SETH THOMAS GRAND 4 BELL SONORA CHIME NO. 57 1914 ANTIQUE WESTMINSTER CLOCK

SOUND FILES ARE INCLUDED IN THE E COMMERCE AUDIO PLAYER AT THE TOP OF MY LISTING TO ASSIST YOU IN REVIEWING THE. 4 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 57 - 1914. OR FOR ONES OWN PLEASURE. IS AN ELEGANT AND TASTEFULLY DESIGNED.

SETH THOMAS DORIC CABINET SONORA WESTMINSTER. CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 57 - 1914. THIS ONE IS ALL ORIGINAL COMPONENTS. AS WELL AS 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 4 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK NO. 57 AS FINE AS THIS ONE! THIS IS A SONORA CHIME CLOCK WITH A NEST OF 4 PATENTED SONORA RESONATED BELLS. THE CHIMES ARE RESONANT, WITH SUPERB TIMBRE AND DECAY AFTER EACH NOTE IS SOUNDED. OTHER NON-SETH BELL CHIME ANTIQUE CLOCKS SIMPLY CANNOT COMPARE WITH THE TIMBRE AND RESONANCE OF THE BELL SOUNDS FROM THIS CHIME 57 SONORA. THE NEW OWNER WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO PLACE THE SETH 57 IN A VERY SPECIAL LOCATION IN THE HOME. THE SETH THOMAS SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 57 - 1914 IS LISTED IN NOTED AUTHORITY TRAN DUY LYS SETH THOMAS CLOCKS AND MOVEMENTS THIRD EDITION, VOLUME 1, PAGE 168. THE SONORA 57 IS A DELIGHT TO VIEW, WITH A HIGHEST GRADE SATIN RUBBED RIBBON MAHOGANY PATINA AND A CLEAN AND STYLISH CABINET DESIGN THAT REALLY ATTRACTS ATTENTION. THE DORIC STYLING WITH ROUND TOP AND GENTLE SIDE CURVES, COUPLED WITH THE 180 DEGREE BONNET MOULDING OVER THE DIAL AND FULL PEDIMENT BASE IS AN INVITING PRESENTATION - AND A GREAT COMPLEMENT TO THE SUPERIOR AND EASILY READ 6 ½ INCH DIAL, SIGNATURE SETH FULL SPADE HANDS, POLISHED BRASS BEZEL, AND HEAVY CONVEX AND BEVELED DIAL GLASS.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIAL AND HEAVY BEVELED GLASS IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO FOUR. THE DIAL IS CLEAN AND HAS THE DESIRED PATINA, AND THE ARABIC NUMERALS ARE VIVID AND CLEAR.

THIS PARTICULAR MODIFIED DORIC CABINET STYLE SONORA IS REALLY AN ATTENTION GETTER BECAUSE OF ITS STYLE AND STATEMENT WHEN DISPLAYED IT ALWAYS DRAWS GUESTS OR FRIENDS BACK FOR ANOTHER LOOK. BY ALL MEANS LISTEN FOR YOURSELF VIA THE ATTACHED E COMMERCE AUDIO PLAYER AT THE START OF THE LISTING. WITH THE SONORA 57 DESIGN, SETH ACHIEVED THE SONORA SOUND IN A DORIC MAHOGANY CABINET WITH FLEXIBLE PLACEMENT OPTIONS - A SMART CHOICE FOR BOTH COLLECTING AND ADORNING THE HOME.

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 AMALGAMATED WITH FREST AMBER SHELLAC AND HAND RUBBED WITH MY SPECIAL PROCESS, IN ORDER TO BRING FORTH THE RICHNESS OF THE ORIGINAL GRAINED MAHOGANY TIME CONSUMING, YES BUT JUST LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THIS SONORA NO. THE RIBBON MAHOGANY BEAUTY AND SATIN PATINA ARE BOTH IN ABUNDANCE WITH THIS SONORA 57 CABINET ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS. EVERY ASPECT OF THE SONORA 57 HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEST OF 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 57, AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SONORAS IN GENERAL. 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 WESTMINSTER 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 A CLOSE-UP OF THE LEVER IS SHOWN AS AN INSET IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 3. THE 89AG MOVEMENT HANDLES THE TIME AND HOUR STRIKE FUNCTIONS AND THE 90J 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 WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE IS SOUNDED ON FOUR OF THE BELLS. THE HOUR COUNT IS SOUNDED AS A FULL BODIED MUSICAL CHORD ON ALL 4 BELLS SIMULTANEOUSLY. PLEASE MAKE IT A POINT TO LISTEN AND CAREFULLY REVIEW THE ATTACHED SOUND PLAYER FILES IN ORDER TO FULLY APPRECIATE WHAT OWNERS IN THE 1914 TIME FRAME EXPERIENCED WITH THEIR NEW AND, AT THE TIME, VERY EXPENSIVE SONORA 57 CLOCKS. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINALLY ISSUED HEAVY BOY ON A FENCE PENDULUM BOB AND A CORRECT BRASS DOUBLE ENDED KEY.

