Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:36 am   Subject: Herschede Fixed

Thanks for your suggestions. Apparently the clock was out of beat. After adjusting the nut located near the top of the pendulum, I was able to get the pendulum beat fairly even and it has run all da ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:49 am   Subject: Herschede update: Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have an update to report. I removed the pendulum off my clock this morning and let it run all day, which was about 14 hours. During that time, the cables unwound enough off their barrels to ge ...

Forum: Mechanical Movements   Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:39 am   Subject: Herschede problem

Hi,

I have a Herschede with a 9-tubular bell clock mechanism. It worked fine, until I carefully moved it across town. After that, the pendulum would function properly for 20-40 minutes before it ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:10 am   Subject: Herschede Grandfather Clock Pendulum Stopping

I watched it more closely and noticed a distincitve forward/backward penduluim wobble that would disturb the normal left/right swinging movement. Eventually, that wobble caused the pendulum to lose i ...

Forum: General   Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:04 am   Subject: Herschede Grandfather Clock Pendulum Stopping

I have a Herschede Sheffield 230 Model grandfather clock that I just set-up. I moved it properly from across town and it was working fine prior to the move. The pendulum now stops between 40 and 130 ...

Forum: General   Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:11 pm   Subject: Update on Ridgeway Urgos 5-tube Chime Movement

Hi,

I took the mechanism out this morning to thoroughly clean and oil the case on the inside and out and found a sticker on the inside of the face plate which was not visible before I removed the m ...

Forum: General   Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:50 am   Subject: Ridgeway Grandfather Clock 5-tube chimes---Age?

Hi,

I am curious if anyone can help me determine the age of a sweet grandfather clock I just picked up at a garage sale. It is a Ridgeway clock with the code J-88-164 written in black underneath t ...

Forum: General   Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:20 am   Subject: Kobold Grandfather Clock - Is it real?

I looked closer and slid the mechanism out of the top of the clock and on its brass backing it was stamped or engraved in the metal with Kobold 1954. Does that clue help? Both the mechanism and case ...

Forum: General   Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:03 pm   Subject: Kobold Grandfather Clock - Is it real?

Hi,

I have a heavily carved longcase clock that has the stamp Kobold 1954 on the back of its mechanism. It also has a metal nameplate behind the mechanism attached to the inside woodframe that say ...