Grandfather Clock Basics

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  • @masia1950
    @masia1950 2 роки тому +9

    Thank you for posting this video, I just obtained a grandfather clock from a dear friend who recently passed away 😥, his brother didn't think that it worked anymore, but it's perfect. Now I know how to properly care for it. ❤ It will be an item I'll cherish for decades.

  • @Commonsense34
    @Commonsense34 3 роки тому +17

    Legend tells that he is still showing them features and procedures of the clock.

  • @yolanda5756
    @yolanda5756 Рік тому +2

    😊Thank You!!! I was gifted a huge beautiful old grandfather clock and I thought it was broken. Followed this video and it is🎵🔔 chiming away 🎵

  • @chryseass.5143
    @chryseass.5143 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you so much for posting this. I have learned a lot about my clock just by watching this! So helpful!

  • @gotaigo
    @gotaigo 4 місяці тому +2

    whoever invented the clock is a genius and so is the person who invented the computer.

  • @pableholloway8202
    @pableholloway8202 3 роки тому +7

    That was an amazing training on grandfather clocks!!! Exactly what I need with my Recently restored Seth Thomas clock. Thank you for sharing!! 🎈✨💗

  • @Gaba-oo4qb
    @Gaba-oo4qb 3 роки тому +2

    Yeah I had my parents grandfather clock serviced. Brought it home, pulled weights up, started the pendulum, started setting the time but was going too fast past the 1/4 hr marks to where the chimes would overlap. The clock stopped chiming after that for about an hour but luckily self-reset itself to the correct chimes. I was so relieved!!!

    • @dancingtrout6719
      @dancingtrout6719 2 роки тому

      i have a bird clock chirps too a different bird on the hour, and has a picture of each bird.. so i had too re solder a wire and now im trying too get it too chirp on the right bird ..lol

  • @stacymitchell9972
    @stacymitchell9972 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for doing this video. It was very helpful to me with my new Clock.

  • @linkedup7346
    @linkedup7346 Рік тому

    hello, grandfather clock experts on you tube are great. I have yet to fix mine though. It has always been 2 hours slow its entire life. My wife's father and grandfather always had problems getting this clock correct. Now it won't chime at the quarter hours or halves. The good news is that the pendulum swings on time and the clock has been running for a few days now.

  • @maxwellmark
    @maxwellmark 4 роки тому +20

    A man with one clock knows what time it is...a man with 2 clocks has no idea

    • @megcortes4967
      @megcortes4967 3 роки тому

      🤣

    • @bobmclaughlin7276
      @bobmclaughlin7276 3 роки тому +5

      I have over a dozen, so I look around and just take an average... Always been fascinated with mechanical clocks... So have many..

    • @crimson7424
      @crimson7424 3 роки тому

      I have 6 tall case one grand daughter and soon a herdesche 5 tube... Not stopping there

    • @mrcodcommando3939
      @mrcodcommando3939 3 роки тому

      He has a watch on two clocks

    • @dancingtrout6719
      @dancingtrout6719 2 роки тому +1

      at max same as man with 2 compasses ..lol

  • @elay4005
    @elay4005 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so, so much for this video!

  • @Eve....747
    @Eve....747 29 днів тому

    Awesome video dude...👍

  • @KnowYourselfIsOnlyWay
    @KnowYourselfIsOnlyWay Рік тому +2

    I wish I have one too. May be someday😅

  • @jondrew55
    @jondrew55 3 роки тому +4

    Looks like our 1986 ish clock. We have cables on the weights instead of chains

  • @StaticBlaster
    @StaticBlaster Рік тому

    Thanks for this awesome video.

  • @mihaipopa9414
    @mihaipopa9414 3 роки тому +3

    Thanks for the tips. My Howard Miller's manual says to ALWAYS rotate the minute hand COUNTERCLOCKWISE.

