Jacques 7 melody grandfather clock

Very large grandfather clock called Jacques named after the designer
Charles Jacques . The mechanism was made in Europe and the rest of the clock was
made in America. This particular model has seven melodies ; one for each day of the
week. It automatically changes each day. There are 13 tubes in this particular one.
the wall thickness of the tubes is .040 inches and the outside diameter of the tubes is
1.1275 inches. The order of hanging of the tubes is as follows: looking at the front of
the clock take note of the dial ; and the position of the 12 , 3 , 6 , and 9 : shortest tube is located on the left side (or the 9 side) . The tubes will be given
numbers here for reference purposes the shortest being #13 and the longest being #1.The
order of position from left to right is :
13 ; 10 ; 7 ; 5 ; 2 ; 1 ; 3 ; 4 ; 6 ; 8 ; 9 ; 11 ; 12.
The top of the pendulum is held to the rest of it by a thumbscrew : be sure
that the indents are in the top and bottom holes and the thumbscrew is in the middle
hole or the clock may run either very fast or very slow.

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