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Since 1962

One bench, two generations, and a ledger that has never missed a repair. The short version, year by year.

1962	Oren Vask quits the mill, buys the ground floor at 14 Wren Lane, and names the shop after the sound that convinced him.
1964	The ribbon works opens in the back. First spool wound by hand; the winder still runs.
1968	The Century Green ribbon is mixed for a customs office that never collects the order.
1971	The valley's offices convert to mag cards. Oren keeps the ledger open and waits.
1978	The Signature Reissue: 500 standards, each signed, serial 001 stays on the bench.
1983	Friday appraisals begin. They have never missed a Friday.
1990	The museum shelves open to the public. The glass came from the mill.
1996	Oren's daughter Mirren Vask takes the bench at twenty-three.
2004	The repair ledger goes public on paper, page by page. It has never missed a repair.
2011	The typing class starts. Three seats; the third goes to whoever arrives last.
2019	The late-shift theme is painted on the workshop wall and copied into the site.
2026	Sixty-four years of the bell. It still rings twice on Saturdays.

The full account is being written by hand, in ink, one page a week. Excerpts appear in the journal.