Seth Thomas 8 Bell Sonora 255-1912 Antique Whittington/westminster Chime Clock

E COMMERCE PLAYER SOUND FILES ARE ATTACHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LISTING TO ASSIST YOU IN REVIEWING THE. 8 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 255 - 1912. IF THE PLAYER DOES NOT APPEAR THEN COPY THIS LINK. FOR YOUR COLLECTION, OR FOR ONES OWN PLEASURE. IS AN ELEGANT AND TASTEFULLY DESIGNED SETH THOMAS 8 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 255 1911.

PLAYS THE 32 NOTE WHITTINGTON AND 16 NOTE WESTMINSTER CHIMES. AND BOTH CLOCK MOVEMENTS, NEST OF BELLS, CABINET AND ALL ASPECTS OF THIS LOVELY SONORA HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SERVICED AND RESTORED. ONE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AN AWFULLY LONG TIME AND WILL STILL NOT FIND A FULLY RESTORED SONORA CHIME CLOCK NO. 255 AS FINE AS THIS ONE! THIS IS THE EARLY RELEASE SONORA 255, ONE OF THE FIRST ISSUED. THE 255 WAS OFFERED IN THE EARLY EDITION AS A MARKET TEST AND THEN PRODUCED IN QUANTITY AFTER THE 1911 TEST PERIOD. YES THIS RESTORED SONORA 255 IS EXCEPTIONAL AND MERITS SERIOUS ATTENTION, BECAUSE AN 8 BELL SONORA 255 IN THIS CONDITION ALWAYS REMAINS IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NOT AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET PLACE THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THE BEST - EVEN BETTER THAN THE 255 IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. THIS IS A SONORA CHIME CLOCK WITH A NEST OF EIGHT RESONATED BELLS. THE CHIMES ARE RICH AND RESONANT, WITH SUPERB TIMBRE AND DECAY AFTER EACH NOTE IS SOUNDED OTHER NON-SETH BELL CHIME ANTIQUE CLOCKS SIMPLY CANNOT COMPARE WITH THE BELL SOUNDS FROM THIS CHIME 255 SONORA.

THE NEW OWNER WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO PLACE THE SETH 255 IN A VERY SPECIAL LOCATION IN THE HOME. THE SETH THOMAS SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 255 IS LISTED IN NOTED AUTHORITY TRAN DUY LYS SETH THOMAS CLOCKS AND MOVEMENTS THIRD EDITION, VOLUME 1, PAGE 151. NOTE THE CATALOGED DATE IS 1914. THIS RESTORED MODEL IS THE EVEN MORE RARE 1911 VERSION WITH 89Z FRONT MOVEMENT 104G REAR CHIME MOVEMENT, AND PATENTED SONORA STAMP ON TOP OF THE NEST OF BELLS, AS OPPOSED TO LATER VERSIONS WITH THE SONORA STAMP EITHER ON THE SIDE OF THE NEST, OR NOT STAMPED AT ALL. THE SONORA 255 IS A DELIGHT TO VIEW, WITH A HIGHEST GRADE SATIN DULL RUBBED RIBBON MAHOGANY PATINA AND A CLEAN AND STYLISH YET COMPACT CASE DESIGN THAT REALLY ATTRACTS ATTENTION.

THE DORIC TOP STYLING COUPLED WITH THE DUAL SIDE PANELS AND FULL BONNET PRESENTS AN INVITING TRANSITION TO THE EASILY READ 5 ½ INCH DIAL AND COMPLEMENTING POLISHED BRASS BEZEL WITH HEAVY CONVEX AND BEVELED DIAL GLASS. BRASS BUTTON STYLE FEET AND BEVELED VERTICAL FRONT CABINET EDGES GIVE THE SONORA 255 AN ADDED ELEGANCE. THIS PARTICULAR SONORA ALWAYS DRAWS GUESTS OR FRIENDS BACK FOR ANOTHER LOOK, BECAUSE THEY WILL WONDER HOW SUCH A LOVELY WESTMINSTER BELL CHIME SOUND CAN COME FORTH FROM A PETITE CABINET CLOCK!!!! WITH THE SONORA 255 DESIGN, SETH ACHIEVED THE SONORA SOUND IN A SMALLER CABINET SO THAT CUSTOMERS LOOKING FOR A SONORA WITH FLEXIBLE PLACEMENT OPTIONS WOULD HAVE A SMART CHOICE IN THE SONORA 255.

