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WhenThe Last Repair Shop took home the Oscar for best documentary short film this year, it shone a spotlight on the people fixing instruments for kids in the Los Angeles public school system. Donations to the program, which has been cut back to 11 people from 60 in its heyday, have since been pouring in, the Washington Post reports. The film highlights four people who repair instruments in the district, which serves more than 540,000 students in 1,000 schools. “The work that we do is important and needs to be passed down, but people who do what we do are a dying breed,” says Steve Bagmanyan, w…