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Old 06-08-2021, 01:31 PM
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My husband turns off the chime before we go to bed and back on again in the morning, check your manual for instructions. I would never get any sleep otherwise
Mine an antique, as I said it has a lever to chime every 15 minutes and count the hours on a 3 foot chime-polished pipe. You can shut off the chimes by simply not winding the weights
that drive the clock. Manual? I have a small supply of whale oil used to lube it.