Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 3/17/2009

Question
My in-laws have a grandfather clock (As stated, it's a Howard Miller Millennium edition) and it's chime is off.

For many years it's worked just fine, but recently, we didn't get it wound in time (blame school and work...) and it stopped.  When we got home, we wound it, but it was quite a few hours behind.  Now, it runs just fine, but the chime is 3-4 hours AHEAD of what the clock is showing (ie: it's noon, but it chimes 4 times).

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Thanks,

Taylor

Answer
easy---move the hour hand (short one) to agree and point at the number on the dial the same as the number of strikes the clock bongs. Reset the correct time with the minute hand as usual


all this had nothing to do with your winding or not- someone moved the hour hand.