Throughout time,
we've been enchanted by music

and the instruments of today can be
traced back thousands of years.

These days, there are reckoned to
be 1,500 different types you can

bang...

..blow, or strum.

through the barn doors.

Wow!

And lots
of the instruments that we fix...

If I broke one of these levers,
it would be a bit of a problem.

..tell a fascinating story
about music's enduring power

to bring people together.

Retired music teacher Marion Stanley
owns a precious pump organ

that played a key role in her own
family's history.

What have we got?

Sounds like a job for restorer,
David Burville.

He took up an apprenticeship
in church organ building

when he was just 16 years old

and has fixed
some of the biggest in the business.

David, don't mind joining me?

I believe it's about 100 years old

and it's been in my family
for about that time.

My father, who was very,
very musical, had six brothers

and one sister, they all lived
in Stepney... Right.

..the East End of London
and this is the 1920s

and at Christmas they used to carry
this portable harmonium

and sing and play in the streets

They would come on and do a turn!
Right.

And the last time I remembered it
was my Uncle Bob

playing Silent Night - very badly!

Huge derision
from the rest of the family! Yeah.

So, how does it work, then?

Cos I've never seen one of these
before. Does it lift up, does it?

You hold it?
This whole thing lifts up

and you can see where
the damage is.

Oh, yeah, I can see what's going
on there. That is broken, innit?

Yeah. Yeah. Shame.
I don't know how...

..this works with getting the
bellows up,

perhaps you could tell me?

Well, these are foot pedals and
they are actually also the bellows,

so you pump them in this fashion.

Yes. And, effectively, what happens
is the air that they produce

is channelled up the legs -

the legs are actually hollow -

and then it's put into the main
body of the machine.

And then, obviously, you
play on to the keyboard. Keyboard.

OK. All right, you can push
these in between.... I'm with you.

..there. That's right.

And, hopefully, keep your fingers
crossed, it'll stay up.

Yes. That is well smart.
I do like that.

Now, this is the tricky bit.

I had fun doing that on my own,
I can tell you, trying to get...

Ooh, mind your hands! There we go.
That's it.

All right. Yeah, we'll have it
singing again! Oh, good.

Thank you for bringing this in.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

Lovely to meet you. Thank you. Take
care now. Thank you, bye. Bye. Bye.

Now, that is nice. I think you've
got your work cut out on this one.

I think so, yeah, yeah.
Keep me busy! All right, cool.

Well, let's get this to your bench
then. Great. All right?

It really does mean such a lot to me
to get it restored,

because my dad, it was such
an important instrument to him,

it would be just really great to
have it repaired and working again.

The harmonium evolved
from the Chinese mouth organ,

which created its sound by blowing
air through a series of reeds.

Also known as a pump organ,
it was perfect for churches

and chapels that were too small, or
couldn't afford a full-size organ.

Portable versions like Marion's were
often used by missionaries,

The harmonium was
overtaken in the 1930s,

with the invention
of the electric organ.

But the harmonium's unique sound
survives to this day,

featuring on music by the likes
of Queen, Pink Floyd, Elton John

and this one here can be heard
playing in 13 of the Beatles' hits!

Most old harmoniums like Marion's
would have been

hand-crafted in the 1800s.

I suppose the enjoyable bit is
you are literally, in most of these

cases, the first person to
have seen it

since it left
the factory 100 years ago.

Sometimes, you find pencil marks.

Sometimes the manufacturer's
signed their name inside it.

Sometimes, if you're very lucky,
you find a date.

I've found the occasional rude
comment in some of them!

So, you never know, you never know
quite what you're going to find.

Ooh, there we go.

Here you can see all the reeds.

So, the air actually passes through

and between these brass tongues

and, over time, you tend to get
a build-up of dust

and muck.

So, what we'll need to do
is remove these

and then we're going to put
those into an ultrasonic bath,

which will clean all of the
verdigris and muck.

This is a technique that we use
a lot in the barn for cleaning

metal bits and bobs.

As sound waves bounce
about the ultrasonic bath,

they strip the dirt from the metal.

