Hickory Dickory Dock, the Cuckoo Clock fell off the Wall

In for repair is a 2 weight, 8 day cuckoo clock that has fallen off a wall.

Thank goodness there was only minor damage to the clock. 
Here is a picture of the clock when it was brought to the shop....
....and the image below is all the pieces that  were broken off:
Not a hard repair.  
The hardest part here is where to attach these pieces.  To resolve this mystery, I had to put on my private eye hat and check the glue marks on the case and match up the bottoms of the broken pieces with the size of the glue marks on the case.  Fortunately, all the pieces were different sizes and the glue marks although faint were there.  All the pieces were reattached in their proper location.  The only piece that was not obvious was the ladder.  With the small footprint of the ladder, there was not an obvious location for it's location.  This ladder was the last piece attached.  There was not a location that seemed "Right".  I decided to place it on the side of the case.  This made sense.  

Other items damaged from the fall was one of the chains was damaged and came in as two pieces.  This was an easy fix.  

The other was the suspension leader was not attached.  This again was an easy fix.  

While I had the movement out, I did an inspection of the movement.  It seemed a little dry.  The movement was oiled and reinstalled into the case.  

To make the job complete, I noticed the case was dusty.  The case and all the novelty items were cleaned and oiled with a fine brush.

The clock turned out nicely.

Here is a short video of the clock striking.  The clock was tested for a few days and the pendulum was adjusted so that the clock was keeping proper time.  Once the testing was complete.  The clock was sent home to it's owner.

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