[fcgiii]

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]

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

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

[Kenswing]

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

[Kenswing]

Double post.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by fcgiii

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]

Originally Posted by fcgiii

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]

Originally Posted by fcgiii

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]

Originally Posted by DAVES

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

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]

Originally Posted by GrnThumb

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]

Joe Gibbs for sure!!

[bowlingal]

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[kbogli]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

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]

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