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@Jaysclockcollection Kinda... I have a 1929 New Haven Cloister WM chiming clock, but I accidentally pulled the power leads off the motor, so it's been dead for a about three years now. I also have a rRevere R-913 from the 1940s, but the case is in pretty rough shape, and the rotor is fairly noisy.

@@elysnowangel Sounds like the rack and snail system that determines the number of hours struck is somehow misaligned in your clock. I no longer have this clock, so can't take a look and see how it might be fixed. Regardless, you'd have to take the movement out of the case... A truly fiddly process. Just about everything about these New Haven clocks is tedious and needlessly complicated... It's why I eventually passed mine on two years ago, and have never had another New Haven since. Meanwhile, I'd recommend you ask on the NAWCC clock forums, there are many highly knowledgeable people there that could try to help you.

@@amberjacobs1996 Hey! Long time no chat, hope you've been well! That's neat, I'll go take a look at your video.

@@kansasclocksandsirens I totally feel you, I was obsessed with finding a Trinity chimer from very early on in my clock collecting adventure. Fortunately, they do turn up regularly, if not often. I've been collecting clocks for the last four years, and have usually seen two or three of them a year on Ebay. Not exactly as common as Howard Millers, but they're out there. At least, the Celebrates. Wall clock variants are much less populous outside of Europe or Asia, from what I've been told.

@@theray2009 Hah, I was wondering if anyone would recognize Justin's clock. Yeah, I was pretty excited when he offered to trade this for my Herschede. It was a bit difficult to give up the Canterbury chimes, and I hope to find a Herschede or Revere with that melody again someday... But a Trinity wall clock has been very high up on my list of clocks to find, so it all worked out. I'm just glad it made it to Vancouver in one piece, given its size and how brutal shipping is on clocks nowadays...

@thesingingclockery523 it is a very nice clock. You will definitely find another Canterbury chiming mantel clock for sure, I just bought a Revere dual chime with Westminster and Canterbury.

@@luka3377 Thanks! Yeah, the Trinity melody really is something special, isn't it? And I think part of it has to do with how it sounds on rods. I've played it on piano and harpsichord, or even heard it on tubes, and it just doesn't sound nearly as interesting. I think it's all the secondary harmonics you get from rods that make it sound particularly great. Also, this clock actually has a new set of rods in it, because according to my friend Justin, the original rods had pretty much rusted through when he first got it. So, he made and tuned new ones as close to the original design as he could get them. They are a bit deeper and less shimmery than the originals, but I think the overall result suits the style and design of this clock quite well. The only one I don't like as much is the very top rod of the melody set... It's very harsh for some reason, I might try to see if loosening or tightening it in the gong might make a difference. Also, the strike is quite magical, isn't it? I have always loved that particular pitch with striking clocks.

Yup, that's because it has the exact same type of escapement as an alarm clock.

@@luka3377 Thank you very much! Yeah, I know there were lever escapement mantel clocks before the fifties, like, for example, I've seen a W & H Westminster clock on Ebay, still chiming on gongs, and yet equipped with a lever escapement. Apparently Gustav Becker even made some chiming clocks with that type of escapement late in their production run. Still, yeah, they're not exactly common. Also, that's a really interesting phenomenon regarding the hair spring! I have to admit, I hardly know anything about this type of escapement... Most of my clocks are pendulum clocks as well. The only other balance wheel clock I have is a 1959 Junghans dual chiming "loudspeaker" clock with a floating balance, and if anything, It's been tending to run slow... But to be fair, I've only had it for a couple of years now. Would it be possible to maybe put a demagnetizer by a magnetized hair spring? I'd imagine it would be dreadfully tricky, but maybe possible? Only guessing though.

​@@thesingingclockery523 Yes, there are demagnetising tools made specially for watches, but I think it'd work just fine if you remove the hair spring of a clock like this! I'm not sure if this phenomenon happens to every clock... Most of them have steel hair springs and are vulnerable to this, but I think I've seen some that are made from a material similar to bronze? I honestly don't know. Anyways, as long as a magnetic screwdriver isn't near that thing, the clock should work fine! Oh, yeah and I think I forgot that W&H actually made stuff like this... It's still unusual to me though! By the way, I love your dual chime Junghans!! I hope to find something similar one day... I have 6 Junghans clocks from the same period, and 4 of them have the Exacta balance wheel! (The floating balance). All of them strike with bim-bam.

Thanks! Yes, this one is definitely one of the nicer-sounding examples of this particular model by Kienzle. I also quite enjoy its ticking... It's the perfect blend of noticeable but not irritating.

