11x35 - A coconut scraper, a wedding ring & a music stand

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In The Repair Shop today...

- Ah!

- HE CHUCKLES

..a mystery object gives Will a
thrill...

- Oh, I was so worried,

cos I thought that the wood was
actually going to completely split.

- ..and some musical military history
gets Brenton standing to attention.

- It's an MOD stand.

All the army bands used to get given
these, yeah, from the MOD.

- Eagerly awaiting today's first
visitor,

jeweller Richard Talman.

- You're like Midas, aren't you?
Everything you touch turns to gold.

Did you make me my wedding ring?

- Yeah, it was silver, then I touched
it and it turned to gold, yeah.

- Sue Duma from Somerset has brought a
treasured memento

that has lost its lustre.

- Hi there.
- Hello!

- Welcome to the barn.
- Thank you.

Nice to meet you both.
- What have you brought in for us
today?

- Er, my dad's wedding ring.
- Oh, lovely. Let's have a look.

What were your parents' names?
- Dad was Charles Neville Harrison,

but he was always known as Neville to
his friends.
- OK.

- And Mum was Valerie.
- Valerie.

- But she used to call him Charlie
Boy.
- Right!

- But they were a very quiet,
unassuming couple.

Erm, we had a happy childhood.

They... A strong sort of moral
compass,

and you did the right thing, and they
were polite.

"Be nice to your elders."

And they were just a really lovely
couple.

- So, your parents were married for
how many years?
- 64 years.

- 64 years.

- They met one lunchtime.

Dad was cycling back to college from
his job,

and Mum was cycling back to work after
her lunch break,

and they saw a mutual friend who
introduced them,

and they met at the bottom of the road

where we eventually all went to live.
- Really?
- Mm.

- So do you think that it was love at
first sight for them?

- The romantic in me wants to say yes.

- Well, it must have been, because
they stayed together.
- Yeah.

Just after their 64th wedding
anniversary, Mum passed away,

and to say Dad was lost without her is
an understatement.

And then, sometime after that, he
phoned me up and he said,

"I've lost my wedding ring."
- No!

- We searched everywhere and we never
found it.

Then, September, Dad passed away, and
we've been clearing the house,

and my sister-in-law Zoe went into the
laundry basket,

and the ring was in the bottom of the
laundry basket.
- Really?

- Oh, my word.
- And I felt really sad,

because my dad always wore that ring.

He'd never taken it off in 64 years,

and it was still in the house with
him,

but he didn't know it was there.

And I just felt really sad about that.

- What exactly would you like Richard
to do for you?

- Try and strengthen it a bit, cos
it's kind of got a bit thin,

and make it so it's round again,

cos it's a little bit bent out of
shape.

But also, it used to have his
initials.

You can just see the H in the bottom
corner, just faint.

- Just about.
- Oh, yeah.

- And it was CNH.

Gradually, it's just faded away.

I just want to get it repaired so that
I can keep it as a symbol

of their 64 years together,

and I can wear it every now and then

as a tribute to Dad, so that I can
feel close to him.
- Yeah.

- Thank you so much for coming.

It's been a pleasure to hear about
your ring.

- It is in safe hands, I promise.
- Thank you.

- See you soon.
- Thank you, bye.

- I've always been quite fortunate in
life

that the valuable items that I
treasure,

I've managed to keep hold of and I
haven't lost them,

but it does actually make me feel very
sad for the situation

that Susan must have been in,

because this ring is totally
irreplaceable.

So I just think it's a remarkable
story

that this was found.

It gives me even more of a buzz to put
it back to how it should be.

The first major problem with this ring

is the part where it is perfectly flat
here

is considerably thinner than the rest
of the band,

so I'm going to remove the section of
the metal which is thin,

and then replace that empty void with
another piece of 9-carat,

but what I am going to make sure I do
on this repair

is include the piece of metal that has
come out,

so that all of the metal that
symbolised

her parents' love for 64 years is
still within this ring.

Some of the engraving that's missing
on the top,

which was her father's initials,

that's going to be for Sam, our hand
engraver, to take care of.

But the first thing I'm going to do is
to make it round.

This tool is called a triblet.