You might even call it water music!

Here, we've got
the remains of the bellows.

These wooden formers,
or ribs as they're known,

are in quite good condition,
so we can salvage these

and we can make patterns to remake
the leather parts.

What I'm going to
start doing now is glue

the ribs on to the pedals.

It's interesting,
we call these ribs,

because they do, effectively,
work like your ribs in your body.

And, of course,
the bellows are like lungs.

They're sucking air in
and then they're breathing it out,

into the instrument,
to then produce the sound.

This is going to literally breathe
life into the instrument

and, hopefully,
carry on for many years.

An instrument as old has this has
inevitably

had a few scrapes over the years.

Woodworking is normally left to the
expert hands of Will,

but our Dave is also a dab hand.

So, this is the back of Marion's
harmonium

and this has a reasonably large
piece of veneer on it.

What we are going
to do is re-use this

So, I've got a damp rag here
and a steamless iron.

We just introduce a bit of heat.

That will cause

the glue underneath

You can see the glue

gradually peeling away

and just giving up, as you take it.

And there we go.

A repair like this is
all about blending the new veneer

with the old and David has an
unusual method.

Look away now, Will!

We're just literally just going to
bash it, so it's...

Then we want a few
sort of scratches...

It looks violent,
but it's great fun!

The reeds there
looking a lot more healthy.

So that's, erm, the first noise
that's made for a few years.

So, that's quite promising.

Hopefully, all the parts,

when they come together,
will work harmoniously!

Music to my ears, David!

In London's East End, where Marion's
family lived, life was

tough in the 1920s, but there was
a strong sense of community.

Musicians would
bring their instruments

out to the streets to entertain
their neighbours on important

dates like birthdays,
weddings, or at Christmas.

As East End houses were small,
the street

often became an overspill living
room, free for all to gather

and enjoy these music-filled
celebrations.

It's at gatherings like these

that Marion's father's harmonium
would have taken centre stage.

This is the very final stages

of what's been quite a long project.

It's been very, very interesting

and you really connect with,

not only the instrument,

but you get a glimpse into the

history of the family

and also the joy that this would
have brought.

And I can't wait to hear
the first notes on it.

When it first arrived in the barn,
Marion's father's

Well, the harmonium means such
a lot,

as far as my family history
is concerned.

It just brings back wonderful
memories of my dad,

cos he was a brilliant musician

and I'd love it to be in a state

where it can be played.

Hello. Hello. You all right? Yes!

Hello, Marion, how are you? Good to
see you again. And you, and you.

How are you feeling? Erm...

..excited, a little bit nervous.
Right.

Shall we let her see it? I think
so. Please. I think so. Here we go!

Oh, absolutely brilliant!

Oh!

Look at the case!

Oh, that was just
falling to bits, wasn't it?

Yeah, it was.

What a transformation and...

Oh, look at the pedals in there,
cos that was all...

..musty and dirty and horrible,
wasn't it?

Oh, absolutely grand!

Oh, yeah! Oh, lovely!

We've kept as much of the original
feel of it as possible.

You can see little...
Cigarette... Cigarette marks!

..marks, you can imagine them all
with a fag, can't you?

Yeah, yeah, yes.

At the end there. That was great.

It's beautiful. Yeah,
you want to get it standing up?

We'll stand it up, yeah.
This is the all-important stick!

That's the all-important stick, yes.

Hey! Lift it up like that.

It goes in there,
it goes in there. Just goes in.

Oh, I think it's brilliant,
it really is.

Thank you so much.

So, the next thing to do... Yes.
..is probably hear it. Oh, please!

Is that what you want to do? Yes,
I'd love to hear it.

Love to hear it, yes.

The musical items we have had in the
Repair Shop inevitably conjure up

I think the last time I heard it,
I was probably about 14.

So, it is a long while ago! OK!

I'm not a very proficient player,
I have to admit,

so we'll give you just a little
demonstration first. Yes.

So, you have to use the bellows
first,

before you can get any
sound out of it?

Yes, you've got to continuously
pedal. OK.

Go on, Dave, give us a tune!

