rfh11 asks lastly, "Is this correct?"
Yes, the chime sequence of the Sonora chime/bell clocks offered by Seth Thomas does get "messed up" real easy.
The directions printed on the inside back of the clock must be followed exactly and note that the clocks are shipped with the hands set at 10:00 and must be set running at ten in the morning without moving the hands.
Seth Thomas offered the Sonora chime clocks to offer competition with European made three-train chime clocks circa 1910.
Unfortunately, the ST Sonora clocks, unlike European made three-train chime clocks, don't have synchronized trains. Even the basic model 89 movement used in the ST Sonoras uses the primitive count-wheel hour strike technology.
This doesn't answer your first question on how to get the Sonora clock chime and stirke synchronized.
Do this: Set the hands on the clock for say, 10:00 then open the back of the clock and locate three bent-wire levers extending from the rear of the time-strike movement.
The lever at the lower left is operated every fifteen minutes on the quarters by the time train. This lever "tickles" or unlatches the Sonora chime movement. Manually lift this wire lever and listen as the Sonora bell/chime movement chimes out the parts of the sixteen note Westminster chimes. Note that when the sixteen note sequence is completed, the Sonora movement will operate a lever that unlocks the hour strike train of the model 89 time and strike movement. The time/strike movement will then beat out the hours on the lowest tone bell.
When you've heard the full sixteen note chime sequence followed by ten strokes on the lowest tone bell, the clock will then be in the correct chime and stirke sequence. After a few tries, you'll get it straight.
The Seth Thomas Sonora clocks are interesting and collectible. Owning one and keeping it synchronized is a part of ownership.
