Oh...
I'm going to add something that I should have said as a reply to your last message.
Do NOT attempt to repair your guitar yourself and do NOT take it to be repaired - at this time.
Instead, I'll put you in touch with a guy named Gregg Minor and he will be able to tell you how to proceed. Judging by the distances between his replies, he's already started trying to figure out who this guy is - and he's concluded that it's the same guy I think it might have been - but this is DEFINITELY not my domain.
This is his domain. He is the expert - as you'll see when I finish this article. It's gonna be long.
I would never try to repair an old guitar. Hell no. That job belongs to craftsmen.
I kind of figured you knew that, but I really didn't want to take chances. I'm not strictly sure it should go out to a regular luthier for repair - or even if it should be repaired. There's a small chance that this guitar is historically important and potentially has a considerable value - but I don't know enough to say how small (or large) that chance would be.
The article is almost done!
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