We'll do the first couple of bars.

Knees Up, Mother Brown

No, that's good, that. That's all
right. That's great, yeah.

Wonderful. Thank you.
You're made up, are you? I am, yes.

I really am, yeah.
Would you like to have a go? Oh!

Oh, now, I've got to get these going
first, haven't I? Yeah, so...

Oh, I see. Oh, they're quite easy!
That's it, yeah. Oh, how easy!

Oh! Oh!

Keep pedalling! Keep going! Yeah!

Yeah! Oh!

Well done. It's wonderful,
lovely memories. He's done us proud.

Yes, he has, he really has. Thank
you very much. You're very welcome.

You're very welcome, pleasure,
absolute pleasure!

Well, I'm just full of admiration.

That harmonium just looks
nothing like it did before

and I'm really, really going to be
excited to get it home

and actually being able to play it.

Marion's family's harmonium was
played on happy occasions,

but the Briley family
are owners of an instrument used

to lift spirits in much darker
times.

Hello, so what's this?

This was my mother's accordion.
Oh, wow!

The barn is home to Roger Thomas,

one of just a handful of specialist
accordion restorers in the UK.

Roger, or the Jolly Roger as he's
known in the trade, has been

restoring accordions
across the UK for seven years,

after leaving a career in computer
programming.

But Howard's mother's accordion
has its own very unique story.

It was my mum's. Right.
Who is now 94.

And do you know
when she got this one?

When she was 17, she came home with
her first week's wages

and her mum went and put it down as
a deposit for them to buy this.

So it was actually brand-new
when they bought it.

So, I'm just trying to do
the maths, so...

So she's 94, so it's just
under 80 years old, isn't it? OK.

But the story is my mum used to play
it during the war, during the Blitz.

Oh, wow! In the shelters. Really?

So, they used to go, obviously,
underground

and play to keep people's
spirits up.

Where does she think this is, then?

Does she know this is here today?
She doesn't know.

She doesn't know anything about it.
She doesn't know anything about it.

And, in fact, the last time
she saw Sarah, she said,

"How are you getting on with my...?"

Because Sarah's the musician of the
family.

So, you can play this, then, Sarah?
Well, I would like to.

You can hear that really high note?
Yeah.

It shouldn't make that really high
pitched noise, should it?

No, it's very annoying, actually!
You can't actually play it, either!

Yeah, it's like a cat, isn't it?
Yeah.

Yeah, it doesn't sound right!

These keys that are popping up,
they look like they're breaking.

You can deal with that, can't you?

It's a beautiful
instrument, isn't it? Yeah.

So, what would this mean to Mum to
actually get this repaired then?

Oh... She'd be really pleased,
wouldn't she? Yeah.

I think really she'd like me
to be able to play it.

So, it's going to mean a lot.
It's going to mean a lot.

So, by the time you come back, it
will not sound like a strangled cat.

It will if I play it!

Yeah, if you play it or me as well,

but it's definitely going
to sound good.

Thank you very much, nice to meet
you. You take care now. Thank you.

All right. Cheers, bye-bye.
Bye-bye.

Well, that's a nice story.
Yeah, it is.

In the toughest of times, music has
united us and raised our spirits.

During the dark days of the Blitz
between 1940 and '41,

the German Luftwaffe launched
near nightly air-raids on the UK,

dropping bombs over towns and cities

and killing more
than 40,000 civilians.

People were forced to take refuge
in purpose-built air-raid shelters,

or wherever they could find
safety underground.

but music was used to lighten
the mood and drown out

the terrifying sound of bombs,
just like Iris's accordion.

But before he gets fixing,

Jolly Roger's giving a barnstorming
performance on another instrument.

That's really nice, yeah.

So it kind of gives you a...
Well done!

..a rough idea.

So have you fixed it already, then?
He has fixed it.

If only, Steve.

An instrument like Iris's accordion
has plenty of problems.

Take the grill off.

Like the harmonium,

the accordion works by squeezing air
from bellows through a set of reeds.

But this instrument also has buttons

to open pallets to sound each note.

Well, I can deduce from this that
one of the pallets has

fallen off and, look, there's
the pallet, this is a pallet.

This is a leather and felt sandwich
and when you operate the bellows,

it forms an air seal and this is why
we're going the sound when you...

The dead cat sound!

The thing I need to do is just give
this leather a bit of a brush.

I can glue that back on there.

I can then give it a full test,
so I can test all the notes to see

whether there are any other sounds
that we don't want.

Here at the barn, it's often tricky
to predict how long a fix will take.

It's only once the item has been
opened that the true

nature of the problem is revealed.

Roger has to painstakingly
check each

of the accordion's 448 reeds to

identify the ones that are causing
the squeaky notes.

So, all of these are, like, notes,
then? That's correct.

So, that's kind of OK.

That's not.
OK, that's quite cool, man.

So, that's how it works and I've
just been checking the general

condition of these valves,
these little strips of leather.

So, Roger, now you've got this
apart, can you tell me

anything more
about the history of it?

Well, we know it's made in Italy.

Actually, this one was
made in Castelfidardo.

And the most expensive
accordion would be, roughly?

Well, you pay 5,000,
6,000, 7,000 or more.

And we're going to get it working
and sounding beautiful again? Yeah.

It's a lovely instrument, actually,
I have to say. It just looks
beautiful

and when comes back together, it
will sound beautiful as well. Yeah.

Do you want me
to tell you what note that is?

I think it's a B. It was...

Sorry!

Oh, that's an F flat.

Finished!

As all our experts know, every
repair throws up its own surprises.

Originally, I thought I'd just need
to adjust one or two of these keys,

but, actually, they all need
adjusting.

And the reason why you want the keys
nice and flat like this is

because it gives you a nice action,
it's like the response to the

keyboard and it also aesthetically,
of course, it looks a lot nicer.

OK, so now I just
use my little gauge to check.

It's still a bit proud.
Needs to go the other way.

Sometimes you get it right first
time and other times you don't.

Hm.

If I broke one of these levers,
it would be a bit of a problem.

I'm not going to!

This accordion was made around 100
years ago in Castelfidardo, Italy,

a place that became known
as the capital of the accordion,

thanks to a chap called
Paolo Soprani.

and, by 1905, was producing 1,200
handmade accordions a month.

up in the region to keep up with
the worldwide demand.

The accordion became popular,
as it was portable,

Today, Castelfidardo is
home to the world's largest

accordion, over two metres high

and weighing in at 200 kilograms.

Despite the years of use,

the quality of the original
craftsmanship of Iris's

accordion has really stood
the test of time

with a little fine-tuning
from Roger, of course!

This is the final bellows pin.
So, put that in there.

And the next stage is for me
to give it its final test.

How we doing, Roger? Are we ready?
We are, yes, it's done.

It does look gorgeous.

The only thing left now is to hear
what it sounds like. Yep.

It sounds better!

I'm not a maestro.
It sounds good. That's a demo.

No, that's a good demo.
So, you fixed it, then? Yeah.

Well, I've noticed it
when I came in is just the case.

It looks extremely tired

and a repair that we would
not be proud of.

You've done such a great job
on the actual machine itself, Roger,

it seems a shame to put it
in something like this, doesn't it?

Yeah, I agree. Yeah?

So, I know a man who might be able
to. Will?

How we doing, my friend? Oh.
We've got this. Sounds like trouble.

It is trouble. So, we need this
repaired.

What's all this? I know.

But I think was thinking all
we can do is take this off

and then you must have some
kind of... Gosh! That's it.

Let's not make it any worse
though, yeah? Not any worse.

Just so it looks uniform,
I would say. Uniform.

Well, the good thing is,
it's solid.

Made of plywood, I think.

Yeah, so it's just a superficial
damage to the surface. Yeah.

I am going to work some magic.

In the next five minutes, yeah?

There's no rush, there's no rush,

but is it probably five to
three minutes?

If you make me a cup of tea,
three minutes!

I'm on it, mate, I'm on it,
cup of tea, cup of tea.

