The Repair Shop

S06:E55 - Clarinet, Handmade Clock and Fiddle Drill

Today in the Repair Shop, Jay Blades and the team bring three treasured family heirlooms, and the memories they hold, back to life.First, Victoria Finn is hoping Pete Woods and Suzie Fletcher can restore her daughter Isobella's grandad's clarinet and case. Eleven-year-old Isobella has waited half her lifetime to learn the instrument but wanted to be taught on her late grandfather's instrument. After a meticulous makeover and a pitch perfect performance by Pete, Isabella is delighted with her revamped instrument.Suzanne Payne is hopeful that horologist Steve Fletcher and wood restorer Will Kirk can help her to complete a true labour of love for three men in her family. She brings the beginnings of a grandfather clock, that was first embarked upon by her father, who loved tinkering with clocks. He intended to gift the finished clock to Suzanne's father-in-law but sadly both men passed away before it's completion and the project was then taken on by Suzanne's husband Ian, who began work on a wooden housing. Tragically Ian passed away several years ago and now Suzanne is determined to see the project to fruition, as a tribute to the wonderful men, that meant the world to her.And farmer Simon is hoping to see his grandfather's fiddle drill back in action once again. The vintage seed-sower has seen better days but with the joint craftsmanship of metal and leather experts Dominic Chinea and Suzie Fletcher the unusual drill is finally in fine fettle once more.