Grandfather (Tall) Clock Repair
For centuries-old antique tall clocks, and modern grandfather and grandmother clocks
- Serving eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
- House Calls / Pickup & delivery.
Services Offered:
- Expert diagnosis of mechanical problems
- Minor repairs/adjustments (when possible)
- Major repairs: movement (mechanism) replacement on modern clocks; complete mechanical rebuilding of obsolete or antique clocks
- Custom-machining replacement parts for antique or obsolete models. Complete onsite machine shop.
- Clock setup and startup (new clocks; clocks that have been moved or were in storage, etc.).
Servicing:
- Antique European and American tall clocks, dating back to the mid-1600s.
- Modern, store-bought grandfather clocks (Howard Miller, Ridgeway, Trend, Sligh, Ethan Allen, etc.) made beginning about 1960 through the present.
- “Homemade” (from a kit) grandfather clocks by Emperor, Klockit, Mason and Sullivan, etc..
- Grandfather and grandmother clocks made in high school wood shop classes in the 1970s and 1980s.
Repairing the following brand names and makers of grandfather (tall) clocks:
- Many type of antique British, Scottish, Irish, German, Dutch, French, American, and other tall (longcase) “grandfather clocks”.
- Rope drive, ladder chain drive, chain drive, and cable drive models…. dating from the mid-1600s to the 20th Century.
- Time-only; passing strike (1 “bell stroke” no matter what hour it is); bell strike; rod strike; and tubular chime models.
- Seth Thomas, Waltham, Winterhalder, Hershede Hall Clocks, and more.
- Private label clocks: many early 20th Century tall clocks by Waltham (or similar quality) were “private labeled” for jewelry stores such as Bailey, Banks, and Biddle.
Modern Brands:
Howard Miller Ridgeway Pearl Trend Sligh
Seth Thomas (Talley Industries) Barwick Ethan Allen
Baldwin Piano Colonial Molyneux Emperor
New England Clock Company Wuersch Mason & Sullivan
Tempus Fugit Dold King Arthur Viking
Heritage Heirloom Daneker Tradition
Cuckoo Clock Manufacturing (Mfg.) Company (Co.)
Hermle Black Forest Kieninger
Jauch Urgos Mauthe
and the
Hershede Hall Clock Company
For information about “house calls” for tall (also called “longcase”, or “grandfather”) clocks, please see: House Calls, Questions and Answers – JFK Clock Repair
To see information about what goes wrong with a clock and why it needs repair, please see: Reasons for Repair – JFK Clock Repair
There is a possibility that your decades (or century; or centuries) -old clock will need substantial amounts of machine work. For information about my custom machining skills and my prior experience, please see: Custom Machining – JFK Clock Repair.
For information about my two-year guarantee, please see: JFK’s Two-Year Guarantee – JFK Clock Repair