Broken Sash Ribbon

One of the windows in the Music Room has a broken sash ribbon.  After doing some research, I've discovered that these metal ribbons were used in place of cord on higher-end windows of the period.  It's amazing that these have lasted over 115 years...

One had broken previously  and been replaced by some stranded metal cable.  Ugh.

Some of the window stop screws were stripped so they nailed the window stops in place.  Double ughh.

They were blind as a bat and missed the nail (see hammer indentation next to the nail hole in the top photo - putty knife blade is against the nail and under the hammer mark).  Triple ughhh.

They used gigantic nails (bottom photo).  There's a special place in my heart for these people  ;-(

Because I can't find sash ribbon any more, I'll have to use sash cord.  And, of course, I over-estimated the weight of the windows and bought the wrong sash cord - it's too large for the pulley.  So I'm heading back to the hardware store.

That's OK though, I drilled & doweled the old holes for the stop-screws and the glue needs time to dry.