I purchased a Herschede two weight nine tube grandfather clock a few months ago and I'm having an issue with slow chiming. I'm a novice when it comes to tubular clocks and repairs - in fact I only own an ultrasonic cleaner and a lighted magnifying glass. But I am comfortable dismantling a clock to clean it so I recently cleaned the works on this clock and it runs just fine. However, the chime train seems to be loosing power as both tune selections run extremely slow and soft. The Westminster will go through the entire sequence, albeit much slower and softer than I've normally heard but when switched to Whittington, it slows to the point of stopped every time. I've adjusted the fan, checked to be sure nothing is hanging up the pin barrel and oiled the gears and small spiral that the pin on the barrel runs in but nothing seems to help. I will add that when I went to look the clock over prior to purchase, the Westminster seemed to run fine but the Whittington did the same stall. Lastly, when I apply a slight amount of downward pressure to the 39 lb chime weight it works fine. What would typically cause a loss of power on a chime train? I took a short video with my phone but apparently it's too large to upload. Any advice would be appreciated!
