Saturday, October 14, 2017

Things To Check Before Taking You Grandfather Clocks For A Herschede Clock Repair

By Deborah Roberts


Grandfather clock repair is a costly but necessary hurdle, especially when you are looking to treasure the clock as a family heirloom. This is exactly why there are professionals that are trained specifically to handle the Herschede clock repair of grandfather clocks.

If you have had a house fire, and there was a lot of smoke in the house, you may find that you are worried about your cuckoo time pieces. Before letting anyone else take a look, find a repair man that specializes in repairing cuckoo time pieces and have that person take a look at the inner workings of the time piece. As they look over the time piece, they will tell you whether it is still going to work well, or you need to get parts for that time piece to work right again.

Check the external condition of the time piece first- Or to be more specific, check the conditions of the environment around the time piece. A slightly tilted floor time piece can cause the pendulum to swing erratically, potentially damaging the time piece in the process.

Did you know that your timepiece functioning could fail if the hands touch the glass? This is a slight problem, but it could make you spend money. To correct the problem, bend the minute hand away from the glass until the timepiece functioning is back to normal. For purposes of embracing new interior decoration tips, you might decide to reposition your grandfather timepiece.

If you have had a cuckoo time piece for a long time and it is working fine, you might want to think about having it cleaned every ten years or so, just to keep out all that dirt that seems to accumulate on the inside of the time piece. The inside of the time piece can become very dirty over the years, with coal dust, road dust or just dirt from smoking, pets, and such. Cleaning out the time piece won't cost much if there is nothing to repair, and you will know that it doesn't need repairs when it is working just fine.

Review the conditions of the warranty- If your longcase time piece suffers some damage that is beyond your ability to fix, then the first thing you should do is whip out the warranty form and give it a thorough read-over. The more reputable grandfather time piece companies make it a point that their warranties last for years, even decades, and you should not overlook these little things to help save up on the money. Check the validity of the warranty, then the conditions that will allow you to take advantage of it.

The time piece will keep time but the melody will start lagging, missing notes and even quarters. Our suggestion is that a grandfather time piece movement needs a service every ten years or even more regularly. If one waits until the time piece movement actually shows stress, one will find that the movement requires more work.

While there are some problems that can be fixed even by a novice, avoid the temptation to completely tear apart the time piece to see what is going on inside. Know what you can and cannot do; start looking for a repair service if the problem is beyond your knowledge or skills.




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