Two and a half minutes now, yeah?
Yeah, right. See you in a minute.

We drink a lot of tea in the barn,
topping up our ten-litre urn

around three times a day.

But it's not just Yorkshire brews.

There's the Dommuccino.

There's some fruity numbers.

That looks diamond. Yeah?
Yeah, that looks good.

I'm very pleased. And it is
a stunning-looking instrument,

I'm going to have to say, and I am
still amazed at the condition

that it's in, given its age.

I love it when families bring
their repairs to us

as a surprise for their loved ones.

It gives the mend that extra
layer of excitement.

Not everyone can make it to
the barn,

so, sometimes, we send the items
back to their original owners,

like 94-year-old Iris.

Hello. We've got a surprise lined
up, in case you hadn't guessed.

Are you all right? Do you need
a hand?

All right? Hello. Hello.

So, this is your surprise.

So, you know when you opened it up,
it made a terrible noise?

Yeah. Oh, you had it fixed. Yeah.

Because there was a key sticking up
here. Yeah, it was this one,

I think, wasn't it? And then when
you opened it, it was the note,

it was... Yeah, permanent noise.

Yeah. Must be ten years since
I used that.

But it's all in working order now.

Do you want to see Sarah play it?
Yes, please.

She'll Be Coming Round
The Mountain

She's good.

# Singing aye aye yippee yippee aye
Yeehaw!

# Singing aye aye yippee yippee aye

# Singing aye aye yippee

# Aye aye yippee

# Aye aye yippee yippee aye. #

That's smashing.

Good, very good.

She was just so happy that it had
been fixed.

I can't believe what they've done.
I knew nothing about it.

It was a complete shock.

The best thing was her reaction to
seeing Sarah play it,

without a doubt.

She got quite emotional because it
brought back memories for her,

but it was also, you know, passing
that legacy on to her granddaughter.

I hope that my granddaughter will
look after it and play it

and enjoy it as much as I did.

Life goes on.

It's great to see the accordion
survive for another generation.

After the war years, technology
allowed musicians to entertain

owned by Danny Wilson and his mum
Margaret provided the beat.

It's the perfect repair for guitar
maestro David Kennett.

David used to be a firefighter,

but his passion for guitars led him
to a local guitar-making course,

where he discovered his skills
in woodworking

and a love of luthiery. Well, that's
guitar repairing to you and me.

So what have we got here, then?
So this is a Fender bass guitar.

Tell me a bit about this.
Whose is it?

This is my father's. My father was
a musician. Still is a musician...

Right. ..in the '60s and '70s.

You might have heard of the band,
Hot Chocolate. Is it? Yeah. OK.

Oh! I'm old enough to remember them.

So am I! You're not on
your own there.

Would you believe it? Danny's dad is
none other than Tony Wilson,

one of the founding members of
Hot Chocolate,

who ruled the airwaves in the '70s
and '80s with hits like

# Sexy thing... #

Tony had started out as the band's
lead singer, but when Errol Brown

took to the mic, Tony stuck to his
true love of playing bass

and bought this guitar off
the band's manager

for just a tenner.

OK. And he couldn't take everything
with him, so this stayed with us,

and it's been in Mum's garage
since he went.

And then, why do you want to get it
repaired or restored now?

Are you going to start playing?
That's it.

That's the plan. You are?
Yeah, that is the plan.

It's something that I'm quite
disappointed in myself,

to be honest, that I haven't done,
is learnt an instrument

with my dad being who he is
and what he does.

Does your dad know that you've
brought this in? He does, actually.

And he's over the moon. Right.
He's over the moon.

And when I told him that I was going
to learn how to play it as well,

double happy. Was it one of
his very early...?

Was it his first bass guitar?
His only bass guitar

as far as I know. His only bass?
His only bass guitar.

Yeah, so this is from 1966. Right.
And he's never owned a...

This is the only one he's
ever owned.

When you come to work on a guitar
of this age...

..there are two immediate
considerations.

One is making it playable because
if it's not playable then,

you know, what is...? It's not
a proper instrument.