It's tapered all the way from the
smallest ring size

to the biggest.

You just put the ring over the outside
edge,

and then I'm going to use a hide
mallet to tap it round.

- METALLIC THUDDING

- The hide is a lot softer than the
metal,

so every strike you make,

it's going to make it round, rather
than actually putting a dent in it.

So now I've got this perfectly round,

I'm going to remove the thinning part
of the metal

with a saw frame,

then start thinking about making the
piece to go in the gap.

- BIRDS TWEETING

Next into the barn, Foster Valentine.

She's brought a culinary curio from
her childhood years in India

for the attention of wood whizz Will
Kirk.

- Hello there. Welcome to the barn.

- Hello.

- Lovely to meet you.
- Same.
- What's inside the crate?

- Now, this is a coconut scraper.

- A coconut scraper.
- Scraper.
- That has to be a first for me.

How exactly does it work, then?

- You sit on this here,

and I brought you a coconut here,

and you get the coconut broken in
half.
- Right.

- And then you'd go...

- SCRAPING

- You start it that way.

- Absolutely amazing.

Is this something that you'd use quite
often, then?

- Yes, it would be on a daily basis
that we use coconut in our cooking.

Mum got me trained very early on, as a
child.

I think the only job I did at home

was to sit and get my mother

the coconut she needed for her
cooking.

I had a kind of a race with myself,

in terms of how many minutes I'd take
to grate a coconut.

- Really?
- So I would do it in two, three
minutes.

I would have one coconut done.

- What, an entire coconut?
- An entire coconut.

I come from Tamil Nadu, and the state
next to mine is Kerala.

So, we are all people who use a lot of
coconut.
- Yeah.

- Back home, we have coconut trees in
all our houses.

Most of the houses have coconut trees.
- Really?

What, you just pop outside and get a
coconut?

- Well, you need somebody to get up
the tree.

- Oh, yeah, to get up the tree!

- So it's a different way of living.
- Yeah.
- Slightly different.

- Amazing.
- Yeah.

- So, how long has this been in your
possession for?

- Er, well, I got it from my mum
recently,

but it's been in the family for the
last, I would say, 120 years.

- Really?
- Yes.

My mother, my grandmother and her
mother.

Though we have not used it for the
last ten years,

because it needed repair.

And so Mum said it was not good for
use, and they just put it away.

So when I was home about a year ago,

I said I'd be interested to get it
sorted,

because I get coconut plenty now in
England.
- Mm.

- So that was the idea, yeah.

- Does your mum know that you are
wanting to have this fixed?

- Oh, yes. She's excited about it.

- Is she?
- Yes.

It's just the thought that they've all
used it,

and now it's in my kitchen. It's...

It's something beyond an emotion I
can't even explain.

And I do miss home,

so there are parts of home that has
now come into my new home,

so it helps.

The thing is, it is, as you can see,
needing a lot of work on it.

- I can see there's a split there.
- Yes.

- You can see the rusty metal.
- Yes.

I think one of the... One feet is...

Yeah, this one is slightly wobbly, and
this bit needs reinforcement.

And the idea is I would like to use
it, going forward,

and pass it down, so that will be the
idea.
- Wonderful.

Well, thanks for giving me a flavour
of India.

I can't wait to get this all working
again.

- Thank you very much.
- Thanks a lot, bye-bye.

- Thank you, bye.

- Even though I've never seen a
coconut scraper before,

I can quite obviously see where the
damage is here.

The legs need to be removed,

clean out the old glue, re-nail and
glue them.

The metal at the top will need to be
sharpened

and cleaned up as well.

But more importantly, this crack is
really bad.

In order for me to find out the best
way

to deal with the split at the top,

I need to get this rusty bit of metal
out first.

- CLUNKING

- Oh!

- HE CHUCKLES

- Oh! I was so worried cos I thought
that the wood

was actually going to completely
split.

Er, but I think...

Look at that! Managed to get it out.

That top looks really bad.

I've got a feeling that there's not
much of this upper part

that I can save. It's really crumbly
round here.

If I can get some glue on the back
there and close that crack up,

all I'd have to do is think about
patching the front there,

limiting my intervention.