@@josephfrye7342 Yep, that's right. Later versions of this clock case were fitted with movements from Hermle or Kieninger instead, as Urgos eventually went out of business, and its machinery and parts were bought out by Hermle. Neither Hermle nor Kieninger offer the Winchester chimes, however... Just the typical Westminster, Whittington, St. Michael triple chime setup.

@@organloft2001 Honestly, this was quite early on in my clock collecting journey, so all we did was remove the rotor from its shaft, wiped off the dried gunk, put some clock oil on the shaft, and put the rotor back on. Started right up after that. Unfortunately, I accidentally pulled out the power leads from the field coil while putting the movement back in the case some months later, so this clock has been dead ever since.

@@leslieperry5887 I'm afraid they're hardly worth anything nowadays. They are not antique, and the movements in them are pretty low quality, so I wouldn't think they'd sell for anything over $250 at most. In many cases I see them being offered for free, just because people are down-sizing and want them gone. I only wish I knew this before I bought this one...

@@markmaher2827 There is a regulating nut at the bottom of the pendulum bob. Turn counterclockwise to lower the pendulum (slows it down), or clockwise to shorten the pendulum (speed it up).

Unfortunately my clock didn't come with its own key, so I'm using a key for another clock that fits. It doesn't have a size number on it, but I'd guess it's an 8 or 9. A 9 is more likely, these clocks have pretty hefty winding arbors.

I can do some repairs, and can usually keep my clocks going... But between lack of a proper workshop and tools, advanced knowledge, and my blindness, there are many things I can't do... Like bushing work on the movements. I suspect I could learn to do more things if I could work with a pro, but there's only so much I could figure out by just trial and error on my own.

I absolutely adore the haunting quality of the chimes on your Kienzle! It was actually that very clock which put me on the hunt for one of these wire-lift models. Your example has a rather more expansive and warmer set of chimes than mine, but I'm still very satisfied with what I got, especially as It was a "sound unheard" Ebay purchase.

I was absolutely delighted to find this clock at our local flea market. French wall clocks truly have a glorious sound, and this one definitely has an excellent set of rods.

Thanks! And yes indeed, that's my harpsichord. It makes for an excellent clock amplifier, though as I play daily, I can't keep a clock on it all the time.

@@thesingingclockery523 thanx. My brother in London plays. How many manuals does yours have?

@@gaiuscoleman8815 Oh neat! Does he play with a group, or mostly solo? As for my instrument, it's a French-style double-manual harpsichord from the mid 1980s. Here's a video of it in action if you're interested. ruclips.net/video/WYEEEafubXs/видео.htmlsi=2k-kXB9FkL4zujHD

Glad the video was helpful!

Very glad my video was useful!

All good choices. The Kienzle tambour, Celebrate 805, and ODO 36 are probably my top three, although it varies. Also, congrats on getting a Celebrate! They're not particularly uncommon clocks, but are often overpriced for what they are. Is the one you found a dual chimer? Personally I'm thinking of selling one of mine... Probably the 895. I don't think I need three Celebrate tambours. I would, however, like to find an oval-dialed dual chimer and a beehive dual chimer eventually.

All of those are great choices. My choices tend to fluctuate depending on my mood, but the Kienzle and ODO are definitely two that I come back to a lot. Sadly I don't run the ODO a lot, because the mainsprings are in need of a cleaning, and I don't know how to do that.

@@thesingingclockery523 ok you could do a partial cleaning by letting down the springs and taking out the barrels if possible the. Popping off the caps and cleaning them with soapy water and making sure to dry em as best as possible

@@jordanbusby6231 That's just the thing, I'm not sure that these barrels are designed to be removed without totally disassembling the movement. There are no cutouts on the front plate to let the winding arbors slide out. I don't think I'm up to disassembling and reassembling something like this.

@@thesingingclockery523 i don't know I have never dealt with odo. But I know hermle barrels are meant to slide out

Thanks much! Yeah, really happy I managed to snag this one... I'd actually been walking past it for the last three or four times we visited the flea, but they were asking something like $475 for it initially, so I didn't bother. Then, the last time we went, it had been moved to the back of the shop, so I asked them about it and ended up getting it for $150, which I think is a pretty good deal! The string on the side is to trigger the chime train. This clock uses a rack and snail system to determine how many notes play at each quarter, so it's actually quite easy for the order of the notes to go out of whack if the chimes are triggered at the wrong time. Since it doesn't have an automatic chime syncing feature, you just keep cycling the chimes until the notes line up again.

@@thesingingclockery523 Oh that’s actually a really neat addition! Sounds like you got fantastic clock at a great price, congrats!