Hello Robert, My first cuckoo clock was a cuckoo, quail. Herbert herr early 1900s. I got it back together with YouTube videos, that was just the basic assembly, the rest was from just watching it and understanding what did what, The people in this group helped me the most in understanding how it works, I had alot of fun doing it and became hooked, now I'm on my fourth clock in less than a year, Good luck, just be patient.