I really want to keep as much of the
original as possible.

I'm not too sure how much will need to
be patched in

until I've glued this and clamped it
flat again.

So I'm going to use quite a few clamps
here

because this wood is quite thick.

I really need a lot of tension there

to keep this in place whilst it dries.

I'm going to make sure I get

as much glue into that surface area as
possible,

because it's going to be really
important

when it comes to clamping this,

and then it holding its form when the
clamps come off.

I'd like to say that I'm confident
that this is going to work.

I mean, in theory, it should work.

All these clamps and the pressure

should bring everything together.

But all I can do now is just wait

for it to dry, and see what happens.

- Having removed the thin section from
the wedding ring,

Richard is preparing to make it whole
again.

- Usually, I would just take a piece
of metal

the exact same dimensions and then
solder it in.

But I'm really, really, really keen to
make sure

that the piece I cut from the back of
the ring

goes back into the melt.

So I've made a piece which is pretty
much the correct size,

and then I'm going to melt this piece

and the piece that I cut out together,

and then that is all going to be
soldered back into the ring,

which means that every single piece of
the gold that was supplied to me

is still within the ring.

I just need to apply a little bit of
flux.

It cleans the metal, makes sure that
it bonds together beautifully.

So, I've just popped the pieces of
metal into the crucible,

and I'm going to be heating it with a
propane flame.

It's going to get to around about


All of the metals become aqueous and
they mould together.

Now that's turned solid.

I'm just going to drop that into some
acid.

And the heat of the piece of metal
going into the acid

has caused it to clean all of the
outside crusts off.

Into a bit of water, just to rinse the
acid off.

And that's the nugget of gold, ready
to use.

So now I've just got to make this
nugget

into the correct size bar, and for
that,

I'm going to start using a set of
rolling mills.

These rolling mills are a little bit
like a pasta mill,

but designed for slightly harder
material,

and they just very slowly rock it
backwards and forwards,

in between the rollers.

I'm adjusting the wheel on the top in
minor increments each time,

because if you exert too much force,
it can damage the metal.

Just got a little bit more rolling to
do to get the perfect dimensions,

but I can see that little nugget is
going exactly where I wanted it to.

- All right.
- Lovely.
- I'll leave you to it.
- Thank you.

- I've now finished milling this piece
of metal,

and it's the exact dimensions I need
it to be.

But now, notice it's straight,

and I need to now replicate the curve

in exactly the same way as the curve
of the finger size.

So I'm going to do that.

That is looking pretty spot-on.

That's just ready to solder in,

and then get it over to Sam to work
her magic.

- So, Rich has given me the ring to
reinstate the lost engraving,

and I'm just trying to ascertain what
style it could have been

with just the slight amount of
engraving that's been left.

And I think it's a script style,

which is a flourished copperplate
style, very traditional.

And I'm also guessing it would have
been entwined,

because there are three initials that
I have to put on here,

a C, an N and an H for Charles Neville
Harrison.

So, first of all, I'm going to draw
the lettering.

In order for me to be able to see what
I'm doing with the pencil,

I dab on some plasticine.

That just takes off the glare

and makes the pencil marks much
clearer for me to see.

So, I'm going to start with the letter
C.

The beauty of this is that if you do
get it wrong first time,

you can easily rub it off and start
again.

And I think I'm just about happy with
that.

Yeah, that's ready to go.

I'm going to start with the letter H.

The one that had the original
engraving left.

So, just the final flourish now.

OK. I think that's done. All ready.

Very happy with that.

I'm going to move on to the other two
letters,

and then it'll be ready to give back
to Rich.

- More metal magic in store for the
next item.

Musician and teacher Will Doyle from
the Isle of Wight

is hoping Brenton West can give his
precious possession

a thorough tune-up.

- Hello.
- Hi there.

- Lovely to meet you.
- Welcome. Lovely to meet you, too.

- Thank you very much.
- What have you brought in for us?

- So, this is a very special music
stand.

My dad bought it for me when I was
about 13, 14 years old.

He passed away when I was about 21. I
was quite young.

So it means the world to me, this
stand.

But it's not in a great state.