INDEED, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SONORAS BECAUSE IT CAN BE PLACED PRACTICALLY ANYWHERE AND IS GUARANTEED TO ATTRACT ATTENTION NO MATTER WHERE IT IS LOCATED, WHETHER IT BE USED PRIMARILY FOR TIME KEEPING, AS A DÉCOR ITEM, OR BOTH!!! PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUPERSIZE PHOTOS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION CLOSE IN VIEWS. THE ORIGINAL SHELLAC ON THE RIBBON MAHOGANY FINISH WAS CONDITIONED AND RESTORED WITH MY SPECIAL PROCESS, IN ORDER TO BRING FORTH THE RICHNESS OF THE ORIGINAL MAHOGANY TIME CONSUMING, YES BUT JUST LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THIS SONORA NO. THIS SONORA 255 IS AN ALL-ORIGINAL FULLY RESTORED BEAUTY THAT YOU WILL TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OWNING. EVERY ASPECT OF THE SONORA 255 HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEST OF EIGHT RESONATED SONORA BELLS. AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THE QUALITY, BECAUSE MY PERSONAL OBJECTIVE, AS ALWAYS, IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ANYONE WHO DESIRES SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE SONORA 255, AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SONORAS IN GENERAL. MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS IN THE ENDING PARAGRAPHS OF THIS TEXT. THE GENEROUS 5 ½ SILVERED DIAL CAN BE VIEWED FROM ACROSS A LARGE ROOM, AND HAS LARGE AND CLEAR BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS AND SETH THOMAS ORIGINAL LARGE HALF SPADE CUT STEEL MINUTE AND HOUR HANDS. SURROUNDING THE DIAL IS A LOVELY POLISHED BRASS SASH AND BEZEL, WITH A CONVEX, HEAVILY BEVELED DIAL GLASS. THE BEZEL SNAPS CLOSED NICELY, AND DOES NOT SAG, AS DO SOME. SUPERSIZE PHOTO 4 INCLUDES CLOSE UP INSETS OF THE DIAL, BEVELED GLASS AND BRASS BEZEL. THE WINDING HOLE NEAR THE 8 IS FOR THE HOUR COUNT CHIME; THE ONE NEAR THE 4 IS FOR THE TIME TRAIN. BOTH THE HOUR COUNT AND TIME TRAIN ARE HANDLED BY THE NO. ANOTHER HOLE AT THE 3 IS FOR WINDING THE QUARTER-HOUR CHIMES, HANDLED BY THE NO. A SMALLER HOLE BELOW THE HAND SHAFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DIAL IS FOR ACCESSING THE SLOW-FAST TIME ADJUSTMENT.

A SLIDE LEVER ON THE SIDE OF THE CASE IS FOR CHIME-SILENT OPERATION. WHEN OPERATED, THE QUARTER HOUR CHIMES WILL BE SILENCED.

ANOTHER SLIDE LEVER ON THE SAME SIDE OFFERS THE SELECTION BETWEEN WHITTINGTON AND WESTMINSTER CHIMES. A CLOSE OF THE SLIDE LEVERS IS SHOWN IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 3. THE WHITTINGTON SEQUENCES ARE: 8 NOTES AT THE ¼ HOUR, 16 AT THE ½ HOUR, 24 AT THE ¾ HOUR AND 32 NOTES ON THE HOUR, FOLLOWED BY THE HOUR COUNT. THE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCES ARE: 4 NOTES AT THE ¼ HOUR, 8 AT THE ½ HOUR, 12 AT THE ¾ HOUR AND 16 NOTES ON THE HOUR, FOLLOWED BY THE HOUR COUNT. NATURALLY, MOST SONORA LOVERS PREFER THE WHITTINGTON, BUT FREQUENTLY PLAY THE WESTMINSTER AS WELL.

THE 89Z MOVEMENT HANDLES THE TIME AND HOUR STRIKE FUNCTIONS AND THE 104AG MOVEMENT HANDLES THE QUARTER HOUR FUNCTIONS. EACH QUARTER HOUR SEQUENCE IS SOUNDED ON THE RESONATED BELLS WITH RICH HARMONICS, TIMBRE AND LINGERING DECAY WHEN STRUCK. THE WHITTINGTON AND WESTMINSTER SEQUENCES ARE SOUNDED ON THE NEST OF BELLS. THE HOUR COUNT IS SOUNDED AS A FULL BODIED MUSICAL NOTE ON RESONATED BELL NUMBER 8. PLEASE MAKE IT A POINT TO LISTEN AND CAREFULLY REVIEW THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES IN ORDER TO FULLY APPRECIATE WHAT OWNERS IN THE 1912 TIME FRAME EXPERIENCED WITH THEIR NEW AND, AT THE TIME, VERY EXPENSIVE SONORA 255 CLOCKS.

ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINALLY ISSUED BOY ON A FENCE PENDULUM BOB AND THE ORIGINAL BRASS DOUBLE ENDED WIDE WING KEY. CLOSE-UP VIEWS ARE SHOWN IN PHOTOS 1 AND 2.

THIS IS A MID/COMPACT SIZE DORIC CABINET SONORA CHIME CLOCK , SUITABLE FOR MANTLE, TABLE, OR SHELF DISPLAY - IDEAL FOR A GIFT. A MEMORABLE PRESENT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL. YOUR PERSONAL USE, OR AS AN ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION. MEASUREMENTS ARE 11 W X 9 ½H X 8 ¼ D. THE NEST OF SONORA BELLS.

THE RESTORATION PROCESS INCLUDED COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION OF EVERY ASPECT OF THE CLOCK. THE SONORA CHIME BELLS AND CHIME BLOCK ASSEMBLY WERE CAREFULLY DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED TO RESTORE THE RESONANT TIMBRE OF THE SONORA BELLS, AND EXAMINED FOR CONDITION TO INSURE THE ABSENCE OF HAIRLINE CRACKS, ETC.

SUPERSIZE PHOTO 9 SHOWS THE CLEANED AND INSPECTED BELLS AND BELL NEST WITH SOUND CAVITIES THAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE END. ALSO PICTURED IS THE SONORA PATENT MARK THAT IS EMBOSSED ON THE TOP OF THE WOODEN BELL NEST. CAREFUL INSPECTION OF THE BELLS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. ONE HAIRLINE CRACK CAN CAUSE A SONORA BELL TO LOSE ALL TONE AND TIMBRE, AND THE BEGINNING OF A HAIRLINE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS GROW TO A FULL HAIRLINE CRACK.

IN ADDITION, OTHER ISSUES WITH CRACKED, BROKEN, OR DETERIORATED WOODEN AND PRESSED FELT BELL SPACERS, USED TO SEPARATE THE BELLS, WILL IMPACT THE SOUND, YET CANNOT BE DETECTED BY CASUAL INSPECTION. MOVEMENTS - #89Z AND #104G.

BOTH THE 89Z TIME AND HOUR STRIKE MOVEMENT, AND THE 104G CHIME MOVEMENT WERE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED WITH ULTRASONICS, INSPECTED IN DETAIL FOR CONDITION OF THE PIVOT BUSHINGS, GEAR TRAIN, AND ARBOR OR PIVOT ABNORMALITIES. OUT OF TOLERANCE BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED. EVERY OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF EACH MOVEMENT WAS ADDRESSED. THE MOVEMENTS WERE THEN REASSEMBLED AND PROPERLY LUBRICATED. BOTH MAINSPRINGS IN THE 89Z WERE UNLOADED, AND REPLACED WITH NEW HIGHEST QUALITY 120 INCH MAINSPRINGS.

NOT THE INEXPENSIVE 96 INCH MAINSPRINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SUBSTITUTED. MAINSPRING ENERGY AND LACK OF METAL FATIGUE ARE CRITICAL FOR PERFORMANCE AND LONG TERM RELIABILITY. I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE EXCEEDED FOR MAINSPRINGS. THE GREAT MAINSPRING IN THE 104G SONORA MOVEMENT WAS REMOVED FROM ITS RETAINING BARREL, FULLY UNWOUND, PROPERLY CLEANED, INSPECTED, REWOUND, AND LUBRICATED WITH MAINSPRING INDUSTRUAL GRADE LUBRICANT.

REPLACEMENT OF THE 136 INCH #104G MAINSPRING IS NEITHER RECOMMENDED NOR REQUIRED, AS LONG AS THE EXISTING MAINSPRING EXCEEDS SPECIFICATIONS, AS THIS ONE DOES. PAY SPECIAL NOTICE TO THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THE #104G SONORA CHIME MOVEMENT: THE GREAT WHEEL GEAR, THE SECOND WHEEL GEAR WITH PINION, AND THE CHIME DRUM THAT SYNCHRONIZES AND DRIVES THE CHIME HAMMERS. IF ANY OF THESE COMPONENTS IS ABOUT TO FAIL, IT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS. WHEN IT OCCURS, THE COST TO REPAIR WILL GIVE YOU A JOLT, BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE IN SUPPLY CHANNELS; ANOTHER MOVEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED. THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS ARE IN TOP CONDITION ON MY RESTORED SETH SONORA CLOCKS.

MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS LISTED NEAR THE END. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE VERY BEST AND CLEAREST SONORA SOUND, THE OLD DETERIORATED LEATHER CHIME HAMMER TIPS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH DELRIN TIPS TO PRODUCE THE TRUE TIMBRE NOTES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ORIGINAL SONORA BELLS. JUST LISTEN TO THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES FOR AN ACCURATE RENDERING OF THE CLARITY, RESONANCE, TONE, AND RICH DECAY OF EACH NOTE STRUCK WHEN THE SONORA 255 CHIMES AND STRIKES THE HOUR. AFTER REASSAMBLY, APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR TIME, CHIME, HOUR STRIKE, SYNCHRONIZATION, PENDULUM RATE AND BEAT ERROR ETC. WERE ACCOMPLISHED USING MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS.

AN EXTENDED BENCH RUN TEST FOLLOWED. SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE RESTORATION WORK ARE PART OF THE PORTFOLIO. AS PART OF THE TESTS AND ADJUSTMENTS PROCEDURES ON THE #89Z MOVEMENT, THE. ARE CHECKED AND SET - AN OBJECTIVE OF NEAR ZERO FOR BEAT ERROR IS DESIRED. THIS RESTORED 89Z MOVEMENT ADJUSTED TO ZERO ERROR AND STABILIZED AT ZERO ERROR.

THIS ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PHOTO 12. IN THE RIGHT INSET OF PHOTO 12, FOR PENDULUM BEAT RATE, THE 89Z IS DESIGNED TO RUN AT 9,777 BEATS PER HOUR. THE RESTORED MOVEMENT EASILY HELD THE 9,777 BEAT RATE, MEANING THE TIME KEEPING WILL BE DEPENDABLE AND THE MOVEMENT WILL GIVE RELIABLE SERVICE. IN FACT, BOTH MOVEMENTS IN THE SONORA 255 WERE RESTORED TO SUPERIOR CONDITIION. THE PENDULUM SWING ARC OF THE 89Z FRON MOVEMENT IS A FULL 3 1/2 INCHES, VERY ROBUST AND EXCEEDING ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS.

A HEALTY PENDULUM SWING IS A POSITIVE INDICATOR OF A HEALTY MOVEMENT THAT HAS VERY LITTLE FRICTION AND LOTS OF ENERGY. BEWARE OF A #89Z MOVEMENT WITH A PENDULUM AMPLITUDE OF 2 ½ INCHES OR LESS A SIGN OF POOR MOVEMENT HEALTH. 255 - 1912 WILL BE THE CENTER-PIECE OF A GRAND DECORATIVE SETTING, AND IT IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT, BECAUSE ITS VALUE WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YEAR AFTER YEAR. ALL OF MY DISTINCTIVECLOCKS SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE CLOCKS ARE FULLY RESTORED IN EVERY WAY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE.

MY SINCERE PLEDGE IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY WAY. IMPORTANT NOTE E COMMERCE SOUND FILES ARE ATTACHED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY LISTING. SIX SOUND FILES OF THE SETH SONORA CHIME 255 - 1912 WITH #89Z AND # 104G MOVEMENTS IN OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE IN. VOICE INTRODUCTION TO THE FILES.

PENDULUM BEAT-ESCAPEMENT/VERGE/CRUTCH AND TIME GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS OF THE #89Z MOVEMENT LISTEN FOR CLEAN AND EVEN SOUND, REGULARITY, AND THE ABSENCE OF ODD NOISES. WHITTINGTON QUARTER HOUR SEQUENCES AT 5:15 5:30 5:45. FULL 32 NOTE WHITTINGTON SEQUENCE AND HOUR STRIKE AT 6:00. WESTMINSTER QUARTER HOUR SEQUENCES AT 6:15 6:30 6:45. FULL 16 NOTE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE AND HOUR STRIKE AT 7:00.

BE SURE TO NOTICE THE PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE AND RICH DECAY, WITH CLEAN TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SOUND RECORDING. THE MICROPHONE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MOVEMENT FOR RECORDING PURPOSES, AND SOME NORMAL GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS WILL BE HEARD. THE OPERATION SOUNDS ARE NOT NOTICED AT TYPICAL LISTENING DISTANCES. THE FILES ARE POSTED AS AN E COMMERCE PLAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LISTING.

The item "SETH THOMAS 8 BELL SONORA 255-1912 ANTIQUE WHITTINGTON/WESTMINSTER CHIME CLOCK" is in sale since Tuesday, May 31, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Clocks\Antique (Pre-1930)\Shelf, Mantel". The seller is "distinctiveclocks" and is located in Irmo, South Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States.

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