But also, doing that restoration
sympathetically to the age

of the guitar. This is the life
and the character of the guitar.

And so, it's all those years where
your dad has stood on stage,

it's no longer your dad's guitar.

Right. No, absolutely. Everything
you said there makes perfect sense.

I mean, it just needs some TLC.

If you turn it over, up here,
it's worn away. Yeah.

This has got a very high action,
I can see here.

So it would be really hard to
play this guitar.

What I wanted to ask you about is
these stickers.

They will all remain nameless,
but someone decided that

the bass guitar that Dad used in
the '60s and '70s

for Hot Chocolate should be
a sticker book. OK. Right.

So, David, if you could remove
those, kindly. Yeah, that's fine.

Yeah. That's an easy job.

So what would it mean to both of you
to get this restored?

Well, there's a lot of memories
in... Well, mainly for my mum.

Yeah. You know, those memories will
be sort of kept alive

by the guitar being restored

and, obviously, to me, I'm going to
learn it,

so it would be a great thing,
a great piece to learn on.

OK. Even if it's going to be
difficult. It would be deja vu

for me, wouldn't it, because he
looks like him,

sounds like him? Yeah.

All I can say is thank you for
bringing it in. No problem.

And, yeah, once it's fully done,

I can't wait to come to your
first concert.

That's what I'm going to say.
Neither can I!

So, no pressure. Thank you.
Thank you. Cheers, Jay.

No problem. Looking forward to
working on it.

You take care now. All the best.
Bye. All right. Bye-bye.

We're very excited about leaving
the guitar here.

It's got a lot of history, a lot of
memories for Mum,

and, potentially, it's got a lot of
future enjoyment for myself.

So, it's a very exciting time
for us.

I've seen it on stage many times.

I've seen it on Top Of The Pops
many times.

And how nice would it be if I could
get Dan to learn it, too?

That's a nice story, innit?

It's lovely. Lovely to meet him,
wasn't it? Yeah.

So, are you going to do a lovely
sympathetic restoration on this one?

It's about making it playable so it
doesn't destroy the character

and the history attached to this
guitar. Yeah, yeah. Brilliant.

The bass guitar was an evolution
of the acoustic double bass.

Big bands fell out of favour after
World War II,

but the smaller combos still needed
a big bass beat.

Luckily, amplified music was being
tried and tested,

but real success only came when
radio repairman

Leo Fender stepped in.

After working on the first amplified
lap steel guitar in 1944,

his company produced the first
amplified bass in 1951 -

an instrument both louder
and easier to transport

than its acoustic predecessor.

Fender set the benchmark for making
quality electric guitars.

His original solid-bodied design
meant that mass production boomed,

putting electric guitars and basses
into the hands of

thousands of wannabe pop stars,
like Tony Wilson.

This guitar is not particularly
playable at the moment.

It's missing a few parts.

There's a bridge cover that goes
over here.

So it'd be nice to replace those.

And the frets are very,
very low now.

And I think it's time to replace
those frets. They're 50 years old.

They look like original frets to me.

And, hopefully, Dan will have many
hours of enjoyment playing

this guitar which means so much to
him. So, for me, it's a real joy

to be part of the story of bringing
this guitar back to life again.

So what I'm using is
a soldering iron...

..which just helps to...

..heat up the fibres of the wood.

So these frets have got a barb
that sits in the wood.

And if you don't do this carefully,

then that fret tang can tear
out chunks of the wood.

With half a century of gigging
history, it's not surprising

that the instrument has a few bumps
and bruises.

This guitar has got this rather
nasty sort of gouge

in the neck here.

So, what I'm actually doing is just
starting to thin down the neck...

..using a spokeshave until
I start to...

..come down below the surface
and get into fresh wood.

Sanding and staining is a vital
part of any guitar repair.

That looks really nice to me.
I'm happy with that.

Fitting new frets is another
painstaking job.

Luckily, David is a man with some
super cool tools.

What I need to do now is to
curve these frets

so they all sit properly into
this fretboard.

And, to do that, I'm using
this tool.

