1916 W.L. Gilbert Mantle Clock Restoration Ep 1 

Hello, Scottie! Thank you for these videos on this Gilbert clock. I am currently working on my first clock adventure and it, too, is an old Gilbert movement with a circa 1879 patent date. It is a weight driven movement for time and a spring driven movement for chime. The wheels arrangement is very similar to this one of yours, though. I think the wood on your clock may be maple. It could possibly be pecan but I don't think it is dark enough. Probably not ash. Definitely not cherry. The grain appears too fine and not enough contrast in the grain structure to be oak, JMHO, though.

Thanks for sharing Scottie. I've notice names and dates of previous repair / service being performed from years ago. Seemed to be the "norm" years ago. I was working on a pump organ we had and it had names and dates written on the part of the keys you couldn't see with the covers in place. Some of the service work was done in the late 1800 to early 1900's