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Sunday, 27 January 2013
12 O'clock Video Clips. Duration : 1.20 Mins.


Note: It appears that the Westminster chimes are out of sync and start on the second bar of the third quarter hour when the first quarter hour chimes. After that the notes follow in sequence. ie. half hour chime uses the third bar of the third quarter hour and the first bar of the full hour chime. It took me a while to realize the chimes were off and I do not intend to do anything about it as other than that the clock works OK. 197(?) Emperor Clock Company Model 120 with Jauch model 100M movement. My father and brother started building this Grandfather's clock in the late seventies. The unfinished clock sat in pieces in my garage for over 27 years; I am surprised it survived. We decided to work on it in April of 2010 and finally finished it February 15, 2011. I had to mill two missing hood pieces but other than that the wooden parts went together smoothly. I had to build a test stand to adjust the movement and chimes as parts were bent and out of adjustment from storage. The movement was in the test stand for several weeks as I adjusted the beat and made the chimes sound at the proper hours. When we installed the movement in the case it ran without any problem.

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