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    Colonial Mfg. Co. Grandfather

    Thanks J A Olson. What you described is exactly what happens. The picture you provided appears to be the same as the clock I serviced which belongs to a customer. I was hoping that someone had some technical info or diagrams, but I quess that was happening for too much.
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    Colonial Mfg. Co. Grandfather

    I recently serviced a huge grandfather with tube chimes. Sorry I do not have a picture of the movement, but this clock plays Westminster on the quarter hour and strikes the number of hours on the hour, but it only has 2 weights as opposed to more modern clocks that have 3 weights. The chime is...
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    How to take movement out of case

    I did remove the hands but the perimeter of the dial is trapped behind the wood surround. Any other ideas??
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    How to take movement out of case

    In the pictures are the clock movement in the back of a drop case. The close up shows that the movement is mounted to the case. How does one remove the movement from the case when mounted like this?
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    Hermle platform replacement question

    Thanks for the lead. I talked to Butterworth but the part is out of stock so I will have to be patient.
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    Need Chelsea clock balance wheel part

    A friend has a side-by side clock/barometer. The coil spring of the balance wheel that attaches to the back plate is distorted. Does anyone know where one can get this part other than sending the clock to the Chelsea company and paying $1000 or more? The part is 1 3/8 by 7/8 inches.
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    Chime rod broken, how to replace

    Thanks to both of you, that is exactly what I needed to know.
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    Chime rod broken, how to replace

    As you can see in one of the photos, on of the chime rods has broken off. I have not seen this type of chime rod before and do not know how to remove the top end. Also, how can one get replacements. Thanks for you answers.
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    Help with French round movement

    I did let the springs down and all the bushings were tight. This fits with my experience as I have done probably 50 or so of these French round movements and have never had to re-bush.
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    Help with French round movement

    did it run before? Don't know, but do not think so, I was asked to repair. - did you do any bushings? polish pivots? check for bent pivots (especially fan)? Did not do bushings, but the time gears run freely with verge out - how did you service the mainsprings? Did not service mainsprings...
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    Help with French round movement

    I am working on the attached French round movement that goes into a Portico clock. I disassembled and cleaned. Reassembled and oiled. The clock will not keep running. I have set it on a test stand, set the beat and started the pendulum. The pendulum slowly decreases in swing and stops. It will...
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    Painted face flaking

    Is there a good way to stop paint from flaking off old painted clock faces?
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    Cuckoo Cuckoo Question

    Jimmyoz was correct. In the picture here the 2 birds on the lower corners are intended to move up and down and appear to feed the chick in the lower middle. I had never seen this before. Thanks for the help.
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    Cuckoo Cuckoo Question

    This is plain vanilla cuckoo. Only a cuckoo bird. No other moving items on the front of the case.
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    Cuckoo Cuckoo Question

    I have worked on a lot of cuckoo clocks and have never seen the 2 wires in the bottom corners in the picture below and have never seen the cuckoo actuator levers linked together as in the other picture. Does anyone have experience with this and help explain this?
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    Tempus fugit grandfather pendulum

    A client has a Tempus Fugit grandfather clock. The body is 10 inches wide. It currently has a wood pendulum rod with a bob that is approximately 4-5 inches in diameter. The client want a Lyre type pendulum. The smallest bob diameter for these is 6 1/2 inches. My question... Should this clock...
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    Help Help with chime mechanism

    Yes it is the same movement. Thanks a bunch. This tells me what is needed to repair the movement I have from a client.
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    Help Help with chime mechanism

    I think I have discovered the problem. See attached photo. I think a shaft coming out the front plate is broken off and a wheel is missing. The missing wheel would have held up the lever on the quarter hour count wheel long enough for the lever to reach the high part of the count wheel.
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    Help Help with chime mechanism

    Thank you, I was aware of the purpose of the tall tooth on the center shaft. The problem is, as stated, the quarter hour gears do not run because the gears do not rotate enough during the warning to get the count wheel onto the high part. I not disassembled the movement so at this point pics of...
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    Help Help with chime mechanism

    Trying to figure out how to get chime mechanism working. The movement is pictured below. Problem 1. Only for the tallest of the star gear does the top gear of the quarter hour release and then it only rotates about half a turn of warning. Then when the lever on the star drops the quarter hour...
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