The clock face where the hands keep time can be set to strike on the hour.
Wall clock chimes out of sync.
Some chiming clocks even play a few bars of a song or simple tune.
How can we correct this.
It chimed about 6 hours off so we did try to fix this ourselves.
When the grandfather clock starts to chime stop the pendulum and record the time.
The mechanisms within a clock work together in synchronized order.
These instructions apply only to old striking mantel clocks such as the one in the photos below.
If your grandfather clock chimes the wrong hour this will be a quick fix to set it correctly and your clock will be in perfect hour sync.
When an old chime clock is keeping peculiar time and the chimes are ringing out too soon or too late there s obviously a problem but it is one that can be corrected.
The clock dial says it is 1 p m but the cuckoo chimes twice this all too common situation may seem a bit annoying defeating the purpose of using a cuckoo clock compared to an ordinary clock.
If your chiming clock is not emitting the correct number of chimes with a given hour it s time to reset your clock.
Adjusting the minute hand chime sync on your grandfather clock 1.
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Newer chiming clocks may have different ways of synchronizing and setting.
The inner spring gears and chimes work with the outer pendulum and weights on a strike pendulum clock.
An out of sync clock strikes a different number of times than the hour the little hand shows.
Resetting your clock will take a minute and fix the.
If one part of the inner or outer mechanisms stops working then it affects the strike of the clock.
It may not re sync properly 2 moving the chime lever frequently short term chime issue until it re syncs after an hour 3 changing the time by moving the minute hand.
The actual repair process for an old chime clock keeping bad time is to bring the time into synchronisation with the chimes rather than the chimes with the time.
Using pliers carefully remove the small nut that holds the minute hand in place by turning the nut counter clockwise while at the same time hold the minute hand with your fingers near the small.
We have a wall clock with a pendulum and westminster chimes.
It was in our basement for a long time and not running.
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Short term chime issue until it re syncs after an hour 4 winding the clock while chimes are playing.
Now it chimes out the right hour but at the half hour 6 instead of at the 12.