Eight day clocks used two weights, one for the striking mechanism to cause a chime at the appropriate moment, and one for driving the clock. However, because people often wanted to make other people think they owned a more expensive 8 day clock, some 30 hour clocks featured two holes, one for the actual winding hole, the other a dummy winding hole to make guests think it was an 8 day clock.
The melody that the vast majority of grandfather clocks use for their chimes is Westminster Quarters. As to the person who first put this little ditty in a clock, Dr. Joseph Jowett was hired to make the tune, possibly with the help of Professor of Music, Dr. Whatever the case, the piece of music was written in for the St. Mary the Great clock at the University Church in Cambridge. Rate this:. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.
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Log in now. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Everyone went crazy about it back then. It sold more than a million copies worldwide in sheet music, which was groundbreaking at the time. The clock had to have a longcase in order to accommodate the anchor escapement that was invented around But before that, pendulum clocks used a verge escapement mechanism which needed wide pendulum swings of more than 80 degrees. This came with a disadvantage as the clock could not be fitted properly inside a case, so most of them were designed with short pendulums.
Besides the convenience, these also allowed the clocks to use minimum power, making them run longer. Do you know how old that grandfather clock in your garage is? As it turns out, you can pretty much tell the age of a longcase clock by combining different elements of the clock.
The old versions of clock faces contained Roman numerals. Still a great somg from my childhood! John: Yep, thanks for catching that and for being polite about it. It is interesting that the story of the grandfather clock was made into a song in We may consider getting it repaired before we bring it into the house. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. September 12, Eddie Deezen 11 comments.
Kaus asks: Why are Grandfather clocks called Grandfather clocks? Enjoy this article? Mushyrulez September 16, pm. Daven Hiskey September 17, am. Mushyrulez: Thanks for catching that.
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