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Expert: Martin Meyer - 6/23/2008


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My husbands 50th birthday gift, a ridgeway grandfather clock stopped chiming.  It keeps perfect time and when I turn the minute hand as if to set it it clicks at the right places as if to chime, however there is no sound at all.  It has run for several days with no sound at all and we miss it!   We cannot find the owners manual.  Any ideas?

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Hi BettieAnn,

Ridgeway has been purchased by Howard Miller. Try contacting their website at www.howardmiller.com/ . They can probably provide you with a manual for your clock, or for a very similar Howard Miller clock.  http://www.clockmasteronline.com  

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Martin Meyer

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Can answer repair and service questions for most types of clocks, antique and modern, mechanical and battery. NO watches, appraisals, identification, history, dating, or questions about cuckoo clocks. Website for Modern and Antique Clock Repair: Clockmasteronline.com

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24 Years as owner and repairman of clock repair business, 28 years in the field. Factory Independent Service Center for Howard Miller, Ridgeway and (formerly) Sligh Clocks. Specializing in Fine Antique Longcase (grandfather) clocks. Clock repair Website: (Please remove "Not" from the address - this is a spam protection): www.NotClockmasteronline.com

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AWCI (American Watchmakers and Clockmakers Institute) and NAWCC (National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors)

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Am also an Expert in the "AllExperts-Antiques-Antique Clocks" Category.

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Trained by a former Rolex Asia watchmaker, and by a Master Watchmaker/Clockmaker.

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