That 9-tuber is awfully MIGHTY!!! Thank you so much for sharing these true treasures of time with us! Considering tomorrow is Thanksgiving, I'm sure that if you're having any guests coming over that they'd be awe-stricken when they enter your house and notice that mammoth 9-tuber staring right at them!
They are beautiful clocks and the tube chimes have a lovely sound on both of them. I wish I had a hers hedge. I just got just a battery electronic chime grandfather clock.
I've been around them for about as long as I've been aware and before I was old enough to understand their significance. My maiden name is Herschede, and Frank was actually my four times great grandfather.
@amberlynn6914 Revere was an electric clock from the Herschede clock company. Revere actually WAS a Herschede company. Because it kept such imperfect time due to issues with it being electric based and being faced with loss of current causing the time to stop it was decided that they wouldn't market the new electric clocks under the Herschede Clock Company's name. So yes... It IS a Herschede exclusive tone.
Hi there , you've got two nice clocks , they sound well while playing , I'm a watch and clock maker in England and I've repaired a few similar to yours over the years , I've also got one in my shop for display purposes, very interesting hearing you talking about your clocks !
I had to watch this video again. I used to live in Cincinnati, and now I'm in Columbus, but that's how I got started collecting Herschedes. I have a few mantel clocks, including some the dual chime models. About a year ago I got a 5-tube Whittier model ca. 1941. I just picked up Model 240, the same case model as your 5-tube, but this is a 9-tube. I don't have the clock yet, but had to hear again what it would sound like :) I saw that the original Herschede estate is for sale, beautiful home.
I have two Herschede grandfather clocks. A five tube from the 1920's and a nine tube from 1910. The latter is from 8.5 feet to right under 9 feet tall. This one is enormous! A small house would just not work, but I keep my old house with 9 foot ceilings just because of the clock!
Exactly. I find the tile feels the most steady. The wood is pretty steady too. We're a recent construction, so the floors are pretty strong. It took a while to get the hubby to quite stomping by. ^.^
I agree on the wood floor. The more stable the floor, the more accurate the clock will be. Our floor clock sits right next to a high traffic area in the house. Even though the floor is hardwood, it's quite bouncy as it's 126 years old and not to well built. The bouncing disturbs the pendulum and you can only get the clock so accurate.
@amberlynn6914 Yeah, electric clocks are actually really interesting. While Alexander Bain patented the first electric system in 1840 or 41 it wasn't really until the late 1920s that Walter Herschede (one of Frank Herschede's sons and, I guess, my three times great uncle. Frank was my four times great-grandfather) thought to put electricity along with a guy named Henry Warren's nonelectric rotor. The electricity went to the rotor and created some kind of magnetic response which turned the gears.
@ClockObsession Very cool. Are you talking about the home on Edwards? That was Mark Herschede Sr's home. You should visit Laurel Court. That was Jane Herschede's (Mark's wife) childhood home and is open to the public.
Nice clocks! I just purchased a Colonial Clock C1925 with a Herschede 9 tube movement. My clock has a gothic style case and is mahogany with similar cross like carvings/applique to your nine tube clock. I believe my clock came out of a church originally. I am gong to pick up the clock in a few weeks and will post videos when I get it set up. The Dial House in Georgia is a great resource if you choose to have the moon dial repainted on your five tube clock. Check out their website. What is the name of your restorer? What city? I might have him work on my case if I can't get it looking the way I want. I have cleaned and freshened up the finish a few cases with good results but I might be interested in using your person if they are within driving distance. Talk to you soon!
For some reason I haven't been receiving notifications on video comments. Anyway, I'll look into the Dial House, thanks. The restorer who did these clocks is amazing. Their storefront is Hick's Clock Shoppe, I believe. They're in New Bethlehem, PA, so over on the eastern side. Luckily, I was living in Pittsburgh at the time of purchase, so they were able to hand deliver and setup.
I would kill for just one of those clocks i wish i knew how to get my hands on one but im to poor if you know of any in Alberta Canada please tell me i dont care if its broken beyond belief i would work forever to have one and to get it back to its golden days
I love the Rookwood building. And I think I know the mansion you're talking about, the one on reading road I think it was? I think the guy that was the architect on that was also responsible for Withrow high school? I don't know much about Withrow. But my Dad went there, but I went to the Lotspeich campus of Seven Hills.
