\u00a9 2023 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. Adjustment to any of the four levelers may be needed. We suggest you take a look and find it once you receive your clock. but didnt let the chimes finish. Robert. The pendulum isnt swinging either. I was learning the proper way to set up, thank you.". While holding the pendulum guide with one hand, slip the pendulum in through the front door with your other hand. The days will keep growing longer between March 12 and June 21, the summer solstice and the longest day of the year. Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight may fade the finish while extreme temperature and humidity changes may cause the wood to split or crack. This image is not<\/b> licensed under the Creative Commons license applied to text content and some other images posted to the wikiHow website. If the clock stops the moon dial will also stop and can. Example: If the last full moon was 3 days ago, rotate the moon dial clockwise 3 lunar days so that the moon is centered at lunar day 18 on the lunar arch. Thank you very much! You will need to unscrew it, and pull the minute hand straight off. At 2 AM, the clock is set back to 1 AM ("Fall back"), and the hour from 1-2 . Robert. Check that all packaging materials have been removed from the light bulb before operating the light. Never force either the minute hand or the hour hand if they do not want to move. When performing this operation be careful not to scratch the hand nut, hand or dial. The seasonal time change when we "spring forward" will occur on Sunday, March 12, a full week before the official start of spring on March 20. NEVER wind a cable drive movement without weights installed. Just acquired a grandfather clock,it works great, tried setting it for spring forward, didnt know to go backwards to set,so went forward, I did stop at each quarter, This can be corrected with a simple adjustment. all at Discount Prices! When I last set it, I accidentally move the hour hand a bit forward, and now, when it chimes, it adds two extra chimes to the hour. Removing the styrofoam blocks at this time could cause the cables to overlap and bind the movement. This image is not<\/b> licensed under the Creative Commons license applied to text content and some other images posted to the wikiHow website. https://www.theclockdepot.com/clocks-blog/grandfather-clock-does-not-chime-at-proper-time/ Carefully remove this film before hanging the pendulum. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time. Selecting the chime melody is accomplished by a selection lever on the clock dial. Specials Do NOT move the hour hand to set the time. We appreciate it. Thanks for the help. Specific chime melodies are achieved by controlling the sequence thateach hammer hits a corresponding rod. There are three openings in the face of the clock. Remove the spring clip from the back side of the movement by first pulling one end free (See figure 8). The pendulum and weights are critical components to operation of the clock movement. side access panel, lift the panel up and push it in towards the inside of the What can I do? There is no need to move the hour hand, as it . Attach the hand nut finger tight. Each weight is different and must be properly hung from the movement (left, center, right) to ensure proper operation. Then move the minute hand forward (clockwise) a quarter hour at a time and you should hear a click on each quarter hour. Move the clock close to its final location - ENSURE CLOCK IS POSITIONED SQUARE AND FIRM ON THE FLOOR SO THAT IT WILL NOT FALL OVER. Be sure the hook on top of each weight is tight by turning the hook Quality Grandfather Clocks, Mantel Clocks, Wall Clocks, Desk and Alarm Clocks. The panels may be held in place during shipment by tape or a plastic clip. (Reference: See AUTOMATIC NIGHTTIME SHUT OFF OPTION in General Information Section). If the cuckoo chimes the right number of hours but at the wrong time, the minute hand is out of position. The moon dial is now set and will indicate the proper moon phases as long as the, clock operates continuously. Thank You, Robert. In order to set the time without playing the melody, move the minute hand counterclockwise. The pendulum and weights are critical components to operation of the clock movement. Robert you have helped me in the past so here goes. New Grandfather Clocks can be seen here. If the clock chimes while you are doing this, it will not harm anything. The three weights provide power to the hour strike (left weight), time (center weight), and chime melody (right weight). At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks in the U.S. will revert to standard time, turning back one hour and giving Americans an extra hour of sleep that night, but shifting sunrise and sunset an hour . Will it eventually start back up? Make sure that all the packing material is removed from the movement area. Next time is starts to strike the hour, simply move the hour hand where it needs to be to correctly display the time. If your clock gains or looses time after twenty-four (24) hours, see General Information Section to regulate the timekeeping of your clock. This may not apply to older clocks. This usually happens when an hour hand is moved by mistake when re-setting the time on your grandfather clock. Step 3: Remove the minute hand. Do not use tools to remove the blocks. Located in the bottom of the shipping carton will be a box. Daylight saving time is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months, then back again in the fall, to make better use of natural daylight. With your fingertips, apply slight pressure to the front of the moon dial and rotate the moon dial clockwise until the moon is directly below the #15 lunar day mark (each mark represents a lunar day) on the lunar arch (See figure 12). counterclockwise (backwards) as described in Step 5: Setting Time. Grandfather The movement has a self correcting feature which synchronizes the chimes with the time.