I will attempt repair of orig. bridge.

Door is functional.

MOP Buttons.

Nice to see one unaltered.

Dowel and Co- Rod, first use of rod.

Dowel is tight as it should be.

First aall Bearing tone system, not sprung.

Heel glued and clamped.

Frets all removed, tape protects from chip-outs.

Heel repair complete. Orig, binding saved.

A little oil for assisting in CA removal.

Compression fretting the final frets

Binding re -installed

Pegs installed.

Frets dressed, assembly complete.

Plating is Silver, not nickel

Heel was cracked long ago or in shipment, will ask.

Hardest tailpiece to get off, all hooks must be of.

Cleaning hardware

Starting rim assembly

Reqdy to clean/oil tuners.

Peghead cleaned/waxed.

Sawing slots to modern width

Slot depth gauge.

Small hardware polished.

That piece is purely cosmetic.

Strung to pitch, initial fret check.

FON # is showing 1923, and the 6th of the batch.

No big deal, easy repair/ touch-up

Andf then you can slip hoop up and off without bending the mounts

Now for the small stuff

New REMO head ordered, moving to neck.

Normal wear on finish. 100+ years old.

Fingerboard cleaned and slots leveled.

Fretting over the heel, completed.

All installed and ready for binding.

Special order head arrives.

Neck installation complete.

Replacement Orig.Gibson bridge.