Harrison’s Wooden long-case Clock

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

I forgot to mention this, last month

Nostell Priory is featuring the Harrison clock : **LINK**

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nostell-priory-and-parkland/features/the-clock-stops

… but the curator told me that the exhibition will only be on until “the end of this season”

MichaelG.

[egaParticipant @ega]

This is why, in spite of everything, we pay our NT subs!

Nostell is a long way for me but there is always Greenwich.

Edited to reflect Brian Wood's subsequent, depressing, post

Edited By ega on 08/09/2021 12:04:28

[Brian WoodParticipant @brianwood45127]

Michael ,

A good few years ago my wife and I visited Nostell and without us realising it, the visit just happened to coincide with the weekly winding ceremony. They were using a nicely fashioned boxwood key with a gear wheel business end to engage with internal gears, the ports through which it is fitted are normally hidden behind the fancy spandrels on the lower front of the clock.

We, the observers, were told that this key was already a copy of an earlier one and as far as Nostell knew it was the last of it's kind. To cut a long story short, I offered to make them a working version in modern materials to preserve the precious wooden one and was duly invited back to take the measurements I needed

The finished key, with spare parts, was duly posted to them and to this day there has never been a word of thanks from the National Trust. I had to phone the clock conservator to find out if it had been received . It had but the spare parts had already been lost and I still have no idea if it is ever used.

A rather sad reflection on the manners of the organisation I fear. We have not been back since.

Regard

Brian

 

Edited By Brian Wood on 08/09/2021 11:42:42

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