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00:00Yes, come in.
00:03I'm Inoue from Uji.
00:06I'd like you to listen to the stereo of my youth.
00:10Okay, let's do that.
00:13This man brought in the stereo from Uji, Kyoto.
00:20When did you buy it?
00:22I think it was in the 40s.
00:25He brought in a retro stereo that was released about 60 years ago.
00:32You can enjoy an analog record and a radio.
00:37It has a warm sound and is still very popular among audio enthusiasts.
00:45I'm 77 years old now.
00:48I think it would be beautiful if I hung it in my room when I was about 20.
00:53That's right.
00:54I couldn't move into an apartment after I got married, so I kept it in my friend's house.
00:59When I brought it home after 50 years, it was already like this.
01:04When he first bought it, he enjoyed listening to music and listening to the radio in this stereo.
01:11However, after he got married, he gave it up and left it to a friend for about 50 years.
01:18However, recently, his friend asked him to listen to the record in this stereo again.
01:28The record player didn't work normally.
01:36The radio was so noisy that it was almost inaudible.
01:47He asked the manufacturer and the electric shop in town for repair, but they kept refusing.
01:54When he saw Mr. Imai fixing the stereo on the show, he thought he might be able to fix it.
02:00He decided to bring it in directly as the last request.
02:05It's done.
02:07What do you want to do when it's fixed?
02:10I'm going to buy a new record again.
02:13I'd like to go to a used record shop and buy the one I used to listen to.
02:19I'd be happy if I could live another 10 years.
02:24He wants to taste the music of his youthful memories again in this stereo.
02:32Mr. Imai entrusted Mr. Inoue's feelings to Mr. Imai.
02:36I'll take care of it.
02:38Yes, sir.
02:42It looks like a lot of work.
02:47Can he fix the stereo of his memories?
02:53First, we'll look into the cause of the radio failure.
02:59However, when he tried to disassemble it and look for the cause...
03:05It's rusty, so the screws won't come off.
03:09The screws are rusty in the wood, so they won't come off.
03:18It's broken.
03:23The stereo, which had been abandoned for more than 50 years,
03:28It's hard to disassemble because the screws are rusty and hardened.
03:3630 minutes of work.
03:41Finally, he succeeded in removing the parts.
03:49What kind of part is that?
03:51This is a radio.
03:54FM, AM radio.
03:58And this is an amplifier.
04:00An amplifier circuit to produce sound.
04:04The volume is out of touch.
04:07The switch is out of touch.
04:12This capacitor needs to be replaced.
04:17He checked the radio and amplifier components.
04:21Is it broken?
04:24After all, it was abandoned for a long time.
04:27The lack of contact between the volume and the switch.
04:30The deterioration of the parts is the cause of the failure.
04:37Let's start with the touch-up.
04:40First, the repair of the switch part.
04:45He took something out and started painting it on the parts.
04:50What is this?
04:52The contact is black and shiny.
04:59First, he cleaned the dirt from the switch part with a polishing agent.
05:07This is the switch.
05:09You can turn it on and off like this.
05:13He is serious about removing dirt from a small gap.
05:19It's rust.
05:21I think it's a rust film.
05:24Rust films don't let electricity pass through.
05:27So the contact is bad.
05:29Or it makes a noise.
05:32It takes 10 minutes to polish the switch.
05:37It's pretty clean.
05:39Look.
05:41It's shiny.
05:43It's beautiful.
05:45He applied grease to make it easier for electricity to pass through.
05:50He installed the cover of the switch.
05:53He checked if electricity was passing through.
05:580.3 and 0.4 are almost the same.
06:02Good.
06:05He also removed the volume part.
06:10He cleaned and maintained the parts.
06:22I maintained the switch and the volume part like this.
06:28Now he has to maintain a huge number of parts.
06:34But it wasn't just the number of parts.
06:44This is three-dimensional.
06:47I didn't use a board.
06:50It's an old one.
06:52It's not a board?
06:54No, it's not.
06:56It's easy to use a board.
06:58You can attach parts to the board.
07:01But you have to attach them one by one.
07:04So it's inefficient.
07:08Nowadays, compact print boards are common.
07:13They are arranged and placed on a flat surface.
07:17But this is an aerial wiring.
07:20Electrical parts are placed in three dimensions.
07:25Because of the complexity, the pace of work is slow.
