Because it was a wooden telephone booth, the lower part was corroded, and when it was shaken by hand, it was wobbly and there was a concern that it would collapse due to strong winds. Even if we make a new telephone box, we will reinforce it for the time being to prepare for the typhoon. Three of them came to “The Phone of the Wind” in Otsuchi Town at 10 am.
It was supposed to be sunny on May 4th, but it was raining in earnest shortly after arrival, but I did a preliminary inspection in the rain, estimated the necessary materials, and started shopping. I waited for the rain to stop and started repair work after 13:00. I installed new grids and horizontal plates inside and outside the corroded bottom, but the shaking does not stop. Next, I thought about putting up a floorboard, but I hated the possibility of stepping, so I tried to suppress the shaking by bracing, but it didn’t look good and I rejected it. After all, one horizontal plate was attached under the shelf board on which the telephone was placed, and the base and the new horizontal plate at the bottom were fixed with -shaped hardware, so that the shaking was almost stopped. I applied white paint from the point where I installed the new material, so the repair was completed around 16:00, and it regained its former beautiful appearance.
The material cost for this repair was the money collected by the children of the Pinokyo Club through charity donations. On August 17th and 18th, it was decided that Mr. Matsumura would come to “The Phone of the Wind” with his children. How impressed would it be if a new aluminum box of “The Phone of the Wind” could be launched with the children at that time? Dreaming of that scene, I would like to work hard on fund-raising activities. We ask for your continued cooperation.
By the way, the fund-raising activity to rebuild the box of “The Phone of the Wind” made of aluminum is 523,000 yen as of today. The target amount is 1,000,000 yen. It’s a little more.