- So, what did you play?
- Oh, I started off on the cornet,

and then moved on to an instrument
called the euphonium.

My parents could see that I was
struggling at school,

and they wanted to try and find things
I was into,

and I went to this brass band, they
put a cornet into my hand,

and for whatever reason, it just
clicked,

and it really rescued me in school.

So my teachers and music in general,

it's made a huge difference to my
life.

- I can absolutely relate to that.

I think I spent most of my time in
secondary school

in the music and art block.

Science and maths and things was just
not for me.

- That's me to a T.
- Yeah.

- HE CHUCKLES

- It's a little safe haven for you.
- Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Erm, I got a scholarship.

I got to go to the Royal Welsh College
of Music in Cardiff

to study music and I got to play,
like, in the Albert Hall.

Birmingham Symphony Hall. I've played
in St David's Hall.

- Wow.

- My dad was my biggest fan. He took
me to every gig.

He helped set up the concerts, help
pack it down.

He was just a real character. Top
bloke, really nice guy,

and was always there, really
supportive. Yeah.

- To anybody else, it's just an normal
music stand,

but why do you think it provokes
this...?

- Because without his sacrifice,

without the money that they put in and
the opportunity they gave me,

I have the life that I have now, and I
see that in my stand.
- Aw.

- We're from quite a humble
background,

and I know that every penny that he
spent on that music stand,

he worked himself to the bone for.

When he passed away,

I'd just graduated from the Welsh
College of Music.

My coping mechanism was

I want to just make the best of the
opportunities that I have,

and I do that to try and honour him,
really, in that respect.

- It's quite a sturdy-looking music
stand.
- Yeah.

- The ones I'm used to are much more
delicate.

- It's certainly very, erm... That is
substantial, isn't it?

- Yeah.
- I've been told that it's a music
stand

that was issued to the Royal Marines
Band Service

as their personal music stands.

So it makes it even more special.

This leather strap that's snapped,
unfortunately...
- OK.

- ..goes all the way round and holds
it in place.
- Yeah.

- This is like a handle,

so you could carry it like that once
it's strapped in.

- Oh, that's clever. So the leg is a
handle.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

It's very stiff.

I've got one piece in my pocket that's
broken off.
- Oh, no! OK.

- It's one of the tightening screws.

The head broke off it, and it's just
riddled with rust now.

It's a real shame, because every time
I play the music

that's sat on that stand,

it just reminds me of all that support
my dad gave me.

- That's fantastic. Well, brilliant.
Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

- Yeah. Really lovely to meet you.
- Thank you. Bye-bye.

- Thank you for bringing it in. Bye.
- Thank you.

- Oh, that's really stiff.
- Is it?
- That's... Yeah.

- OK.
- That's going to look good, though,

once all that rust has gone.
- Yeah.

- Good luck.
- I'll get going on it.

- Yeah!
- Thanks.

It's a really, really sturdy music
stand,

but it just obviously got damp at some
stage,

and the plating's worn a bit.

I'm going to ask Suzie if she can make
me a new strap,

hopefully keeping this original
buckle,

just to keep as many original parts as
possible.

So, Will said this was quite stiff,
which it is,

and I believe that protecting it with
a wax will help lubricate it.

And I'm going to try and locate
another one of these wing bolts

so that the stand will work properly.

The first thing I'm going to do now,
though,

is to clean some of this rust and dirt
off of it,

and see if I can make it look a bit
nicer.

I've got quite a coarse wire wool
here.

The wire wool won't scratch the
chrome.

It sort of polishes it, it burnishes
it.

My mother was very musical,

and she sang for a famous choir in
London.

So there was always music stands and
music around our house.

But something in music passed me by.

Er, my son picked up a guitar when he
was about three years old,

and he can play absolutely
brilliantly.

So it's obviously skipped a
generation.

This chrome is actually shining up
really, really well.

Erm, just these two bars almost look
like new.

So I'm really, really happy with the
way this is going.

It's going to be a long, long job,

because there's two sides to all of
these parts,

and there's a lot of them.

So I'd just better get on with it, I
think.

- It's the moment of truth for Will,

as he reveals whether his repairs on
the cracked coconut scraper

have been a success.

- I'm really nervous about this.

