Thank you Gentlemen for your comments and compliments deserved or not
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Accidents do happen; still I felt like a total bonehead for breaking it in the first place.
Repairing this piece was a rewarding experience in a few ways; I learned a bit by doing; I picked up some very helpful advice for future projects; and in a way repairing the wrongko was also a way of repairing the heartbreak that I felt when it broke.
You are all too kind.
Rick