CLOSE-UP VIEWS ARE SHOWN IN PHOTO 2. PLEASE OBSERVE THAT NEARLY HALF OF MY LISTING PORTFOLIO CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT THE MECHANICAL ASPECTS AND MOVEMENT RESTORATION OF THE CLOCK. YOU DESERVE, AND SHOULD EXPECT, A RESTORED ANTIQUE SETH OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND RELIABILITY. I STRIVE TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS RATHER THAN SIMPLY SELL YOU AN ANTIQUE CLOCK. 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 10 SHOWS THE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED AND INSPECTED BELLS AND BELL NEST WITH SOUND CAVITIES INSIDE OF THE CASE. 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 - #89AG AND #90J.

BOTH THE 89AG TIME AND HOUR STRIKE MOVEMENT, AND THE 90J 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 89AG WERE UNLOADED, CLEANED, SERVICED, LUBRICATED AND RELOADED. THE GREAT MAINSPRING IN THE 90J MOVEMENT WAS UNLOADED, INSPECTED FOR HAIRLINE CRACKS, PROPERLY SERVICED AND RELOADED INTO THE GREAT WHEEL BARREL.

THE MAINSPRING EXCEEDED THE DELIVEED FORCE REQUIREMENTS BOTH AT THE START AND AT THE END OF ITS FORCE CURVE - REST ASSURED THE 90J MOVEMENT WILL PERFORM RELIABLY AND PROPERLY. THERE ARE SEVERAL CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THE #90J 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. JUST LISTEN TO THE ATTACHED E COMMERCE PLAYER AUDIO FILES FOR AN ACCURATE RENDERING OF THE CLARITY, RESONANCE, TONE, AND RICH DECAY OF EACH NOTE STRUCK WHEN THE SONORA 57 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 #89AG MOVEMENT, THE. ARE CHECKED AND SET - AN OBJECTIVE OF NEAR ZERO FOR BEAT ERROR IS DESIRED.

THIS RESTORED 89AG MOVEMENT ADJUSTED TO ZERO ERROR AND STABILIZED AT ZERO ERROR. THIS ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE INSET IN PHOTO 10. FOR PENDULUM BEAT RATE, THE 89AG 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 57 WERE RESTORED TO SUPERIOR CONDITIION. THE BEAT RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS IS PICTURED IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 10 ALSO, VIA THE INSET. THE RESTORED 89AG PENDULUM SWING ARC 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 #89AG MOVEMENT WITH A PENDULUM AMPLITUDE OF 2 ½ INCHES OR LESS A SIGN OF POOR MOVEMENT HEALTH. 57 - 1914 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. THIS IS A FULL 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 17 ½ W X 11 ½H X 8 ¼ D. ALL OF MY DISTINCTIVECLOCKS SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE CLOCKS ARE FULLY RESTORED IN EVERY WAY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE. MY SINCERE HOPE IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY WAY.

IMPORTANT NOTE E COMMERCE SOUND PLAYER FILES ATTACHED; THE FOLLOWING 3 FILES PLUS AN INTRODUCTION ARE INCLUDED IN THE E COMMERCE AUDIO PLAYER AT THE START OF MY LISTING. FOUR E COMMERCE SOUND PLAYER FILES OF THE SETH SONORA CHIME 57 - 1914 WITH #89AG AND # 90J MOVEMENTS IN OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE IN. VOICE INTRODUCTION TO THE SOUND FILES. PENDULUM BEAT-ESCAPEMENT/VERGE/CRUTCH AND TIME GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS OF THE MOVEMENT LISTEN FOR CLEAN AND EVEN SOUND, REGULARITY, AND THE ABSENCE OF ODD NOISES. WESTMINSTER SEQUENCES AT 5:15 5:30 5:45 - LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE, RICH DECAY AND ZESTY TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN A SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO.

THE FULL 16 NOTE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE AND HOUR COUNT AT 6:00 ON ALL 4 BELLS SIMULTANEOUSLY. AGAIN, LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE AND RICH DECAY - AND AGAIN THE EVEN 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 VIA THE E COMMERCE PLAYER AT THE START OF MY LISTING. The item "SETH THOMAS GRAND 4 BELL SONORA CHIME NO. 57 1914 ANTIQUE WESTMINSTER CLOCK" is in sale since Wednesday, February 24, 2016.

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