The more of those cracks and gaps I've
closed up,

the less amount of wood I'm going to
have to cut away.

So fingers crossed.

I don't feel much movement in there,
which is great.

The main worry was that I'd have to
chop out

this massive wedge here, because it
was all wobbly and loose.

But actually, I can now minimise that
area that I need to patch

to possibly about there,

which means I can retain quite a lot
of the original wood as possible.

I'm not too sure what wood this is,

but I think it's probably something
native to southern India.

But I have found something which would
be a really good match.

It's iroko.

It's like a teak and, erm, should glue
in and clamp quite nicely.

Just marking out my first cut line.

I've only got one shot at doing this.

I don't want to remove too much wood,

but also, if I don't remove enough of
the damage,

then it could be, potentially, quite a
weak joint.

And this needs to be incredibly
strong,

because this is the business end.

This is where the coconuts are being
scraped.

Foster has been doing this for many
years.

I want her to be able to use this for
many more years to come.

Now that I've made my markings, I can
cut that out on the band saw

and use this piece of wood as a
template

to help me to create that new section
of wood.

- WHIRRING

- That's turned out to be quite the
success.

I've managed to remove that old
damage,

and the new piece of wood fits in
perfectly.

So much so I can actually tip this
upside down

and it won't fall out.

But I need to glue that in place now,
clamp it up,

and once it's dried, I can start
shaping in that detail.

I'm having a better look now at the
scraper.

Foster intends to use this,

so it'd be really nice to remove a lot
of that rust, and sharpen up

some of these spikes going around the
outside edge.

I've decided to use a rust-removing
solution.

My plan is to pop this in here,

and when it comes out, it should be
rust-free.

This solution has done a great job at
removing the rust and the dirt.

I'm just going to go round these
spikes around the outside

with my small files, to refine those
edges.

- HE BLOWS

DULL THUDDING

- Well, the scraper is now firmly in
place.

Er, I now need to glue the original
legs back into place.

They were being held by the tiniest
bit of dried-out glue

and some really thin nails.

With fresh glue, it'll be nice and
sturdy to sit on.

I've got some new nails here.

These are going to help keep the legs
in place whilst they dry.

- SHARP TAPPING

- Nice and sturdy.

That is rock solid.

Got two more nails to put it in now,

and then this will be ready for plenty
more coconuts to be scraped.

- The newly monogrammed wedding ring
is back in Richard's hands,

ready for its final polish.

- Sam really has done an amazing job
engraving this.

Really, really pleased with how this
has come out.

That, coupled with the reconstruction

of the back of the band, means it's
really, really safe and secure.

I'm looking forward to giving this
back to Susan

to enjoy for many years to come.

- This lost, then found, wedding ring
is a token

of a loving 64-year marriage.

- You happy?
- Yep. I am.

- Done a good job?

- I hope so.

- HE CHUCKLES

- I know so. Don't even go there.

- Collecting the ring is Sue,

eager to be reunited with the symbol
of her parents' union

and their happy family home.

- There she is.

Hello.
- Hello.
- How are you feeling?

- I've actually missed the ring,

because it sits in a little dish by
the bed, next to...

It's kind of... It's not been there,

so I've missed it, so it'll be nice to
have it back.

- What are you hoping to see
underneath here?

- It just would be really nice to see
that it's a circle again.
- Right.

- And the engraving. It'd just be nice
to see that back,

because then that's like a tribute to
Dad.

- Yeah.

- Are you ready?
- I am, yes.

- SHE GASPS

- Oh!

- VOICE BREAKS:
- Thank you.

It's very shiny!

- SHE CHUCKLES

- Oh, wow.

Oh, that's amazing, to see his
initials back on there.

It'll be like it was the day they got
married.

- Straight on.

- Perfect. Thank you so much.

- Absolute pleasure. I'm not to thank
for all of it.

Sam took care of the engraving side of
it.

- Thank Sam for me as well.

It's perfect. Thank you.

- How's that feel, wearing it now?

- Right.
- Wow.

- Just feels right, and it feels like
Dad's there.

Cos we miss him. We miss him a lot.

It's a shame that we couldn't have
found it while he was still alive,

but we've found it now.

