They may be good at moving people inexpensively, but they are certainly not to be trusted with fine musical instruments. This fine, early 19th century German cello was in a very sturdy shipping case when it must have been dealt a stunning blow. Luckily the damage was mostly confined to where the old neck graft joined the scroll. The new graft will carefully clean up all the ragged wood and restore the cello to its previous fine state and value. First the scroll needs to be cleaned up , with the sides of the pegbox flattened and prepared to accept the new neck. Next is the tricky job of getting the old neck out of the body. You carefully(!) make a saw cut just inside the button and work an opening knife along the joint where the neck stock joins the ribs. When you have loosened the neck all around you put clamps on the ribs adjacent to the neck – then the bold part of giving the neck a swift shot to one side. This will release the joint underneath the neck stock – but not without a dramatic (and heart stopping) thwack. This is the glue letting go of the joint between the end grain of the neck (which really is not a very strong joint) and the mortise of the top block. Now its time to prepare the mortise and fashion a new neck. 
