Three Common Chime Melodies for Grandfather Clocks

[@tugatomskanimation6370]

My late grandfather had a pendulum clock. I marvelled at its chimes when I was little. However, the next door neighbor complained about the noise, so my grandfather switched the chime and hours off. That clock still exists at my 90-year-old grandmother's house and it still works. Marvellous piece of engineering.

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

💛

[@rainonedavid3564]

Why am I getting nostalgia from a time I've never lived in.

[@ThawBerry]

Same ;-;. I’ve actually heard these when I was reallyyyy young.

[@fionncaomanac339]

But you did live in this time for a time, different place.

[@Bruh-kv6we]

FNAF 4 the clock sound effect maybe?

[@simone635]

this comment.

[@jazzman1626]

I think it could be that they are from a time long before the chaos of modernity, a more sedate time when people generally didn’t rush around everywhere and there was no noisy traffic or thumping “music” etc. the same sort of feeling old buildings give you. I remember the grandfather clock my dad’s aunt had. Dad was born in 1909 and his aunt was an old woman when I was at pre-school age more than 60 years ago and it was handed down to her. It was a dark oak clock. I love the loud tick-tock of them. Very relaxing. I love spotting them in period dramas. One old thing I can’t ever remember seeing in any house is an oil lamp, the kind you also see in period dramas. I love seeing people turn them up in dramas, so I bought an Edwardian one. I love lighting it. I also reckoned it will come in handy in a power cut.

[@enigma1nz]

My grandson will be 2 in under 2 weeks. He is utterly besotted with my grandfather’s clock. I open the glass door for him and he goes Whoa whoa whoa!!! When the clocks chime he drops everything and listens with his little mouth open. Reading all your comments, I am glad the memory will stay with him, the clocks will eventually pass on to him, I hope he will enjoy it then as he does now.

[@mikeerana2168]

im 42 years old and i still enjoy the chimes lol. i have it set every quarter, thats how i love it...i feel like the sound just fills our house with lofe thru its sound

[@an0ana]

I miss the sound of a grandfather clock. My aunt and uncle had one, and I spent a lot of my summer's at their house. My parents eventually bought for our house, but left it behind when they moved in 10'. Hearing the chimes just makes me think of childhood and that feeling of being safe and secure.

[@jondrew55]

My parents bought one of these in the 80's after they retired. I thought it was dumb. Now we have it and after 10 years I finally got it fixed (the hour gong cable snapped). And for some reason we're all fascinated by it like it was from Ben Franklin's time.

[@markthompson3449]

'80s

[@sarasnyder6186]

Mark thompson does it really matter -__-

[@3713msg]

@@sarasnyder6186 No, it really does not.

[@dancingtrout6719]

Awesome... around 2006 i bought a candlestick telephone Circa 1909..be nice too have a candlestick telephone on a old wooden pedestal next too the Grand father Clock just saying.... smiles Wish you the Best of Time.

[@1973TJM]

My 3-year old granddaughter LOVES this. She requests it several times, each time I visit. She has learned most of the names of the clock parts. So, THANK YOU very much for this beautiful, and complete video.

[@cobesclocks1949]

Time stamps for her :) 1:29 Westminster 5:32 Whittington 3:38 Saint Michaels

[@DestroyerMore]

0:31 great, 6 AM, now those animatronics can't kill me!

[@ricardosantos2599]

3:11 Guys We're Gonna Pass 16{A Soon!

[@megatron8289]

My grandma has one of these, and when I was little, the bell (chimes) scared the SHIT out of me

[@Laserashton]

Me too, I always plugged my ears when I was in my room with an old school tv and VCR. I'm not scared of it anymore but when I go somewhere I plug my ears until the chimes start.

[@shiannamariestentt]

Dude I’m visually impaired and that causes me to get scared by those things because I don’t know they’re coming. Don’t ever expect me to say “Bro” in my comments. I hate that word, people should just say “brother” instead of shortening it to “bro” because it sounds better to just say “Brother” so I’ll never say “bro” in my comments.

[@billmoorman5121]

My grandparents had one of these in the '70s, they had it set to either St. Michael's or Whittington. It was off in a corner and yeah, the way the chimes would play, reverb and fade away was to me as a kid back then, creepy. But now that it's been gone for decades and I'm near 50, I miss it and this is sort of like getting to visit there with them again.

[@FurbyGaming125]

Well You Thinked It Was FNAF4 So I Don’t Care

[@jamiejump1newchannel190]

@@FurbyGaming125FNaF4 didn’t exist when this guy had these issues. This is why I hate the Fnaf community with every fiber of my being, they ruined the Westminster chime for a ton of people.

[@michaelrich6880]

Another kind of music to my ears. I love it.

[@jiffy-jef]

this clock is gorgeous and the chimes are beautiful

[@ngugikioi3147]

0:37 Well, you see I've heard this tune quite a number of times in great movies like The Third Man, Dead Poet Society etc. And it's such a beautiful tune. It's music. And one thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain.

[@Platinum199]

I’ve heard it in a few movies as well, and in five nights at Freddy’s 4.

[@Bruh-kv6we]

@@Platinum199 yep

[@Extremelybadpiggies]

It’s called the Westminster chimes and it’s striking half hour

[@zechuel]

🇯🇲So hit me with music...

[@Theofficalmetrochannel]

I have a mantle clock which chimes the Westminster and Whittington chimes through the quarters. My aunt has a grandfather clock and the sounds are so cool.

[@Theofficalmetrochannel]

It must be scary to go downstairs in the middle of the night and hear a little chime and a creepy doll laugh! lol

[@premierclocks]

Every chime melody is magnificent in its own way!

[@delicious619]

My University had a clock tower playing the Westminster chime. It makes me nostalgic hearing the tune. Great video!

[@premierclocks]

it's like traveling in time

[@cbsteffen]

Everyone wants to hear Westminster!

[@jeremyn2626]

This is such a cool clock. We have a couple of grandfather clocks in our family. They all only do the Westminster chime, but one of them has a moon phase chart that rotates which I think is just really cool.

[@jordennebeltrame8961]

This is so beautiful. My mom's parents have a grandfather clock, and I love the sound.

[@shecanahmjvloggers]

This is a monster in midnight in the music box that was scary!

[@doc9526]

I have my mom’s Colonial grandmother clock (with a registered serial number whatever that means) from the 60s made in Zeeland MI and I love it’s Westminster chime.

[@shiannamariestentt]

Yeah I love the chimes on those things.

[@scrappyclimber]

So cool! I live in Zeeland and I totally forgot we have the clock building downtown

[@ThePolerbearproducts]

I love clocks like these. My family has had one that’s been past down for over 100 years. It’s not really ornate as most Grandfather Clocks but it’s still great. I want to get one like this one day if I ever get the money

[@SamTheMountainBikeBeast]

This is one the best sounding grandfather clocks I’ve ever heard

[@aevangel1]

The westminister chime is way off tune.

[@thevacdude]

My grandparents had a grandfather clock, which brings back memories of me being at their house. My favorite chime was Westminster. I'd like another grandfather clock in the future.

[@johntracy72]

As long as clocks like this still exist, the cog lives.

[@StahrChylde]

Very nice clock, you keep it so clean and perfect. It really is lovely, and sounds wonderful.

[@andresaragon2199]

I really like these old clocks, greetings from Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico

[@Nazrininator]

My grandfather got a grandfather clock as a gift during his first Christmas as a grandparent. Sadly, he passed away last year.

[@XanSter856]

In My culture, Giving a clock to Somone as a gift, is a symbol of wanting the person Dead. I never believed that myth until reading this testimony.

[@bprife]

My parents has this really nice grandfather clock that they brought back in Germany but I don’t think that it’s a Howard Miller but the chime sounds just like that in the same key and just like the Howard Miller it does play all three of the chimes but my parents always kept it on Westminster because that’s the times they like but I want you to know I’m a big fan of chiming clocks because I also love music and it’s just like it play music for you thanks for sharing this video and very beautiful beautiful

[@user-tf6wo9qd8e]

The sound of Grandfather clock is so awesome 😲😲😲

[@alexandrosvlachos2922]

1:43 the best sound

[@hurricanicclocks]

These clocks are beautiful I enjoy listening to the chimes

[@brendenneff3993]

Me too

[@drmcki64]

Just received a Bulova mantel clock from my aunt. Westminster and Wellington chimes are so beautiful! I also have my grandmother's Seiko wall clock with music. Good thing I passed on the bird chirping clock! Noon can be noisy! Lol

[@KaciCooperations]

One of the most best mechanical clocks in the classic Premium Days

[@wam44]

I like that they strike the hour on multiple chime rods....Whittington is one of my favorite chimes...

[@bluefirebat430]

I love this. It reminds my of my "clock babies" at home. I love to work on them. I have a few with the Westminster chimes. These on the video sound absolutely wonderful!

[@I-AM-SPAZZ]

When I went to see my grandparents at their huge apartment complex we would go up the elevator and into their room. The place had a very satisfying feeling and smell. Every time I walked into the room this would go off and it was so chilling.

[@shecanahmjvloggers]

It's not scary

[@MikeMike-rz7sx]

I grew up with my parent's grandmother clock with the Westminster chimes. I recently purchased a gfather clock and I have all 3 of these chimes. St. Michaels is now my favorite.

[@ilyakovtaniuk2006]

Wow! That clock looks really beautiful!

[@Emily-vn4sc]

Beautiful clock! I have a Howard Miller triple chime grandfather in my bedroom that I really enjoy hearing!

[@coryjorgensen622]

That is such a beautiful tone!

[@TheTrueHasenfeffer]

Ah, so it was the Westminster chime that kept time in my house as a child. How I miss it. I'd love a huge Howard Miller grandfather clock, but super expensive.

[@Rikabe-bt3jc]

We have one of these at home... and a very expensive one too... but it’s like 10 years now that it’s broken. My mother doesn’t want to fix it... she said that the night after her mother passed away she didn’t sleep at all... she heard that pendulum all the night... chiming every hour through that terrible night... and I kinda understand her, but I’d also like that to work again :c.

[@johntracy72]

Don't tell me, the cog is dead.

[@samsclocks2084]

What a beautiful chime

[@fritzzahnd9476]

We have from Europe as me and my husband wedding gift This is really amazing piece.

[@fortun8diamond]

Thanks for this video. Now I know how triple chime clocks work.

[@d.beaumont9157]

What s marvelous piece of engineering snd craftsmanship. I wander how much such a clock would cost.

[@Clydefoxy]

you can imagine how LOUD these things were when they were popular

[@Mike8981]

Pretty much the same as when they weren’t popular, I would dare to venture?

[@Trex91818]

​@@Mike8981 fnaf 4

[@brianrunyon266]

Very nice. My dad's parents had a grandfather clock at their place.

[@tiaraguy1911]

Why does it feel so relaxing tho-

[@ILoveSchnauzers]

I don't know, but I just love the sound and cozy feel that a chiming clock brings to a home.

[@theray2009]

Awesome clock

[@fluffyzuffy]

I don’t know the hystory about my Nana’s grandfather clock, all I know is they’ve had it all my life, probably all my brothers life, (basically a long time) and maybe all my father’s? It played the tune that played at time stamp 1:32. I remember that playing a lot when I would visit them. When I visited them in 2019, it played really late at night. Which i would always hear, because I wouldn’t sleep in the summertime, lol.

[@cygnetsong7908]

The St. Michael one takes me back to my Nonni and Poppi’s house when I was a kid 😊

[@cmoy777]

I just bought an old Colonial by Zeeland. Can't wait to get it running. Love the chimes!!

[@user-tw9uf9pn3g]

1:30 "I MADE IT!" Security Guard "AAAAA-" animatronics "Oh dam, oh dam, OH DAM!" C.C

[@nightshade316]

I cone here to get a little bit of nostalgia when my grandpa still alive also in my childhood which i used to live with him

[@MrCoolEnEspanolOfficialYT]

Im so addicted with clocks

[@terryflores2487]

I bought an antique grandfather clock (coffin box style) when we lived in Germany in 2015. Last year my husband must have moved the slide in the clock when he was pulling the chains to wind it up. Next quarter hour, we had a different chime (St. Michael). Our dog even noticed and started barking at the different chime. I thought the clock was malfunctioning until we opened the case again and saw it had the slide to change the sound. I much prefer the Westminster.

[@JustMeUpNorth]

There’s nothing like the tick of a grandfather clock. That double tone is so soothing and safe-sounding, to me. Reminds me of my Godmother’s house. I have a ticking clock in my bedroom, but plastic, battery-driven clocks sound nowhere near as nice.

[@QuackersClocksYT]

The fact that this was uploaded on October 6th makes it a hell of a lot special. And the clock sounds like the one I showcase in my videos!

[@hellothere9848]

Why October 6tj

[@QuackersClocksYT]

@@hellothere9848 October 6th, 2012 was the date that my very first channel came out. This is my newer channel which was created on July 1st, 2019.

[@hellothere9848]

@@QuackersClocksYT oh :)

[@user-ff7qh6zy5d]

I live in India but I have the same club that you have won the grandfather clock and I just love it

[@Spring_bacon]

This makes me want to buy one ^-^

[@VanVuurenStudios0310]

Forget the bullshit Stranger Things tells you about grandfather clocks. This is the reality of them: nice pleasant chimes every 30 minutes.

[@GoodTimekeeper]

I have to admit that I have never watched Stranger Things. Is that why I don’t understand so many of these comments?

[@jerichoreed22]

That's exactly the kind of gc I am looking for--brass and a light golden oak color. Looks so good together. Not that the darker woods/stains aren't nice themselves, but I inherited my dad's taste in light colored wood and oak in particular. Wonderful :)

[@enigma1nz]

Mine is mahogany, matching the rest of the furniture, but I see your point.

[@ayoflash_yt]

This absolutely terrified me in the middle of the night.

[@Vmaxfodder]

Aaahhh. I miss my old clock. Your hammers are impeccable 👌! Makes it ring out like the REAL Deal!!

[@axnyslie]

I guess people in the Victorian era liked to be awaken every hour.

[@enigma1nz]

Yes, but most of the clocks like that have a night shut off lever, so the chime and strike go silent from 10pm until 10am. Not sure what they did in Victorian times.

[@solluna7955]

My husband got me one of this last week 😍❤️

[@enigma1nz]

Yay! Lucky you!! I was dreaming of owning one for a while and then one day there it was, a very fine mahogany Kieninger. Love of my life.

[@sombongkualat]

Thankyou so so so so much

[@leefykillah]

i only came here bc i heard one of these even though we don’t have one. it was in the middle of the night and it scared the absolute shut out of me bc we don’t have one and i was hearing things

[@V.G.F.]

Yeah I have a tubular chime clock that no longer works but i heard it chime once

[@dking657]

My grandmother havs an old grandfather clock as I came to visit her

[@dking657]

My grandmother have an old grandfather clock as I came to see her

[@allankempson6951]

Great video! I have an app on my iPhone called Westminster Chimes, it has all 3 of these chimes.

[@blackwidowfarms]

Thanks very much for these sounds. I was able to dissect them and make a Windows program with them, which does the quarter-chimes and the hourly chimes according to your system clock. Let me know if you want one, thanks again

[@JasonBradley-ti5ob]

Westminster chimes is a banger!

[@JohnSmith-ei2pm]

A wonderfully interesting video.

[@wpherigo1]

Very interesting. Makes me wonder about the history of those chimes. Obviously came from larger church bells, but I wonder where those times came from?

[@Star-ze6yl]

From the government who else.

[@enigma1nz]

They came from actual churches, you can read about each of them. St Mary’s in particular.

[@rickythe2nd63]

I'm getting one of these when I purchase my own home.

[@RasThavas]

Just fixed my triple chime Keininger. It had a warped arbor on the time chain wheel. FYI, if your clock runs fine, then the center weight falls suddenly, this may very well be the issue. That was what was wrong with mine. The gears of the time chain wheel would come disengaged with the gear train because of the warped arbor. No one I asked about it knew what the problem was. I did a lot of inspection to figure it out. Also note, Keininger does not sell a K series time chain wheel at the moment, but the R series wheel fits...found this out by experimentation. This means The K, R, and M series all have the same time chain wheel (K and M series are the same, K is just thicker hardware).

[@enigma1nz]

I have wonderful Kieninger, such a fine piece of machinery, I am constantly in awe.

[@RasThavas]

Yes. They really are very nice. @@enigma1nz

[@AntPDC]

The perpetual ticking of the clock lowers my blood pressure by a large amount!

[@enigma1nz]

Ha!!! That’s EXACTLY what I say, for me it’s watching the pendulum swing as well, my clocks have this very soft swishy movement, very measured, and soft tick-tock.

[@irt3rdavenueel172]

My late grandmother had a grandfather clock at her apartment at 155 East Mosholu Parkway North Apartment 6F Bronx New York 10467 she and her reunited husband got that clock as a wedding present back in 1965 before they had kids and when they had kids they had it stationary at 2326 Loring Place in The South Bronx in Morris Heights then in ‘77 they moved the clock to their new apartment at 155 East Mosholu Parkway North Apartment 6F Bronx New York 10467 in the back of the dining room between the bedroom, bathroom, and closet hallway and studio doorways my late grandfather lived there from 1977-2016 while my late grandmother lived there from 1977-2019 both are deceased after battling many years of cancer my late grandfather died at the age of 74 and my late grandmother died at the age of 79, I miss them dearly

[@HWPcville]

I bought an Emperor clock movement (Emperor 100M Replacement Movement Kit (#209)) and built a Grandfather Clock Case from scratch and installed the movement. I built it for my daughter in 2006 and it looks & sounds great in her home. There is a small engraved plate with my name and the date inside the front door. My hope is it will be passed down to one of her children and ultimately to their children's children. I left the drawings I had created, while designing the case, in the base of the cabinet and attached a horseshoe (open side up for good luck) in the top portion of the clock behind the movement. One day maybe a great, great grandchild will discover it and think back to their great, great grandfather in the old timey days of the early 2000's. I wish I had something one of my grandfathers had made that was passed down, but alas, no. However, I get a special feeling every time I hear the ticking when visiting my daughter, son-in-law & grandchildren.

[@GoodTimekeeper]

That’s fantastic! I’m sure they will treasure the clock you built.

[@murphy6700]

Like a piano roll from the early 20th C.

[@someoneirrelevant6815]

Thank god it’s 6 AM

[@marcoantonioramosrodas8935]

FINALLY BEATED NIGHT 5! TAKE THAT MICKMICK!

[@8Ivion8]

O:38...I have D.I.D. and hearing this chime in the beginning of the movie 'Bodyguards and Assassins' made me search for which clock made that sound. I think someone we knew owned a grandfather clock.

[@sockmace]

I love clocks.

[@BrettHornby]

Westminster is the classic chime.

[@bobvelseb286]

0:38 rare screen on fnaf 2

[@kaileemeade6801]

These can also get a horror vibe when it is counting down towards your predestined fate.

[@GreenScreenKidsShouldBeStopped]

1:31 imagine that it's 3am and you're listening to this on your phone

[@K1dd13Strangl3rV2]

The first one My Nana has a lot of clocks in her house She used to have one on the staircase but it doesn't work rn All her clocks have the same chime and I love it

[@MrTylerNicole1]

It’s funny how the clock bells are in the music key of A major. In fact you get the descending scale pattern on Whittington and St. michael’s. Thing is though, the scale almost sounds like A, G#, F#, E, D, C#, B, D#, because the lower A is somewhat distorted or bent in pitch almost like a tritone.

[@dkssjj]

1:31 FNaF 4

[@Platinum199]

That’s exactly why I’m here

[@MrPleers]

Whittington sounds like Westminster in reverse.

[@ltocuzlife4451]

Ikr

[@cherri6528]

I may not be able to read the clock, but God am I going to get one

[@hellothere9848]

You don't know how to read a clock???!

[@cherri6528]

@@hellothere9848 nope and the sad thing is I'm turning 17 soon, so yeah... That sucks

[@hellothere9848]

@@cherri6528 so basically the numbers around the clock mean the hour. To figure out the minute you multiply the number the minute hand is on by 5 and the little tic marks in between the numbers mark the minutes in between the 5 minute increments. Once you get used to it it gets easier :)

[@cherri6528]

@@hellothere9848 thank you kind stranger

[@hellothere9848]

@@cherri6528 your welcome :)

[@Cucumber2012]

ALL 12 AM O'CLOCK TYPES: Westminster: 1:31 St. Michael: 3:40 Whittington: 5:34

[@Theofficalmetrochannel]

But the mantle has a speaker to it so they must have modernized it. But it’s old! Like 70 years old!

[@pallavisreetambraparni6995]

Nice chimes

[@joaquinarturodolerarosa]

thank you for this! :)

[@fetragavrilanelro1121]

I love grandfather clocks but doesn't have much money to get this clock. So I'll buy chiming wall clock

[@rexjolles]

There was a large 1912 grandfather clock in my family that my great great grandfather bought when he came here, and then my grandpa sold it for $800 in the 90's and my dad is super pissed

[@nathanberry1244]

The Whittington chime Desmond’s me of my auntie’s clock. Hers was an electrical one though