Of pins and needles
Your Local Horologist knows that not every part of this profession... er... endeavor... um... dalliance... hobby?... hmm... Fools errand! Ahem... It's not all thrills and chills. But it was last week. I received a call from Adam (name changed) who has a grandfather clock that needed "some TLC." Adam was referred from friend Rick. No further information on the clock. Was it a "modern" Ridgeway or perhaps a 100 year old German variety or something else? Adam lives just 10 mins away. This curious cat headed over 2 days later. Adam was warm and directly walked us over to a clearly very old tall case clock. (YLH wishes he'd gotten a shot of the full clock standing against the wall. Alas.) "It's old. Been in the family well over 100 years. It's an heirloom. I'll pass it down to my kids." It was a handsome clock. The case was well over seven feet tall, quite old and overall, while a bit worn, in good shape. What caught this clock lover...