Expert: Kenneth Saunders - 10/2/2007

Question
I inherited a Mauthe grandfather clock (circa 1950-1955. The shippers packed it and moved it to my house.  Now, I can't get the pendulum properly connected.  There is a main brass pendulum bar connected to the clock works with a drop adjustment disk connected to it. There is another thin brass pendulum suspension bar that is around 6" long with 2 small hooks (where the brass was bent and cut to form two small hooks) at the top of the bar, a small hole in it midway and a large eye at the bottom. So far so good. I figured out that the small hole on the 6" suspension bar slides onto a small horizontal bar attached to the main brass pendulum bar. What I can't figure out is why there are small hooks on the top of the 6" suspension bar and where they are to be attached.  Can anyone help?  I'm tearing my hair out over this one!

Answer
Steve: the small hooks go over the bottom end of the suspension spring that hangs from the round post coming off the the top back of the movement-- the suspension spring might be missing or broke.
 
The pendulum assembly begins at the top with a 1" two legged suspension spring pinned to a brass post sticking out of the back of the rear movement plate.
  NOW if all is correctly assembled, swinging the pendulum will get it ticking. The sound of the ticking must sound even or balanced on either side. Not over-swinging one side or the other.
 If it is not sounding even, the "drop adjustment disk " as you call it, dials in the balance to make the tick sound even from side to side.
HERE are photos of suspension springs -probably #11042 would fit your Mauthe.
http://www.timesavers.com/findbydesc/SearchCatalogMain.asp?ProdDesc=suspension+s...