I picked up an restored another shape 256, this one a Comoy's second line. I detailed the restoration on the Reborn Pipes blog here:
Reborn Pipes - The Guildhall 256
It did have one challenge - the deep marks around the shank.
Before pix:
Reborn Pipes - The Guildhall 256
It did have one challenge - the deep marks around the shank.
Before pix: