Synopsis
Book 5 Tubular Bell Clocks: Clockmakers Newsletter Workshop Series. In this companion volume to Book 4 Grandfather Clocks, the reader is shown the repair techniques unique to tubular bell clocks. In this ambitious series, planned for 10 books, Steven G. Conover edits the 256 issues of his Clockmakers Newsletter into workshop manuals, reorganized by subject. The first chapter of Book 5 provides set-up procedures, tube hanging arrangements, and work methods for the repair shop and the customer s home. Chapter 2 covers German and English tubular bell clocks by makers such as Winterhalder & Hoffmeier and Elliott. European manufacturers made many of the tubular bell clocks produced from about 1880 until the Great Depression in the next century. Chapter 3 is devoted to the American-made Herschede tubular bell clock movements manufactured until 1984. Steven G. Conover completed the first edition of How to Repair Herschede Tubular Bell Clocks in 1986. As a result of strong reader interest, new articles and discussions about specific Herschede repairs began appearing in Clockmakers Newsletter. These features are included in Book 5 Tubular Bell Clocks. The author uses his format for technical manuals here. The 8-1/2 x 11 inch pages are plastic comb bound to lie flat on the workbench, and the card stock covers are protected by clear acetate. The 125-page book is fully indexed and illustrated with 209 photos and drawings.
About the Author
Steven G. Conover writes books on clock repair and clockmaking. His thirteen titles include Clock Repair Basics, a beginning book; Chime Clock Repair, a text covering the most common chime clocks seen by repairers; Building an American Clock Movement, which illustrates how to make a complete timepiece movement; and Repairing French Pendulum Clocks, covering several types of French clocks. As editor of Clockmakers Newsletter, Steven published an eight-page subscription newsletter featuring clock repair articles, repair tips, questions & answers, and product reviews, from 1987 through 2008. He is working on a new Workshop Series version of Clockmakers Newsletter. The series presents the edited, updated content of the newsletters, reorganized by topic, in book form. Ten books are planned; Books 4 and 5 were published in October 2013. Steven is a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston Mass., and a Fellow of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC).
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