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fcgiii 06-05-2021 08:07 AM

Looking for a grandfather clock repairer
 
Just moved into the illages and our gradfather clock did not take the move kindly.

Looking for someone who could adjust the chime cycle so it matches the time.

positiveinlife 06-05-2021 08:28 AM

How to Fix Clock that Doesn't Chime on the Correct Minute - YouTube

video shows how to reposition the hands...easy !

Kenswing 06-05-2021 08:37 AM

You might give this guy a call. Home page - CLOCK CRAZY - CLOCK REPAIR.

Kenswing 06-05-2021 08:37 AM

Double post.

villagetinker 06-05-2021 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by fcgiii (Post 1954920)
Just moved into the illages and our gradfather clock did not take the move kindly.

Looking for someone who could adjust the chime cycle so it matches the time.

First thing you need to do is go to the manufacturers website and download the users manual, this will typically have the step by step instruction for doing what you want. While I have done this for 2 or 3 neighbors, it was always with a manual in my hand, clock movements are different and doing this the wrong way can damage the movement.
After you get the manual, let me know if you still need help.

GrnThumb 06-05-2021 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by fcgiii (Post 1954920)
Just moved into the illages and our gradfather clock did not take the move kindly.

Looking for someone who could adjust the chime cycle so it matches the time.

Call Joe Gibbs , Clock Repair (TV resident behind Hope Lutheran area Church)
352-223-8730

DAVES 06-05-2021 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fcgiii (Post 1954920)
Just moved into the illages and our gradfather clock did not take the move kindly.

Looking for someone who could adjust the chime cycle so it matches the time.

There is a lot of missing information. Age of the clock? Value of the clock?
Some grandfather clocks are simply a quartz clock. Others are mechanical.

On a mechanical clock it SHOULD BE cleaned and lubed. Few people do as it is EXPENSIVE.

Perhaps, too late. To move a mechanical grandfather clock you need to remove the drive weights, the pendulum and the chime tubes.

villagetinker 06-05-2021 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DAVES (Post 1954991)
There is a lot of missing information. Age of the clock? Value of the clock?
Some grandfather clocks are simply a quartz clock. Others are mechanical.

On a mechanical clock it SHOULD BE cleaned and lubed. Few people do as it is EXPENSIVE.

Perhaps, too late. To move a mechanical grandfather clock you need to remove the drive weights, the pendulum and the chime tubes.

You are absolutely correct, electronic movements tend to be very easy (press a button), mechanical movements (which is what I was thinking about) can be more complicated, and I have personally seen mechanical clocks totally destroyed when not moved correctly.

Stu from NYC 06-05-2021 04:06 PM

Ours was damaged also by our move.

However in Va we had the clock far enough from our bedroom and on another floor that we would not hear it during the night.

Here we would hear it every 15 minutes all night and at midnight no way do we sleep thru it.

DAVES 06-05-2021 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1955101)
Ours was damaged also by our move.

However in Va we had the clock far enough from our bedroom and on another floor that we would not hear it during the night.

Here we would hear it every 15 minutes all night and at midnight no way do we sleep thru it.

We have an antique clock that is not running. Wife wants to get it fixed. Truth it does run. You have a choice it either goes off every hour indicating the time. Like yours
midnight is 12 bongs. Or every 15 minutes. The pipes that the hammers hit, the one for the hours is roughly 3 foot long. I can sleep through it till my wife pokes me and wonders if I heard it.

tophcfa 06-05-2021 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GrnThumb (Post 1954953)
Call Joe Gibbs , Clock Repair (TV resident behind Hope Lutheran area Church)
352-223-8730

I second Joe Gibbs. He got our 136 year old clock to finally run well again. He really knows his stuff.

bowlingal 06-06-2021 06:11 AM

Joe Gibbs for sure!!

bowlingal 06-06-2021 06:12 AM

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kbogli 06-06-2021 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1955101)
Ours was damaged also by our move.

However in Va we had the clock far enough from our bedroom and on another floor that we would not hear it during the night.

Here we would hear it every 15 minutes all night and at midnight no way do we sleep thru it.

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 :)

GOLFER54 06-06-2021 08:11 AM

Where is the ‘ illages ‘ ?
Get a wife for gradfather, you know gradmother.


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