And this ring holds 64 years. That's a
lifetime of memories.

- Amazing to see it back on your
finger.
- It is. Thank you.

- Susan, thank you for bringing it in.

- Well, thank you for fixing it for
me. It means a lot.

- You take care now.
- Thank you, bye.

- Bye.

- Well done, you.
- Thanks very much, Jay.

- All right.

- I feel sad that Dad couldn't see it,
because it just looks so perfect,

but I also feel happy that we found
it,

and that we can keep it in the family,

and it's something that we can look at
and remember him by.

- The metal music stand has caught the
eye

of instrument restorer Pete Woods.

- What you got there, Brenton?
- I've got a music stand.

- It's an MOD stand.

- I wondered why it was so sort of
heavily made.

- Built to last.
- That makes sense.

So, you... You've seen one of these
before, have you?

- Tons of 'em, mate.
- When Will came in, he said he
thought

it might be Ministry of Defence, but
he wasn't sure.

- All the army bands used to get given
these, yeah, from the MOD.

- I've got a tiny problem with it.

I've got... One of the wing bolts has
got the wing broken off it.

- Oh, right, yeah.
- Where can I get one of those from?

- I think I might be able to help you
out.

- So you can get one of these, then?

- Yeah. They used to be used on drum
kits

from about the '50s onwards.
- Well, well, well.

If you can come up with that wing bolt
for me,

that would be fantastic.

- I'll find you one of them.
- Cheers.
- Cheers.

Brenton's asked me to make a
replacement strap

for the music stand.

It's seen a lot of wear,

and this is typical of what happens
with older leather.

Eventually, it just snaps.

So, I can cut a strip of leather.

I'm just going to draw the leather
through

whilst I'm pushing on the handle.

So that's the strip cut.

Matches that.

I'm just trimming off the tip of the
strap.

You make it a little bit narrower at
the tip,

so that it easily goes through the
buckle.

And now I'll just take off the sharp
cut edge here.

It looks nicer and it feels nicer,

and I'm just going to pop a little bit
of stain on there

just to pretty up the edge there.

And this stain actually has a glue in
it

that, when I start to rub it up, the
heat will activate the glue,

and it seals all the fibres on the
edge there.

So we should get a nice shine and
it'll be nice and smooth.

There, you've got a nice glossy edge
to it.

So, what I'm going to do now is put a
crew punch hole,

which is a rectangle hole

where the tongue of the buckle is
going to sit into.

So, as it wraps around the buckle,

like so,

the heel sits in there,

and that allows that tongue to freely
move back and forth.

- DULL TAPPING

- There we go.

Well, that's looking like a very
useful strap now.

All I need to do is to punch a hole
through there for the rivet,

and it could be mounted back on the
music stand.

- So, now that I've polished that
chrome up,

I'm going to put some wax into these
joints,

just to protect them and to help it
open and close more easily.

The reason I'm using wax is it will
stay in place.

Erm, if I used an oil, er,

there is the danger that it would drip
down and stain the music.

So now I just need to open and close
that a few times,

just to get the wax into the joint.

That is folding so much better than it
did before.

So I've just got to get all of this
wax that shows off,

and then I can move on to the legs of
the stand.

- As Brenton buffs,

Will is addressing the aesthetics on
the newly sturdy coconut scraper.

- I'm applying shellac polish in
really thin coats.

If you put too much on all at the same
time,

it can look quite artificial,

so you really want to start to slowly
build up the levels.

So, I can start to mix up my darker
pigments now

and slowly bring in that wood grain.

Once I've finished painting the wood
grain,

I can seal this with a coat of wax to
protect it,

and then it's ready for Foster to come
and pick up.

- After more than a century of use,

the scraper was cracked, wobbly and
blunt.

But for Foster, it's a precious link

to three generations of women in her
family,

and to her Indian roots.

- Hello there.
- Hello.

- Lovely sari!
- Thank you.

- What are you hoping to see?

- Something that I will be able to use
on a daily basis, so, yes.

- I'm quite nervous, actually,

because I know how much this means to
you,

and it's been used in your family for
so many years.
- Yes.

