Some of you may be familiar with this clock, but for those of you who aren't, this is the clock that started it all for me. My great-grandparents, whom I'd call Great Gram and Great Gramps, were the original owners of this clock when they lived in Aberdeen, South Dakota. I never had the chance to meet Great Gramps because he passed away in an accident in 1970. Then when my great-aunt Ann and great-uncle Gayne Gunderson got married, they received it as a wedding present from my great-grandparents. Then they passed it on to my grandparents (Grandma and Grandpa Menninga) approximately in 1991 when they moved to West Mound Road near Platteville, Wisconsin. I'd remember seeing Grandpa winding it up periodically during my visits.
Then the clock started having trouble in 2004, as it started clicking when it chimed, and sometimes got stuck. Then, after my visit in 2004, the chains went out of alignment, causing the striking mechanism to fail. Uncle Gayne, Grandpa Menninga, and I all fixed that problem in 2005. My older brother Braden and my mother suggested that I should try my hand at clock repair someday after I helped fix that clock because I helped fix it, and both figured I'd be good at it. I've been thinking of doing it ever since, and I'm trying to find some good sources to take some clock repair courses; I'd like to have someone teach me how to use the tools and technology to repair clocks. Grandma and Grandpa Menninga passed the clock on to me in 2007 when they moved to Stoughton. It still had the occasional clicking problem, plus it sometimes chimed more than 12 times. I took the clock to Windsor Clock and Watch in 2016 to get those problems fixed once and for all.
Then earlier this year, I decided to take it in for regular maintenance, as clock movements need to be oiled every three to five years and cleaned every eight to ten years. Two big difference are how the mechanism sounds when it begins its chiming sequence...and the rhythm of the Bim Bam chime. Instead of going in a 3/4 rhythm, it goes in a 4/4 rhythm like it first did back in 1996. By the way, it was serviced in 1996 as you'll see on the back of the clock.
This clock has always been my favorite because it has always been the mascot of the house on West Mound Road and carries all my hopes and dreams of living there someday. Speaking of that, I decided to add a few family pictures that include Grandpa Menninga and Great-Gram, as well as the house and the M itself. Also, for the first five minutes of this video, you'll hear the sounds of the clock ticking as the montage of pictures goes by. Every time when I was growing up, I'd get so excited about seeing Grandma and Grandpa Menninga and their clock, eager to hear it ticking and chiming year after year. I was afraid of the ticking noise at first when I was a toddler because I thought it came from their first ceiling fan, but as I found out, the noise was actually coming from the clock as the pendulum swung back and forth over and over again.
As strange as this sounds, the clock also reminds me somewhat of The Bullwinkle Show because of the color of Bullwinkle's body and antlers and the 1987 Program Exchange logo somewhat because of the sound of its chimes. I could just imagine the tick-tock as the dialogue between Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle Moose. Great Gram and Great Gramps should be very happy because I think this clock keeps their spirits alive.
Oh, by the way, if anyone can tell me what sound the clock makes at 8:05, that would be helpful. I know it's a normal function that occurs approximately 30 seconds before the clock strikes the hour.
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