The Repair Shop on Netflix

[Kevan]

The Repair Shop is not offered on Netflix Canada from what I can see. Being a long time member of Netflix I will put in a request to have it air on the Canadian version.

I wonder if they'll listen to me?

[phonosandradios]

There's another where Tim worked on an opera too

Yes, the Edison Opera is one they got spectacularly wrong. Not only was the horn stripped and refinished so that it no longer matched the case, the two parts were glued together with no attempt made to reproduce the metal fittings. The machine sounded just as bad after it had been "repaired" as it had done before. It was running far too fast, and the wobble was more than just an out of round cylinder. To those with long memories, the tenor Ernest Pike sounded more like one of the Chipmunks.

I never met the late Gilbert Fury, the previous owner of the Opera, but I could imagine him looking down in horror.

This episode was below The Repair Shop's usual very high standard. I speak from experience, as my wife and I took part in the second series when our Georgian desk was was most beautifully and sympathetically restored by Will Kirk. It remains the oldest item ever to be featured on the programme.

I know I am late to the party on this one but I have just watched this very episode with horror! The rape of an opera - I can't believe they stripped the horn down to the bare wood when all it needed was a clean and polishing. Plus the machine sounded hideous! They picked the most out of round cylinder they could possibly of found and totally failed to adjust the machine properly so that the out of round cylinder plus mechanical warbling created a truly jaw dropping display of hideousness! Don't even get me started on the speed issue...

When the owner picked the machine up she was crying...if it were my machine and someone had done that to it they certainly wouldn't be tears of joy

[JerryVan]

Can somebody tell me the season & episode number this Opera appears in? I thought I had watched every one of these, but do not recall a raped Opera in any of them.

[52089]

Can somebody tell me the season & episode number this Opera appears in? I thought I had watched every one of these, but do not recall a raped Opera in any of them.

I have also watched the entire thing (seasons 1 and 2) on Netflix. I assume the Opera was "fixed" during a subsequent season that hasn't been made available on Netflix yet.

[jboger]

In the States that sort of desk is called a kneehole desk. Spectacular examples were made by the Townsend-Goddard families in Newport, Rhode Island.

[edison phonographs]

Just recently discovered this show and I agree it is the best show I have seen in a very long time. and the fact it isn’t staged like everything else on tv makes it that much better.

Haven’t seen the opera episode yet.

I liked the music box partial restoration and the idea of preserving some of the damage from WWII

And the poltergeist clock. Love old clocks

[epigramophone]

Confusingly the BBC are now showing one hour episodes which are a mixture of old and new material. The Opera was include in last night's programme which was billed as Episode 31, but I did not have the stomach to watch it's ruination again. All the poor thing needed was a good clean, a replacement fixing to join the two parts of the horn together, and some mechanical attention to get it running evenly and at the correct speed.

What bothers me more than anything else is that non-collectors watching that episode will assume that this what an Edison Opera is supposed to sound like.

[Phono48]

The Repair Shop was shown on ITV last evening, and I watched with horror as the "expert restorer" played it to the customer. She cried with joy, but I wonder if she had ever heard what an Opera should sound like? I would have cried tears of disappointment, especially at the beautiful wooden horn that had been stripped down to the bare wood, to say nothing of the dreadfully erratic speed issues. But at least I know now who NOT to send a phonograph to. I'm a great fan of this programme, but I'm afraid they got this one badly wrong.

[soundgen]

The Gramophone Guru couldn't even repair an Edison Gem , why would anyone do a show as an expert when he clearly isn't ?

Get your machines repaired here https://gramophoneguru.com/

[52089]

The Gramophone Guru couldn't even repair an Edison Gem , why would anyone do a show as an expert when he clearly isn't ?

Get your machines repaired here https://gramophoneguru.com/

Yes, I was cringing a couple of times watching him work on the Gem. He was awfully rough on that poor half nut. I thought it might wind up stripped!