- I'm going to show you what I've
done.
- OK.
- You ready?

- Yes.

Oh. Thank you very much.

Well, I can sit on it now. Yes!

Yes.

Ah. It's perfect.

It's perfect. Well, thank you very
much.

- It's an absolute pleasure.

- All this is looking very smart now.

- I don't know if this actually works
yet,

so would you mind if I give it a try?

- Please.
- Yes?
- Thank you.
- OK.

- Yes, thank you.

- I'll pop that there.

Oh, my knees!

- HE CHUCKLES

- Right. I've got a coconut I've
already chopped in half.

So do I just pop that on there?
- Yes.

Put it in there, and you start from
the side.

From the side of the coconut.

- Am I scraping that way or that way?

- Yeah, that way.
- Like that?

- Yes.
- What, like that?
- Yeah.

And you go to the centre.
- Oh, I see.

- That's it.
- Look at that.

- That's it.

- WILL CHUCKLES

- Ah, that's wonderful.

Ah!
- Look at that. Lovely.
- That's fantastic.

Will has put new life into it,

and I think that is just remarkable.
That's very special.

I've seen my grandmother and my mum
use it,

and just the thought that they are all
there with me in the kitchen,

er, I think it's a blessing.

That's the music stand all polished,
ready to go.

I'd asked Pete if he could get me a
wing bolt for this,

and he's come up trumps for me.

Absolutely the correct thread.

The final thing to do to the music
stand

before I give it back to Will is to
put the leather strap on.

Suzie's made me a beautiful strap
using the original buckle.

I'm just getting the rivet supported
at the back by a metal block.

I've got a little punch, and I'm just
going to round the top

of this rivet so that it can't then go
back through the metal.

That's perfect. It's nice and tight,

and the strap holds that in position.

- CLATTERING

- And off to work we go.

That works absolutely how I wanted it
to.

- For Will, the music stand is a
treasured reminder

of his father's encouragement

that inspired a lifelong love of music

and launched a successful career.

- Hello, Will.
- Hi. Nice to see you again.

- This is Will.
- Hi, Will, nice to see you.

- Hi, Will! Nice to meet you. What are
you hoping to see?

- Er, something that I can use again.

It means everything to me,

because my dad bought me this stand,

and it was for him to show me,

"You can do this, and you can follow
your dream of being a musician."

Just reminds me of all that support my
dad gave me.

I'm so excited to see it. I can't
wait.
- Yeah.

Shall we have a look?
- Yes, please. I can't wait.

Oh, my God!

- HE LAUGHS

- That's unbelievable.

- HE CHUCKLES

- I can't thank you enough.

It just takes me back.

It's that emotion memory of seeing it
physically,

just like that. That's unbelievable.

I'm not usually stumped for words, but
I am pretty speechless.

- Well, Suzie made a new strap, but
she used your old buckle on it.

- Oh, amazing.
- So that's the original buckle.

- Those small touches.

That's sort of the state it was given
to me in.

Just that memory of being that young
nipper,

being given that music stand, and the
kindness shown by my dad.

Yeah, he was a wonderful, kind man.

Thank you so much!
- Pleasure.
- It's amazing.

- So, do you think your dad would be
really surprised

at the fact that you're still carrying
this around now?

- I think he'd be chuffed that I'm
using it.

He was like my best fan, really.

He was there at all my gigs, and so
supportive.

So, yeah, he would be really proud,
I'm sure. Yeah.

- So, where's this going to go when
this goes home?

- It will travel around with me,

so when I'm doing any concerts or
anything like that,

so that's really exciting.

It's had a good, good, long life,

and I just want to continue using it.
Can't wait.

Thank you so much.
- Pleasure.
- Yeah, I'm... I'm thrilled.

I know how hard my dad would have
worked

to be able to pay for that music
stand,

and it really made me think of him,

so it's an amazing thing. Amazing.

Thank you very much. Lovely to meet
you.
- Lovely to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.
- Thanks for everything. Cheers.

Thanks very much.
- Bye, now.
- Bye!

Being fixed and being able to be used
again

was the most important thing for me.

And when I'm finished with it,

I can pass it on to another musician.

It's just a new lease of life.

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