    • @MimosasMasterpieces
      @MimosasMasterpieces 3 роки тому

      You’re right you shouldn’t turn the hands back

    • @tara5742
      @tara5742 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for mentioning this. I assumed after the video that it must be standard to only go clockwise, but now I know I’ll need to look it up for my clock specifically.

  • @eitanshpigel
    @eitanshpigel 2 роки тому +3

    The clock Strikes one hour ahead, how do I fix it?
    The weights turn black, how do you clean them?

  • @gorilla_with_jetpack4102
    @gorilla_with_jetpack4102 2 роки тому +1

    This is so helpful!

  • @generay6807
    @generay6807 Рік тому

    I’ve gotten a Tempus Fugit clock I got when my in laws passed last year. A beautiful clock and it was always comforting when I went to their home the past 30 some years. I brought it home, replace the weights in the same order, wound all 3 chains up and started the pendulum. It will not run. The pendulum stops. What could I be doing wrong.

  • @thupham-nw5tp
    @thupham-nw5tp 3 роки тому +3

    My grandfather clock runs very good, but it doesn't bell.
    Please show me how to make it work.
    Thanks so much !

  • @flowergirlabc123
    @flowergirlabc123 Рік тому +1

    Love your hiding the key message. I'd not trust anyone to take care of my clock because no one else has one that they haven't messed up. (truth)
    😂 I DID ask my adult daughter to wind it on a specific day (a day early, just in case ie Tuesday one week and Monday the next week) and if it stopped somehow, then to leave it and NOT touch anything. She watched me and did so without any issues. (she was in her mid 20s at the time).
    ❓❓❓Help!!
    NOW I just wish we could get the thing to work again after moving it with super care, 6 mos ago to the next room, same floor about 12 feet away. Didn't go over carpet or any thresholds as it's continuous laminate floor.
    Spent days and hours each of those days, trying to level it so the pendulum will continue to swing and without hitting anything. We are STILL working on it as I write. Heeelllllppp! 😢 How hard can it be to level anything? So frustrating. Any suggestions??? H E L P a Canadian please. 😉 🇨🇦

  • @MelissaStockman-e4q
    @MelissaStockman-e4q Рік тому

    Nice! Thank you for sharing

  • @joanjacobs3026
    @joanjacobs3026 2 роки тому +2

    Hello I have a colonial Grandfather clock made 1983 I noticed the middle weight is the only one to come down the right and left stay up . Also it doesn’t chime or strike what should I do ? By the way it’s wires not chains .

  • @RicardoMiranda-k4p
    @RicardoMiranda-k4p 6 місяців тому +1

    Muito bom que show

  • @Jennlinderman
    @Jennlinderman 3 роки тому +5

    Omg, I wanted to know how that story ended!

    • @Wmu5
      @Wmu5 Рік тому

      Me too! I think she used English gold on the steps?

  • @JoĥnÇassady-b1q
    @JoĥnÇassady-b1q 28 днів тому

    How can you tell the difference between a mother dog clot in a father's clock ⏰

  • @danaccordino9847
    @danaccordino9847 11 місяців тому

    Who is this guy he's awesome. Is he in FL?

  • @dancingtrout6719
    @dancingtrout6719 2 роки тому +1

    what if you have a 30 hour Clock and want too set it...

  • @QuackersClocksYT
    @QuackersClocksYT 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like a Ridgeway to me

  • @MrTylerNicole1
    @MrTylerNicole1 3 роки тому +3

    Does it only strike once every hour? The quarters are right but the hour is off.

    • @moreandmoreclocks9781
      @moreandmoreclocks9781 3 роки тому +1

      It will strike what every hour the hand is on so if it’s 6 and it’s the top of the hour it strikes 6 times after the melody

  • @davidlautwein1338
    @davidlautwein1338 Рік тому

    I have a question why would somebody put 10 washers on the middle weight what's that gonna do

  • @matthewphelan9288
    @matthewphelan9288 Рік тому

    on this clock youcan change the chime

  • @SamTheMountainBikeBeast
    @SamTheMountainBikeBeast 3 роки тому +1

    Why does it strike only once every hour?

