One of the Biro’s bigger jobs for Matt and Pam came in 2012 after they won the prestigious August Ringvold Memorial Trophy at the 6 Metre European Championships in Nynasha, Sweden.
“It’s a gorgeous custom piece that was originally made by Georg Jensen that has a number of custom shields hang off it. They repaired and restored the entire trophy, and then had to create some of the shields that had been lost over the years.”
In addition, to repair and restore work, the Biro team helped Matt and Pam create the Lucie Bedford Cunningham Trophy, which is given to the top-rated boat with a woman crew member.
“They helped us find a vintage trophy, a beautiful silver bowl, and then adapt it to what we were looking for,” she says. “They created the plaques and designed the base. They’ve done similar things for several other events and regattas where we’ve endowed trophies.”
With a laugh, Pam reports that whenever they get back from a trip with a trophy in hand, their first stop is the Biro’s shop. “We know he’s going to deal with any damage or missing pieces on the trophy and make it look great,” she says.
“Everybody who has trophies or knows anything knows that they’re the place to go for really fine work,” Pam continues. “You feel like you can trust them with things of great value and that they’ll be sensitive to it.”
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