The Last Repair Shop

The Last Repair Shop

The Last Repair Shop

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The Last Repair Shop

2024

0h 40m

7.5(40 votes)

Documentary

Music

Overview

In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of this city.

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Production Companies

Breakwater Studios

LA Times Studios

Videos & Trailers

4 videos

Cast & Crew

9 members

Acting

Dana Atkinson

Self

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Duane Michaels

Self

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Acting

Paty Moreno

Self

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Acting

Steve Bagmanyan

Self

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Acting

Ken Burget

Self - The Piano Tuner

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Acting

Vincent Womack

Self - L.A.U.S.D. Music Teacher Since 19987

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Acting

Boris Karloff

The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

Acting

Tom Parker

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tom Parker

Acting

Elvis Presley

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elvis Presley

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