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A Grandfather Clock May Be A Pleasant Addition To Any Home
Just imagine the chiming of a Grandfather Clock – that’s the sound that turns a house into a home
Around 1875, the American songwriter Henry Work was staying at the George Hotel throughout a visit to England. He was told the unique story of their previous clock and it’s previous owner, and once seeing the clock for himself, he set to jot down a song regarding the fascinating coincidence {that the} clock stopped forever the instant its owner died. Mr. Work returned to America and published the song that sold over a million copies of sheet music about the clock grandfather entitled “My Grandfather’s Clock”. Till that time, clocks like the one within the recent George Hotel were given various names, however solely since Henry Work’s song have giant upright clocks been called ‘Grandfather Clocks’.
Grandfather clocks, also typically known as ‘Coffin Clocks’, come back in a huge selection of sizes and styles, starting from antiques built by famous clock manufacturers several centuries ago, to those made today.
Pendulum clocks were developed by clockmakers in the mid 1600’s during a bid to obtain a larger degree of your time-keeping accuracy. By giving them longer pendulums, clocks kept higher time. These long-pendulum clocks were placed in tall wood cases thus that they might stand upright on the floor.
Since then, Grandfather clocks became very widespread things of household furniture, and have appeared during a huge variety of cases – several designs of that became fashionable, and then fell out of favor as fashion tastes changed. Grandfather clocks were generally embellished with ornate woodcarving, and usually came complete with chimes, tunes, and moon-phase dials.
Clock collecting is a serious passion for many clock lovers around the world. Today, some antique clocks from the 1600’s to 1700’s fetch tens of thousands of dollars.
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