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PART OF MY DNA IS THE LONG TERM AND CONTINUING PASSION FOR THE PROPER RESTORATION OF SELECTED ANTIQUE CLOCKS, PRIMARILY SETH THOMAS AND HERSCHEDE. EACH RESTORATION IS ACCOMPLISHED VIA BEST METHODS AND PRACTICES, ACQUIRED THROUGH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND TECHNIQUES ACQUIRED. THE CLOCKS THAT I SELECT FOR RESTORATION AND SUBSEQUENT RESALE REPRESENT SPECIFICALLY SELECTED MODELS, WHICH ARE BEST CANDIDATES FOR THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, WHO DESIRES TO OWN AN HIERLOOM ANTIQUE CLOCK, AS WELL AS TO ENJOY A TASTE OF ANTIQUE CLOCK AMERICANA. SINCERELY PRESENTED, STEVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SETH THOMAS DORIC ARCH – 8 BELL. ANTIQUE SONORA CHIME CLOCK – 1909. RARE EARLY UNLISTED AND UNCATALOGED MODEL. MAGNIFICANT WHITTINGTON AND WESTMINSTER CHIMES CATHEDRAL DORIC CABINET CLOCK. E COMMERCE AUDIO PLAYER SOUND FILES ARE ATTACHED AT THE TOP OF THIS LISTING TO ASSIST YOU IN REVIEWING THE. 8 BELL DORIC ARCH SONORA CHIME CLOCK 1909. AND THE WHITTINGTON AND WESTMINSTER CHIME SEQUENCES. FOR YOUR COLLECTION, INVESTMENT. OR FOR ONES OWN USE AND PLEASURE. THE MOST RARE OF SETH THOMAS 8 BELL SONORAS. IS THE ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICANT SETH THOMAS RARE UNLISTED AND UNCATALOGED DORIC ARCH. 8 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK. SO FEW WERE MADE, LESS THAN 10. THIS ONE IS SERIAL NUMBER 3. THE SONORA IS EQUISITE. AND BOTH CLOCK MOVEMENTS IN THIS GRAND SONORA HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SERVICED AND RESTORED. ONE CAN LOOK FROM NOW ON, BUT WILL NOT FIND ANOTHER DORIC ARCH 8 BELL SONORA. THIS ONE IS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION AND IS GRAND INDEED. THE DORIC ARCH SPEAKS TO THE CABINET DESIGN OF THIS LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE SONORA UNLISTED IN THE CATALOGS AND REFERRED TO IN NOTED AUTHORITY TRAN DUY LYS SETH THOMAS CLOCKS AND MOVEMENTS THIRD EDITION VOLUME 1 PAGE 162. THE COLLECTOR AND INVESTMENT VALUE IS WELL ESTABLISHED, AND THIS PARTICULAR SONORA IS A CENTER PIECE OF MY OWN COLLECTION. THIS IS A SONORA CHIME CLOCK WITH A NEST OF EIGHT SUBERB RESONATED BELLS. AND AN EXPANSIVE SOUND CHAMBER. THE LARGEST SOUND CHAMBER OF ANY CABINET CATHEDRAL SETH SONORA. THE CHIMES ARE RICH AND RESONANT OTHER NON-SETH BELL CHIME ANTIQUE CLOCKS SIMPLY CANNOT COMPARE WITH THE GLORIOUS SOUND FROM THIS DEEP TONED BELLS SONORA. THE NEW OWNER WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO PLACE THE DORIC ARCH SONORA IN A VERY SPECIAL LOCATION IN THE HOME. THE SETH IS A DELIGHT TO VIEW, WITH A MELLOW SATIN DULL RUBBED RIBBON MAHOGANY PATINA AND A GRAND YET CLEAN AND ELEGANT CASE DESIGN. THE RICH INLAY WORK ON THE CABINET FRONT IS FLAWLESS AND PRESENTS AN INVITING TRANSITION TO THE LARGE AND EASILY READ 6 ½ INCH DIAL. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUPERSIZE PHOTOS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION CLOSE IN VIEWS. THE ORIGINAL SHELLAC ON THE RIBBON MAHOGANY FINISH WAS AMALGAMATED AND FRENCH POLISHED, AND THE ENTIRE CABINET WAS PROFESSIONALLY CONDITIONED AND RESTORED. JUST LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THIS SEVENTEEN INCH HIGH DORIC CABINET UNLISTED SONORA! THIS IS AN ALL-ORIGINAL RARE FULLY RESTORED BEAUTY. THAT YOU WILL TAKE THE UTMOST PRIDE IN OWNING. EVERY ASPECT OF THE SONORA HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEST OF EIGHT SONORA BELLS. AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THE QUALITY, BECAUSE MY PERSONAL OBJECTIVE, AS ALWAYS, IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ANYONE WHO DESIRES SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE DORIC ARCH SONORA, AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SONORAS IN GENERAL. THE GENEROUS 6 ½ INCH SILVERED SONORA DIAL CAN BE VIEWED FROM ACROSS A LARGE ROOM, AND HAS BLACK ETCHED ARABIC NUMERALS AND SETH THOMAS LARGE SPADE CUT STEEL MINUTE AND HOUR HANDS. SURROUNDING THE DIAL IS A LOVELY POLISHED BRASS SASH AND BEZEL, WITH A CONVEX, HEAVILY BEVELED DIAL GLASS. THE BEZEL SNAPS CLOSED NICELY, AND DOES NOT SAG, AS DO SOME. SUPERSIZE PHOTO 4 INCLUDES CLOSE UP VIEWS OF THE BEVELED GLASS AND SILVERED DIAL. THE DIAL IS SUPERIOR AND HAS THE AGED SILVERED PATINA SO DESIRED WITH ANTIQUE SONORAS. THE ETCHED BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS ARE CRISP AND READABLE PLEASE REVIEW AND LET THE HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THE DORIC ARCH SONORA IS A LOVELY ANTIQUE FULLY RESTORED 8 BELL SONORA. AND IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A BRAND NEW OFF THE SHELF CLOCK. IT WOULD BE A TRAGIC INJUSTICE TO DESTROY THE VARIOUS PATINAS THAT GIVE THE SETH SUCH CHARACTER. THE WINDING HOLE NEAR THE 8 IS FOR THE HOUR COUNT CHIME; THE ONE NEAR THE 4 IS FOR THE TIME TRAIN. BOTH THE HOUR COUNT AND TIME TRAIN ARE HANDLED BY THE NO. ANOTHER HOLE AT THE 3 IS FOR WINDING THE QUARTER-HOUR WESTMINSTER AND WHITTINGTON CHIMES, HANDLED BY THE NO. A SMALLER HOLE BELOW THE HAND SHAFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DIAL IS FOR ACCESSING THE SLOW-FAST TIME ADJUSTMENT. A SLIDE LEVER ON THE SIDE OF THE CASE IS FOR CHIME-SILENT OPERATION. WHEN OPERATED, THE QUARTER HOUR CHIMES WILL BE SILENCED. A SECOND SLIDE LEVER ABOVE THE CHIME-SILENT LEVER ON THE SIDE ENABLES SELECTABLE SWITCHING BETWEEN THE WHITTINGTON OR WESTMINSTER CHIME SEQUENCES, SO THAT EITHER MELODY CAN BE PLAYED. THIS MODEL ALSO INCLUDED THE ABILITY TO ALTERNATE BETWEEN WHITTINGTON AND WESTMINSTER WITH EACH ONE-HOUR TIME CYCLE. THE 89O MOVEMENT HANDLES THE TIME AND HOUR STRIKE FUNCTIONS AND THE 104 MOVEMENT HANDLES THE QUARTER HOUR FUNCTIONS. EACH QUARTER HOUR SEQUENCE IS SOUNDED ON THE RESONATED BELLS WITH RICH HARMONICS, TIMBRE AND LINGERING DECAY WHEN STRUCK. THE WHITTINGTON MELODY SEQUENCES ARE SOUNDED OUT USING ALL EIGHT SONORA BELLS, AND THE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE IS SOUNDED OF FOUR OF THE BELLS. THE HOUR COUNT ON BOTH WHITTINGTON AND WESTMINSTER IS SOUNDED AS A FULL BODIED MUSICAL NOTE ON BELL NUMBER 8. PLEASE MAKE IT A POINT TO LISTEN AND CAREFULLY REVIEW THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES IN ORDER TO FULLY APPRECIATE WHAT OWNERS IN THE EARLY 1900S TIME FRAME APPRECIATED WITH THEIR NEW AND, AT THE TIME, VERY EXPENSIVE 8 BELL SONORAS. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINALLY ISSUED BRASS COVERED PENDULUM BOB AND A WIDE WING BRASS DOUBLE ENDED KEY. IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS RARE AND EXTRAORDINARY SONORA IS THE MOST RARE OF ANY EVER MADE BY SETH THOMAS, AND PRESENTATION ON DISPLAY IS SIMPLY GRAND. YOU WILL WANT TO CREATE A SUITABLE VIGNETTE IN YOUR HOME FEATURING THE DORIC ARCH SONORA. RESTORATION AND TECHNICAL DETAILS. PLEASE OBSERVE THAT NEARLY HALF OF MY LISTING PORTFOLIO CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT THE MECHANICAL ASPECTS AND MOVEMENT RESTORATION OF THE CLOCK. YOU DESERVE, AND SHOULD EXPECT, A RESTORED ANTIQUE SETH OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND RELIABILITY. I STRIVE TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS RATHER THAN SIMPLY SELL YOU AN ANTIQUE CLOCK. THE RESTORATION PROCESS INCLUDED COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION OF EVERY ASPECT OF THE CLOCK. THE SONORA CHIME BELLS AND CHIME BLOCK ASSEMBLY WERE CAREFULLY DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED TO RESTORE THE RESONANT TIMBRE OF THE SONORA BELLS, AND EXAMINED FOR CONDITION TO INSURE THE ABSENCE OF HAIRLINE CRACKS, ETC. SUPERSIZE PHOTO 10 SHOWS THE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED AND INSPECTED BELLS AND BELL NEST WITH LARGE SOUND CAVITIES THAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE END. ALSO PICTURED IS THE REASSEMBLED NEST OF BELLS. CAREFUL INSPECTION OF THE BELLS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. ONE HAIRLINE CRACK CAN CAUSE A SONORA BELL TO LOSE ALL TONE AND TIMBRE, AND THE BEGINNING OF A HAIRLINE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS GROW TO A FULL HAIRLINE CRACK. IN ADDITION, OTHER ISSUES WITH CRACKED, BROKEN, OR DETERIORATED WOODEN AND PRESSED FELT BELL SPACERS, USED TO SEPARATE THE BELLS, WILL IMPACT THE SOUND, YET CANNOT BE DETECTED BY CASUAL INSPECTION. MOVEMENTS – #89O AND #104. BOTH THE 89O TIME AND HOUR STRIKE MOVEMENT, AND THE 104 CHIME MOVEMENT WERE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED WITH ULTRASONICS, INSPECTED IN DETAIL FOR CONDITION OF THE PIVOT BUSHINGS, GEAR TRAIN, AND ARBOR OR PIVOT ABNORMALITIES. OUT OF TOLERANCE BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED. EVERY OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF EACH MOVEMENT WAS ADDRESSED. THE MOVEMENTS WERE THEN REASSEMBLED AND PROPERLY LUBRICATED. BOTH MAINSPRINGS IN THE 89O WERE REPLACED WITH NEW HIGHEST GRADE 120 INCH MAINSPRINGS, NOT THE LOWER QUALITY 96 INCH KIND THAT ARE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE. THE GREAT MAINSPRING IN THE 104 WAS REMOVED FROM ITS RETAINING BARREL, FULLY UNWOUND, PROPERLY CLEANED, INSPECTED, REWOUND, AND LUBRICATED WITH MAINSPRING INDUSTRUAL GRADE LUBRICANT. REPLACEMENT OF THE 136 INCH #104 MAINSPRING IS NEITHER RECOMMENDED NOR REQUIRED, AS LONG AS THE EXISTING MAINSPRING EXCEEDS SPECIFICATIONS, AS THIS ONE DOES. A NEW MANUFACTURE REPLACEMENT MAINSPRING TO FIT THE #104 HAS DIFFERENT STRENGTH AND TORQUE CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE ORIGINAL, AND MAY CREATE EXCESSIVE FORCES WITHIN THE MOVEMENT. THE #104 CHIME MOVEMENT HAS FOUR CRITICAL COMPONENTS: THE GREAT WHEEL GEAR, THE SECOND WHEEL GEAR WITH PINION, THE CHIME DRUM THAT SYNCHRONIZES AND DRIVES THE CHIME HAMMERS, AND THE 136 INCH MAINSPRING. IF ANY OF THESE COMPONENTS IS ABOUT TO FAIL, IT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS. WHEN IT OCCURS, THE COST TO REPAIR WILL GIVE YOU A JOLT, BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE IN SUPPLY CHANNELS; ANOTHER MOVEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED. THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS ARE IN TOP CONDITION ON MY RESTORED SETH SONORA CLOCKS. JUST LISTEN TO THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES FOR AN ACCURATE RENDERING OF THE CLARITY, RESONANCE, TONE DEPTH AND RICH DECAY OF EACH NOTE STRUCK WHEN THE GRAND DORIC SONORA CHIMES AND STRIKES THE HOUR. AFTER REASSAMBLY, APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR TIME, CHIME, HOUR STRIKE, SYNCHRONIZATION, PENDULUM RATE AND BEAT ERROR ETC. WERE ACCOMPLISHED USING MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN EXTENDED BENCH RUN TEST FOLLOWED. SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE RESTORATION WORK ARE PART OF THE PORTFOLIO. AS PART OF THE TESTS AND ADJUSTMENTS PROCEDURES ON THE #89O MOVEMENT, THE. ARE CHECKED AND SET – AN OBJECTIVE OF NEAR ZERO FOR BEAT ERROR IS DESIRED. THIS RESTORED 89N MOVEMENT ADJUSTED TO ZERO ERROR AND STABILIZED AT ZERO ERROR. THIS ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PHOTO 12. FOR PENDULUM BEAT RATE, THE 89N IS DESIGNED TO RUN AT 9,777 BEATS PER HOUR. THE RESTORED MOVEMENT EASILY HELD THE 9,777 BEAT RATE, MEANING THE TIME KEEPING WILL BE DEPENDABLE AND THE MOVEMENT WILL GIVE RELIABLE SERVICE. IN FACT, BOTH MOVEMENTS IN THE SONORA WERE RESTORED TO SUPERIOR CONDITIION. THE BEAT RATE ADJUSTMENT IS ALSO SHOWN IN PHOTO 12. THE DORIC ARCH SONORA CHIME – 1909 WILL BE THE CENTER-PIECE OF A GRAND DECORATIVE SETTING, AND IT IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT, BECAUSE ITS VALUE WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS IS A LARGE FULL SIZE DORIC CATHEDRAL SONORA CHIME CLOCK, SUITABLE FOR MANTLE, TABLE, OR WALL BRACKET DISPLAY – MEASUREMENTS ARE 12 ½ W X 17 H X 9 ¼ D. ALL OF MY DISTINCTIVECLOCKS SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE CLOCKS ARE FULLY RESTORED IN EVERY WAY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE. MY SINCERE HOPE IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY WAY. ENJOY THE OFFERING IF YOU NEED OR DESIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH ME, STEVE. IMPORTANT NOTE – SOUND FILES ATTACHED. AN E COMMERCE AUDIO PLAYER CONTAINING SIX SOUND FILES OF THE SETH THOMAS DORIC ARCH SONORA CHIME CLOCK – 1909 WITH #89O AND # 104 MOVEMENTS IN OPERATION IS POSTED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY LISTING. PENDULUM BEAT-ESCAPEMENT/VERGE/CRUTCH AND TIME GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS OF THE MOVEMENT LISTEN FOR CLEAN AND EVEN SOUND, REGULARITY, AND THE ABSENCE OF ODD NOISES. WHITTINGTON SEQUENCES AT 6:15 6:30 6:45 – LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE, RICH DECAY AND ZESTY TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN A SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO. THE FULL 32 NOTE WHITTINGTON SEQUENCE AND HOUR COUNT AT 7:00. AGAIN, LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE AND RICH DECAY – AND AGAIN THE ZESTY TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO. WESTMINSTER SEQUENCES AT 7:15 7:30 7:45 – LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE, RICH DECAY AND ZESTY TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN A SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO. THE FULL 16 NOTE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE AND HOUR COUNT AT 8:00. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SOUND RECORDING. THE MICROPHONE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MOVEMENT FOR RECORDING PURPOSES, AND SOME NORMAL GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS WILL BE HEARD. THE OPERATION SOUNDS ARE NOT NOTICED AT TYPICAL LISTENING DISTANCES. The item “RESTORED 8 BELL UNLISTED FIRST ISSUE ANTIQUE SETH THOMAS SONORA CHIME CLOCK-1909″ is in sale since Friday, September 4, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Clocks\Antique (Pre-1930)\Shelf, Mantel”. The seller is “distinctiveclocks_and_audio” and is located in Irmo, South Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Brand: Seth Thomas Herschede New Haven
• Clock Type: Antique Clock

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SOUND FILES ARE ATTACHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS LISTING TO ASSIST YOU IN REVIEWING THE. 4 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 00 – 1911. FOR YOUR COLLECTION, OR FOR ONES OWN PLEASURE. OR AS A SPECIAL GIFT. IS A RARE AND TASTEFULLY DESIGNED SETH THOMAS SONORA WESTMINSTER CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 00 1911. THIS ONE IS EXQUISITE. AND BOTH CLOCK MOVEMENTS AS WELL AS ALL ASPECTS OF THIS LOVELY SONORA HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SERVICED AND RESTORED. ONE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AN AWFULLY LONG TIME AND WILL STILL NOT FIND A FULLY RESTORED SONORA CHIME CLOCK NO. 00 AS FINE AS THIS ONE!!! THIS IS A SONORA CHIME CLOCK WITH A NEST OF FOUR RESONATED BELLS. THE CHIMES ARE RESONANT, WITH SUPERB TIMBRE AND DECAY AFTER EACH NOTE IS SOUNDED OTHER NON-SETH BELL CHIME ANTIQUE CLOCKS SIMPLY CANNOT COMPARE WITH THE BELL SOUNDS FROM THIS CHIME 00 SONORA. THE NEW OWNER WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO PLACE THE SETH 00 IN A VERY SPECIAL LOCATION IN THE HOME. THE SETH THOMAS SONORA CHIME CLOCK NUMBER 00 1914 IS LISTED IN NOTED AUTHORITY TRAN DUY LYS SETH THOMAS CLOCKS AND MOVEMENTS THIRD EDITION, VOLUME 1, PAGE 148. NOTE THAT THE FIRST RELEASE OF THE SONORA 00 WAS IN 1911, AND THE MODEL WAS NOT PLACED IN CATALOG STATUS UNTIL 1914. DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1908 (SETH THOMAS ACQUIRED THE SONORA CHIME COMPANY PATENT) TO 1914 VARIOUS EARLY VERSIONS OF SONORAS WERE BROUGHT TO THE MARKET PLACE AND COULD BE TERMED SALESMAN SAMPLES. AT ANY RATE, THIS ONE IS THE EARLY 1911 VERSION AND SELDOM FOUND. THE SONORA 00 IS A DELIGHT TO VIEW, WITH AN ADAMANTINE CABINET AND A CLEAN AND STYLISH YET COMPACT CASE DESIGN THAT REALLY ATTRACTS ATTENTION. THE CABINET STYLING WITH LEFT AND RIGHT COLUMNS AND DUAL SIDE PANELS PRESENTS AN INVITING TRANSITION TO THE EASILY READ 5 ½ INCH DIAL AND COMPLEMENTING CABINET FRONT DOOR WITH ORIGINAL DIAL GLASS. BRASS FEET AND VERTICAL FRONT CABINET EDGES, WITH A PLEASING AMOUNT OF VISUAL REVEAL, GIVE THE SONORA 00 AN ADDED ELEGANCE. THIS PARTICULAR SONORA ALWAYS DRAWS GUESTS OR FRIENDS BACK FOR ANOTHER LOOK, BECAUSE THEY WILL WONDER HOW SUCH A LOVELY WESTMINSTER BELL CHIME SOUND CAN COME FORTH FROM A PETITE CABINET CLOCK! WITH THE SONORA 00 DESIGN, SETH ACHIEVED THE SONORA SOUND IN A SMALLER CABINET SO THAT CUSTOMERS LOOKING FOR A SONORA WITH FLEXIBLE PLACEMENT OPTIONS WOULD HAVE A SMART CHOICE IN THE MOST RARE SONORA 00. INDEED, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SONORAS BECAUSE IT CAN BE PLACED PRACTICALLY ANYWHERE AND IS GUARANTEED TO ATTRACT ATTENTION NO MATTER WHERE IT IS LOCATED, WHETHER IT BE USED PRIMARILY FOR TIME KEEPING, AS A DÉCOR ITEM, OR BOTH!!! PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SUPERSIZE PHOTOS FOR HIGH RESOLUTION CLOSE IN VIEWS. THE ORIGINAL ADAMANTINE FINISH WAS RETAINED, AND THE ENTIRE CABINET WAS PROFESSIONALLY CONDITIONED AND RESTORED WITH MY SPECIAL PROCESS, IN ORDER TO BRING FORTH THE RICHNESS OF THE ORIGINAL FINISH TIME CONSUMING, YES BUT JUST LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THIS SONORA NO. THIS SONORA 00 IS AN ALL-ORIGINAL FULLY RESTORED BEAUTY THAT YOU WILL TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN OWNING. EVERY ASPECT OF THE SONORA 00 HAS BEEN RESTORED TO ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEST OF FOUR RESONATED SONORA BELLS. AND YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF THE QUALITY, BECAUSE MY PERSONAL OBJECTIVE, AS ALWAYS, IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS. ANYONE WHO DESIRES SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS DETAILS OF THE SONORA 00, AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SONORAS IN GENERAL. THE GENEROUS 5 ½ SILVERED SONORA DIAL RING CAN BE VIEWED FROM ACROSS A LARGE ROOM, AND HAS LARGE AND CLEAR BLACK ARABIC NUMERALS AND SETH THOMAS LARGE SPADE CUT STEEL MINUTE AND HOUR HANDS. THE SILVERED DIAL IS EXCELLENT AND DISPLAYS VERY WELL, WITH JUST ENOUGH AGING TO AUTHENTICATE THAT IT IS TRULY AN ANTIQUE SONORA RATHER THAN A NEW SYNTHETIC CLOCK. THE WINDING HOLE NEAR THE 8 IS FOR THE HOUR COUNT CHIME; THE ONE NEAR THE 4 IS FOR THE TIME TRAIN. BOTH THE HOUR COUNT AND TIME TRAIN ARE HANDLED BY THE NO. ANOTHER HOLE AT THE 3 IS FOR WINDING THE QUARTER-HOUR WESTMINSTER CHIMES, HANDLED BY THE NO. A SMALLER HOLE BELOW THE HAND SHAFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DIAL IS FOR ACCESSING THE SLOW-FAST TIME ADJUSTMENT. A SLIDE LEVER ON THE SIDE OF THE CASE IS FOR CHIME-SILENT OPERATION. WHEN OPERATED, THE QUARTER HOUR CHIMES WILL BE SILENCED. THE 89AE MOVEMENT HANDLES THE TIME AND HOUR STRIKE FUNCTIONS AND THE 90H MOVEMENT HANDLES THE QUARTER HOUR FUNCTIONS. EACH QUARTER HOUR SEQUENCE IS SOUNDED ON THE RESONATED BELLS WITH RICH HARMONICS, TIMBRE AND LINGERING DECAY WHEN STRUCK. THE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE IS SOUNDED ON THE NEST OF FOUR BELLS. THE HOUR COUNT IS SOUNDED AS A FULL BODIED MUSICAL NOTE ON RESONATED BELL NUMBER 4. PLEASE MAKE IT A POINT TO LISTEN AND CAREFULLY REVIEW THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES IN ORDER TO FULLY APPRECIATE WHAT OWNERS IN THE 1911 TIME FRAME EXPERIENCED WITH THEIR NEW AND, AT THE TIME, VERY EXPENSIVE SONORA 00 CLOCKS. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE ORIGINAL BOY ON A FENCE PENDULUM BOB AND LONG STEM KEY. RESTORATION AND TECHNICAL DETAILS. THE NEST OF SONORA BELLS. THE RESTORATION PROCESS INCLUDED COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION OF EVERY ASPECT OF THE CLOCK. THE SONORA CHIME BELLS AND CHIME BLOCK ASSEMBLY WERE CAREFULLY DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED TO RESTORE THE RESONANT TIMBRE OF THE SONORA BELLS, AND EXAMINED FOR CONDITION TO INSURE THE ABSENCE OF HAIRLINE CRACKS, ETC. SUPERSIZE PHOTO 9 SHOWS THE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED AND INSPECTED BELLS AND BELL NEST WITH SOUND CAVITIES THAT CAN BE SEEN ON THE END. ALSO PICTURED IS THE SONORA PATENT MARK THAT IS EMBOSSED ON THE WOODEN BELL NEST. CAREFUL INSPECTION OF THE BELLS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. ONE HAIRLINE CRACK CAN CAUSE A SONORA BELL TO LOSE ALL TONE AND TIMBRE, AND THE BEGINNING OF A HAIRLINE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS GROW TO A FULL HAIRLINE CRACK. IN ADDITION, OTHER ISSUES WITH CRACKED, BROKEN, OR DETERIORATED WOODEN AND PRESSED FELT BELL SPACERS, USED TO SEPARATE THE BELLS, WILL IMPACT THE SOUND, YET CANNOT BE DETECTED BY CASUAL INSPECTION. MOVEMENTS – #89AE AND #90H. BOTH THE 89AE TIME AND HOUR STRIKE MOVEMENT, AND THE 90H CHIME MOVEMENT WERE DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED WITH ULTRASONICS, INSPECTED IN DETAIL FOR CONDITION OF THE PIVOT BUSHINGS, GEAR TRAIN, AND ARBOR OR PIVOT ABNORMALITIES. OUT OF TOLERANCE BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED. EVERY OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF EACH MOVEMENT WAS ADDRESSED. THE MOVEMENTS WERE THEN REASSEMBLED AND PROPERLY LUBRICATED. BOTH MAINSPRINGS IN THE 89AE WERE REPLACED WITH NEW HIGHEST GRADE 120 INCH MAINSPRINGS. GOOD MAINSPRINGS ARE A CRITICAL INGREDIENT TO PROPER PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY. THE GREAT MAINSPRING IN THE 90H WAS REMOVED FROM ITS RETAINING BARREL, FULLY UNWOUND, PROPERLY CLEANED, INSPECTED, REWOUND, AND LUBRICATED WITH MAINSPRING INDUSTRUAL GRADE LUBRICANT. REPLACEMENT OF THE 136 INCH #90H MAINSPRING IS NEITHER RECOMMENDED NOR REQUIRED, AS LONG AS THE EXISTING MAINSPRING EXCEEDS SPECIFICATIONS, AS THIS ONE DOES. PAY SPECIAL NOTICE TO THREE CRITICAL COMPONENTS IN THE #90H CHIME MOVEMENT. THE GREAT WHEEL GEAR, THE SECOND WHEEL GEAR WITH PINION, AND THE CHIME DRUM THAT SYNCHRONIZES AND DRIVES THE CHIME HAMMERS. IF ANY OF THESE COMPONENTS IS ABOUT TO FAIL, IT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS. WHEN IT OCCURS, THE COST TO REPAIR WILL GIVE YOU A JOLT, BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE IN SUPPLY CHANNELS; ANOTHER MOVEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED. THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS ARE IN TOP CONDITION ON MY RESTORED SETH SONORA CLOCKS. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE VERY BEST AND CLEAREST SONORA SOUND, THE OLD DETERIORATED LEATHER CHIME HAMMER TIPS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH DELRIN TIPS TO PRODUCE THE TRUE TIMBRE NOTES CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ORIGINAL SONORA BELLS. AN INSET IN SUPERSIZE PHOTO 8 SHOWS A CLOSE UP OF THE NEW HAMMER TIPS. JUST LISTEN TO THE ATTACHED SOUND FILES FOR AN ACCURATE RENDERING OF THE CLARITY, RESONANCE, TONE, AND RICH DECAY OF EACH NOTE STRUCK WHEN THE SONORA 00 CHIMES AND STRIKES THE HOUR. AFTER REASSAMBLY, APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS FOR TIME, CHIME, HOUR STRIKE, SYNCHRONIZATION, PENDULUM RATE AND BEAT ERROR ETC. WERE ACCOMPLISHED USING MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS. AN EXTENDED BENCH RUN TEST FOLLOWED. SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE RESTORATION WORK ARE PART OF THE PORTFOLIO. AS PART OF THE TESTS AND ADJUSTMENTS PROCEDURES ON THE #89AE MOVEMENT, THE. ARE CHECKED AND SET – AN OBJECTIVE OF NEAR ZERO FOR BEAT ERROR IS DESIRED. THIS RESTORED 89AE MOVEMENT ADJUSTED TO ZERO ERROR AND STABILIZED AT ZERO ERROR. THIS ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PHOTO 11. FOR PENDULUM BEAT RATE, THE 89AE IS DESIGNED TO RUN AT 9,777 BEATS PER HOUR. THE RESTORED MOVEMENT EASILY HELD THE 9,777 BEAT RATE, MEANING THE TIME KEEPING WILL BE DEPENDABLE AND THE MOVEMENT WILL GIVE RELIABLE SERVICE. IN FACT, BOTH MOVEMENTS IN THE SONORA 00 WERE RESTORED TO SUPERIOR CONDITIION. WHILE THE BEAT RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS IS NOT PICTURED, IT IS SIMILAR IN SETUP TO PHOTO 11. THE PENDULUM SWING ARC IS A FULL 3 5/8 INCHES, VERY ROBUST AND EXCEEDING ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS. A HEALTY PENDULUM SWING IS A POSITIVE INDICATOR OF A HEALTY MOVEMENT THAT HAS VERY LITTLE FRICTION AND LOTS OF ENERGY. BEWARE OF A #89AE MOVEMENT WITH A PENDULUM AMPLITUDE OF 2 ½ INCHES OR LESS A SIGN OF POOR MOVEMENT HEALTH. THE SONORA CHIME NO. 00 – 1911 WILL BE THE CENTER-PIECE OF A GRAND DECORATIVE SETTING, AND IT IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT, BECAUSE ITS VALUE WILL CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS IS A MID/COMPACT SIZE CABINET SONORA CHIME CLOCK , SUITABLE FOR MANTLE, TABLE, OR SHELF DISPLAY – IDEAL FOR A GIFT. A MEMORABLE PRESENT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL. YOUR PERSONAL USE, OR AS AN ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION. MEASUREMENTS ARE 11 W X 9 ½H X 8 ¼ D. ALL OF MY DISTINCTIVECLOCKS SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE CLOCKS ARE FULLY RESTORED IN EVERY WAY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE. MY SINCERE HOPE IS TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN EVERY WAY. ENJOY THE LISTING IF YOU NEED OR DESIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH ME, STEVE. IMPORTANT NOTE – SOUND FILES ATTACHED. FOUR SOUND FILES OF THE SETH SONORA CHIME 00 – 1911 WITH #89AE AND # 90H MOVEMENTS IN OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE IN. PENDULUM BEAT-ESCAPEMENT/VERGE/CRUTCH AND TIME GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS OF THE MOVEMENT LISTEN FOR CLEAN AND EVEN SOUND, REGULARITY, AND THE ABSENCE OF ODD NOISES. WESTMINSTER SEQUENCES AT 7:15 7:30 7:45 – LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE, RICH DECAY AND ZESTY TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN A SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO. THE FULL 16 NOTE WESTMINSTER SEQUENCE AND HOUR COUNT AT 8:00. AGAIN, LISTEN FOR PURE NOTES WITH GOOD TIMBRE AND RICH DECAY – AND AGAIN THE ZESTY TEMPO OF THE MOVEMENT RATHER THAN SLOW, SLUGGISH OR DRAGGING TEMPO. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SOUND RECORDING. THE MICROPHONE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MOVEMENT FOR RECORDING PURPOSES, AND SOME NORMAL GEAR TRAIN OPERATION SOUNDS WILL BE HEARD. THE OPERATION SOUNDS ARE NOT NOTICED AT TYPICAL LISTENING DISTANCES. The item “RESTORED SETH THOMAS ANTIQUE FIRST ISSUE 4 BELL SONORA CHIME CLOCK #00 1911″ is in sale since Sunday, October 13, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Clocks\Antique (Pre-1930)\Shelf, Mantel”. The seller is “distinctiveclocks_and_audio” and is located in Irmo, South Carolina. 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