If you go clockwise it will be necessary to stop at each quarter hour and let the clock chime before advancing to the next quarter hour. If, when going forward you hear the click at the quarter hour and the clock does not chime then it is okay to move to the next quarter. Bear in mind that depending on how well your clock is adjusted the clock may not chime exactly on the quarter.
It may be necessary to move slightly beyond it before you hear the click that releases the chime. If you go counter clockwise, the clock will not normally chime so there is no need to wait for anything; simply go back to the correct time and your done.
After moving the hands backwards you may hear the clock chime the wrong chime. For the clocks I am referring to in this manual, the clock will resynchronize itself. It will usually do this within an hour. So then, next time the time change occurs do not panic.
It is really that simple. Do not do what so many people do and move the hour hand forward or backward one hour by itself. If you do this the clock will strike wrong until you put the hour hand back where it was. As nice and expensive as most grandfather clocks are they are not perfectly accurate! This is true because they are temperature sensitive. What runs accurately in the summer will typically not run accurately in the winter unless the temperature in your house never changes.
The means of compensating is done through the use of the regulating nut that is normally found underneath the round brass disc at the bottom of the pendulum. Loosening the nut to the left will lower the disc and slow the clock down. Generally speaking one complete turn will make a difference of approximately two minutes per day.
The very specific words in italics in the previous sentence are crucial to understand if you desire your clock to run as accurately as possible. First of all we are talking about a complete turn of the nut, not a twist of the finger. The next important word is approximately. Now we must stress per day. For example, fourteen minutes fast per day is not the same as fourteen minutes fast per week. Fourteen minutes fast per week is only two minutes per day 14 minutes divided by 7 days equals two minutes per day.
Therefore, here is the process you should follow. Set the hands on the clock according to a clock you know is accurate. Set the hands as accurately as possible. For example, there is a significant difference between nine and half minutes after ten and nine minutes after ten. Wait twenty four hours. Determine how fast or slow your clock is by comparing it to the same clock you set it against.
Using that information make the appropriate number of turns according to the rule stated above of the adjusting nut in the correct direction. Up speeds it up, down slows it down.
Reset the hands accurately using the same clock again. Wait another twenty four hours. Keep repeating the above process until you achieve success. This will generally take several days to a week. After you have let the clock run a while without regulating you may notice that over the course of time the clock has gained or lost a few minutes. It is important to remember that the clock did not do this overnight but it took several days or more for a small difference to accumulate into that greater gain or loss.
You must divide this number of minutes off by however many days have passed since you set it last and adjust accordingly. Once you have achieved success in regulating your clock you must remember that in a few months you may very well have to regulate again. Changing the Chimes- Using the Chime Selector. Your clock may or may not give you the ability to change the chime on your clock.
Some play the Westminster chime only and cannot be changed. If you have this feature then there is normally a lever that protrudes through a slot in the dial. A few have the selecting lever above the number twelve or below the number six. There are also some clocks, normally more expensive ones that have a rotary dial circular dial for chime selecting and or silencing.
When these are present there are normally two of them toward the top of the dial, one on the right and one on the left.
Other clocks have the lever for chime selecting inside the case and can only be reached by opening a side door or removing a panel. These levers are rarely marked. You may change the chime as often as you like. However, it is best if you change the chime just after a chime and not just before a chime. There is a slight chance that in doing so just before a chime you may jam the chime train and cause it not to function. It is best to do it in the ten minute period after the chime and not the five minute period before the chime.
When moving the chime selector lever you should be able to feel the lever fall into a groove that you cannot see. Check the minute hand. The grandfather clock may not be able to hold its tune if the minute hand was installed in the wrong direction.
Repair the minute hand. Hold the minute hand down with a pair of pliers and take off the nut with a wrench. Remove the minute hand and position it so that it matches with the number of chimes that are played. Once the minute hand is synchronized with the chimes, replace the nut and tighten it.
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