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Have a 9 tube. Is there anyone that can provide information on how to set up the tubes and movement pin roller to properly play the chime arrangements? Thanks so much.

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unless you have taken the movement apart there is no need to adjust the pin roller.

1/4 after the hour on the 8 note tunes is 8 decending notes --so run the clock on the quarter hour and find where the row of 8 hammers all run in turn and the last hammer hits the longest tube of the eight (ninth actually longest tube is for the hour strike)so just hang the tubes shortest to longest to match the above findings.

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