I am working on a novel in which a man familiar with the trade is trying to fix his family's Asa Munger Stovepipe hollow column empire shelf clock. (Unlike my character, I am NOT familiar with the trade, but am familiar with Google.) Here's my question:
Thank you for any input or suggestions.
Shelagh
- If a piece of paper - actually an envelope with paper inside - had been stuffed into one of those columns, would that cause the clock to stop working? I'm hoping yes, of course. And I'm assuming if it would hamper the clock's function, that would have to do with the allowance of weights to move within those columns. But ... not sure.
- Also, I'd love to write a somewhat coherent scene with reasonably accurate assessment of things he does to diagnose the clock before finding the envelope. But for a lay audience of readers. What might he check, on such a clock, that he could investigate with basic tools? (What tools?) I can feel you all rolling your eyes.
Thank you for any input or suggestions.
Shelagh