Stephen Kember is a UK-based craftsman specialising in the restoration of antique music boxes and mechanical musical instruments. From an early age, he was drawn to the inner workings of machines. He describes himself as a child who was “never far from a soldering iron or a screwdriver,” always wanting to know how things worked and taking apart whatever wasn’t broken just to find out why it hadn’t.

He has worked in the restoration industry for more than 30 years, developing expertise in repairing delicate and intricate musical mechanisms. His work involves restoring items that often have both technical and sentimental value.

Kember became known to television audiences through The Repair Shop, a BBC programme that airs on BBC One, where experts restore cherished heirlooms.

On the show, he appears as a specialist in music boxes, automata, and mechanical musical pieces, often working on complex restorations that require precision engineering and historical knowledge.