  • @kacyabrams6308
    @kacyabrams6308 11 місяців тому

    We were trying to reset the chimes to line up with the hour. It was 5 hours off. We didn’t stop at each quarter hour and now it’s not making any sounds. Help!!

  • @jenannrodrigues7
    @jenannrodrigues7 Рік тому

    So our clock stopped working after my mom was trying to clean the inside and stopped the pendlouem now what can we do to fix it?

  • @nancyknight2156
    @nancyknight2156 3 роки тому

    The chimes are off. What do I do

  • @chrisholiday5756
    @chrisholiday5756 3 роки тому

    Nice call sign.

  • @maxwellmark
    @maxwellmark 4 роки тому +5

    Tell us a little bit about your clock...

    • @theray2009
      @theray2009 4 роки тому

      That looks to be a HL hubbel clock

  • @iynch1938
    @iynch1938 4 роки тому +4

    Kieninger h series movement ?

  • @flyingarrow7955
    @flyingarrow7955 Рік тому

    recently moved my parents Grandfather Clock to our house. The Pendulum will not stay swinging. Only does so for maybe 5 to 7 seconds and then always stops. Any suggestions?

    • @larsvonrinpoche1229
      @larsvonrinpoche1229 Рік тому

      It's probably not balanced right. Since you moved it, the floor is different now right? Make sure it's level in all directions...

  • @sandywest4299
    @sandywest4299 3 роки тому

    the middle weight fell off and when i open the back i cant get to the wheel to put chain back on... help

  • @lillianbradshaw5836
    @lillianbradshaw5836 3 роки тому +7

    Use gloves when handling brass.

  • @Cole-v7q
    @Cole-v7q 2 роки тому

    Hold up if you stop the pendulum does it stop the time

    • @RtsShrtFrRtthw
      @RtsShrtFrRtthw 2 роки тому +1

      yeah. the pendulum moving is what lets the weight fall, so if it's stopped, then nothing moves.

  • @GroundsMaster-1908
    @GroundsMaster-1908 Рік тому

    What brand of clock is it?

    • @V.G.F.
      @V.G.F. 11 місяців тому

      Leslie Gross

    • @V.G.F.
      @V.G.F. 11 місяців тому

      H.L. Hubble

  • @jenedell9996
    @jenedell9996 Рік тому

    My clock will not work call clock man he said 600 dollar to fix it what can I do

  • @cognitojustin998
    @cognitojustin998 11 місяців тому

    old english is gr8 m8

  • @legendarypillow1450
    @legendarypillow1450 3 роки тому +5

    I stopped using my grandfather clock because the sound scared the shit out of me every night

    • @dancingtrout6719
      @dancingtrout6719 2 роки тому

      i believe it .. put felt on the hammers might work ..chuckle

    • @masia1950
      @masia1950 2 роки тому

      🤣 I believe it. My son came in late the other night, we just obtained a grandfather clock from a friend who recently passed away. He said he forgot that stupid thing chimes, then it went into its Winchester Chime phase. 😂All I could do was shame my head.

  • @theroyalclockcollector3398
    @theroyalclockcollector3398 4 роки тому

    I have a Howard miller webster feel free to watch my videos of it

  • @themessageman2463
    @themessageman2463 3 роки тому +2

    What if he forgot to type the L in clock

  • @vickiec5573
    @vickiec5573 Рік тому

    Guys got hood information but I found him arrogant

  • @dennysmusic2805
    @dennysmusic2805 3 місяці тому

    Seth clock

  • @manikantan4809
    @manikantan4809 2 роки тому

    The video is so loud my grandpa in the cemtery could hear it

  • @johndowd7010
    @johndowd7010 3 роки тому +1

    Liquid gold is garbage..I tried it..old english is best.

  • @SirenCenter4500
    @SirenCenter4500 Рік тому

    Whos Leslie gross

  • @grahamwishart4832
    @grahamwishart4832 Рік тому

    You could have got dressed...