Just pass the frets through,

and I'm looking for the radius

of this fret wire to be just
slightly more curved

than the fretboard.

These frets have to be
perfectly level.

You could have the nicest-looking
wood, the best pickups,

the whole guitar could look nice,

but unless the frets are bang-on
perfect, the guitar will not

play as well as it can.

So this is one of the most important
parts of restoring a guitar.

And the way I'm going to do it is
just use this tool,

which is the same radius as
this guitar

and just inserts even pressure

on the fret as I'm pushing it in.

Instruments this old have often lost
a few parts over the years.

But new fittings can stick out
like a sore thumb.

David's solution is pure
rock and roll.

What I have here is a specially
selected stone,

and I'm just going to put some marks
and dents in this.

This is very unscientific.

And a bigger one.

An etching solution gives

any new part its weathered look.

So I'm just going to leave this for
a few minutes now

and let the ferric chloride
do its job,

then it'll start to go black.

The revolution of Fender's amplified
electric guitar

Leading guitarists such as
Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page

and Eric Clapton now took
centre-stage, wowing audiences

with soaring guitar solos.

Clapton's guitar playing was,
in turn, a major influence

on the young Ed Sheeran. He's been
seen using a replica guitar

in homage to his idol in some of
his high-profile gigs.

The bass has been integral in
changing the sound

and rhythm of music with
its distinctive bass-line beat,

just like the funk and soul grooves
of Hot Chocolate.

# Every blind man will use
his eyes to see... #

For me, Hot Chocolate also made
a real impression

as they were one of the first
multiracial bands

that I had ever seen on TV.

Who would have thought I'd be
meeting Tony Wilson's son

in the barn more than
40 years later?

# Every man will sing,
love, I love you... #

You know, I hope that Dan will
get much enjoyment

you know, many years of pleasure
out of this instrument.

And it's been a pleasure to work on
this. I've enjoyed this very much.

This is something that we've been
looking forward to for a while.

It's just exciting to see what
David's done with it,

and I'm looking forward
to playing it.

We're always excited by a bit
of nostalgia at the barn,

especially keen musician
and horologist Steve.

Nice to see you both again. Hello,
I'm Steve. Hello, Steve.

Hello, Margaret, how are you doing?
Hi, David. Hello.

And we were very excited when
we went away to see

how it would turn out. Remember,
we talked about a restoration

that keeps the integrity of
the guitar, but also it's still

your dad's guitar.

Fantastic. Oh.

Oh, that's amazing.

It's brilliant, isn't it?
That's fantastic.

It's great, David. Really, really
great. Thank you.

It's a miracle.

Well, I believe in miracles, so...

I had to get that one in there.
I had to.

So what do you think your father,
Tony Wilson, would think of it now?

He'd be thrilled. He would be
absolutely thrilled with that.

Yeah? Really. To look at it and for
him to see it like this,

I will obviously take pictures
and... He might ask for it back.

No chance, he's not getting it back.
No, no, no.

I'm going to start to learn it now.
So, I'm sure he'll be thrilled.

Do you want to hear what it sounds
like? Love to.

I don't play bass, but I can make
some noises.

That's about all I can play now.

You Sexy Thing
by Hot Chocolate

Brilliant. That's one for you to
learn. Yeah.

Incredible. Brilliant.
Thank you very much.

Dad would be amazed, wouldn't he?

He certainly would.

Well, it's been a pleasure to work
on it and bring it back to life.

Fantastic. We hope you'll have many
years' enjoyment playing at.

We can't thank you enough, David,
really. It's fantastic.

It's brilliant.

Right, let's go learn. Well done.
Thank you. Bye-bye.

See you. Bye-bye.

Over the moon. And Dad would be
really chuffed. Really chuffed.

It'll be like deja vu if Danny
learns to play the bass.

It's great.

I feel quite emotional, actually.

The first time I've seen Mum
lost for words, I think.

Mending musical instruments like
these brings the barn alive.

Not only do they sound great,

but they come with stories that
remind us of how live music

brings us all together.

It's a miracle.

It's a privilege to work on them,

and a real joy to hear them play
so beautifully again.

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