Seems movement had been remounted several times. Inside of case is very chewed up. Quail bird is broken beyond repair. Quail bellow is broken as well as paper missing. Top is broken in 3 places. Face carving is missing decorative trim at lower left and upper right under eaves. No finials, but place for them. One is broken off inside hole. Several numerals broken. Chains are very dirty. Movement actually looks pretty good.

Talked to local repair man (Roy Shelly, Clock Shop), he said for gluing parts together use rubber bands as clamps. Used that method to repair top and worked very well for most parts. Found a clamp at Ace that has padded jaws and can be operated with one hand. Used that on others.

Took the clock to Roy for advice. He agreed that movement looks good and do nothing but oil it. Suggested a woodburning kit to make replacement decorative trim.

Found a way to clean and protect old wood. 3 parts olive oil to one part vinegar in a spray bottle. Spray onto one microfiber to clean and then polish with another. Worked great on case, pendulum and top.

Cleaned chains with a vinegar/salt/water boiling solution. Chains came out pink. Found Brasso will clean that of. Tedious, but worked well. Later, found that they can be cleaned as well and easier with CLR.

Purchased new quail bird and bellow from Ronnell. Got a woodburing kit from Hobby Lobby along with some wood that will fit the trim. Top trim needed to be cut in half lengthwise to match. After several stains tried, found Minwax Cognac is a fairly good match to existing trim. Stained pieces. Again, trial and error on dark areas. Would up doing edges of design with wordburning tip and filled in zigzag with sharpie. Glued those back on.

Used Minwax woodhardener on case mount areas. Filled with high performance Minwax filler. Positioned and squared movement, then marked holes with pins. Removed movement and installed screws. Also, filled holes on side of case for bellows.

Rich printed numerals to match. Installed new numerals except for XII which was intact. Decided to leave one original(?).

Top had no mounting hardware. Bought mounting clips. Installed them and added second set of eye screws and hooks on roof.

Re-assembled clock and tried it. Worked remarkably well. It keeps good time and whistles call properly. However, the cuckoo side will not always stop when it should. As I was unsure what to do and tinkering a bit, took it to Roy 8/23.

By 1/24, no progress from Roy. Learned from antique shop of another place and retrieved from Roy and took to Nicholas Harvey. He does repairs on side but used to be full time. He had the clock for about a week and made a few adjustments to the mechanism and proclaimed it fixed.

While waiting for Roy, learned how to repair bellow paper and repaired quail bellow. Decided to re-install original when I get clock back.

Picked it up in late January. Still did not fix the cuckoo call issue. Not sure he really tried to address it as it happens quite often. Turned to NAWCC forum. Got some tips on where to look. Most on there feel that the lever that falls into cam to stop call needs adjustment. They claim easy, but the lever is solid brass.

Remembered that when mounting, the movement is not flush all around and maybe in screwing it down tight, it causes a twist on the movement that gets the lever out of alignment. Made a shim out of cardboard to try to adjust.