07:33It takes a lot of time and effort.
07:41He works for a week.
07:46The next day
07:51He's serious.
07:53It's like this.
07:56He replaced the switch and all electrical parts and finished maintenance.
08:04This is a test.
08:08FM radio test.
08:11Turn it on.
08:13Is the loud noise radio fixed?
08:35It's good.
08:38It's a good sound.
08:40It's a good sound.
08:43It's a good sound.
08:49He repaired the radio part that took a long time to repair.
08:56Next is the record.
08:59Let's do the record.
09:03He repairs the record player.
09:07It's amazing.
09:09First, he moves the player.
09:15It's moving.
09:17It's moving.
09:19It's strange.
09:23It's like music.
09:29He checks the number of revolutions of the record.
09:3520 revolutions.
09:3720.9 revolutions.
09:39How many revolutions?
09:4033 revolutions.
09:42It's not good.
09:44It's slow.
09:46It's not good.
09:48He disassembles the player.
09:53He disassembles the stereo part to find out why the player only turns slowly.
10:01Then...
10:04This, this, this, and this.
10:07This is the motor.
10:09The motor is spinning.
10:11The motor is spinning.
10:12This is spinning.
10:13The outer circumference is spinning.
10:16This is hard.
10:18It wasn't originally that hard.
10:20It's a soft rubber.
10:24Mr. Imai noticed a rubber called an idler to transmit the rotation of the motor to the turntable.
10:34He measured the hardness of the rubber with a code scale.
10:40It's almost 100.
10:43It's almost the same as iron.
10:45Iron is 100.
10:47This is 99.
10:48It's almost iron.
10:51He disassembles the record player part to find out what's wrong with the idler.
11:00The rubber became too hard due to deterioration, so he thought it wasn't working properly.
11:09I can't make it, so I'll give it to a rubber maker.
11:15Until the idler arrives, he maintains the damaged parts for 50 years.
11:25And a month later, the new idler finally arrives.
11:34He installs it right away.
11:36Finally, the final operation is confirmed.
11:40Will the stereo of the client's memories be restored just by replacing the idler?
11:53After two months of struggling with the stereo 60 years ago,
11:57he replaces the last part, the idler.
12:00Will the sound of the client's memories finally be restored?
12:06Will it be restored?
12:09Oh, it's back.
12:11It's back.
12:13It's a good speed, isn't it?
12:16It's back.
12:19It's amazing.
12:24It's back. It took a long time.
12:29I'm glad.
12:31The client must have been looking forward to it.
12:34I was wondering when it would be restored.
12:39It took two months to repair.
12:42The repair fee is 134,000 yen.
12:45It's cheap.
12:47The stereo 60 years ago, which had been maintained for a long time,
12:55is now breathing again.
12:59The client arrives after receiving a call from Mr. Imai.
13:06Finally, the sound has been confirmed after 50 years.
13:14It's amazing.
13:17It's back.
13:19It's back.
13:21It's back.
13:28It's been about 50 years.
13:31It's been 50 years.
13:33What do you think of the sound?
13:35I'm surprised.
13:37It's going to be restored.
13:39Thanks to Mr. Imai.
13:41Thank you very much.
13:43It was a great help.
13:45I'm going to listen to it calmly for a while.
13:50The sound of the radio was good, wasn't it?
13:52It was good.
13:54It was a good sound, wasn't it?
13:56Yes, yes, yes.
13:58The idol is a rubber shop in Osaka.
14:02Mr. Tamaki of the Kageyake Meijin, who appeared with me,
14:06He said,
14:07That's my friend.
14:09Then, let's meet once.
14:11He said,
14:13I got a call from Mr. Tamaki.
14:17I didn't know that.
14:19That's right.
14:21I met Mr. Tamaki for the first time.
14:24Mr. Imai has succeeded in many difficult repairs.
14:30There is the most impressive repair that I can't forget.
14:36Mr. Nobori's tachometer came all the way from Kyushu to my house.
14:43It was hard work.
14:46It was hard work, wasn't it?
14:47Yes, it was hard work.
14:48It's a little exaggerated to say that I ran around all over Japan.
14:51I searched for the tachometer and went to the end.
14:57Mr. Imai, who visited in search of the tachometer,
15:00What is the place he can't forget?
15:04Mr. Nobori's Sopon Tokoro is now available on TVER and U-NEXT.