John Robey: The Longcase Clock Reference Book

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John Robey: The Longcase Clock Reference Book

Beitrag von Ursus » Sa 30. Aug 2014, 10:17

John Robey: The Longcase Clock Reference Book

2 Bände, 932 Seiten, gebunden im Format 273 x 210 mm, 2500 Abbildungen, davon mehr als 600 in Farbe. ISBN 0955446031. Zu bestellen bei Mayfield Books Mayfield Books Matherfield House, Church Lane Mayfield, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2JR, England, Telephone/Fax 01335 344472 (UK) or +44 1335 344472 (outside UK) or email john@mayfieldbooks.co.uk. Preis: 120 GBP + Versandkosten.

Seit langem suche ich die erste Auflage von 2001 des oben genannten Buches. Leider ist es vergriffen und wenn denn dann doch mal eines auftauchte, bei eBay oder in einem Antiquariat, so hielt ich den Preis immer als zu hoch. Auch heute noch werden für diese Auflage Preise von umgerechnet € 250.- verlangt. (http://www.bookfinder.com/book/9780954052508/ The_Longcase_Clock_Reference_Book-v._1,_v._2-Volume_1_2/) bis € 400.- (http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/0 ... ition=used) verlangt.

In der Antiquarian Horology unserer Britischen Schwestergesellschaft wurde vergangenes Jahr die Neuauflage dieses Buches angekündigt und ich wartete mit Spannung auf sein Erscheinen. Als es dann auf den Markt kam war ich überrascht, dass sein Preis deutlich unter dem für gebrauchte Bücher der ersten Auflage lag, nämlich bei GBP 120.- Selbstverständlich kaufte ich es sofort und es kam innerhalb weniger Tage an.
Für den Fall, dass Sie sich ebenfalls für Englische Uhren interessieren, möchte ich Sie informieren, damit Sie Gelegenheit haben es zu erwerben bevor es erneut vergriffen ist.

Die neue Auflage ist mit 932 Seiten 130 Seiten umfangreicher als die erste und bietet wie kein anderes Werk eine Fülle von Informationen über Britische Bodenstanduhren. Allerdings ist es kein „Lesebuch“ wie andere Bücher die die Geschichte dieses Uhrentyps behandeln, sondern es geht sehr detailliert vor allem auf deren Technik und Technikentwicklung ein, illustriert durch zahlreiche Aufnahmen. Für einen Uhrenfreund der sich mal schnell über Britische Bodenstanduhren informieren möchte ist es daher weniger geeignet, auch wenn die Entwicklung und Veränderung der Stile über die Jahrhunderte ebenfalls dargestellt wird. Für den Restaurator und Uhrmacher der diese Uhren repariert und der dabei möglichst originalgetreu Teile herstellen muss ist es jedoch eine unschätzbare Informationsquelle, denn die angewandte Technik wird in allen Details beschrieben und abgebildet.

Für eine klassische Rezension ist dieses Werk für mich zu umfangreich, daher informiere ich Sie indem ich untenstehend den Englisch-sprachigen Text abdrucke. Diese Sprache sollte dem nicht ganz fremd sein der dieses Werk nutzen möchte, auch wenn die Abbildungen ohne Englischkenntnisse für sich sprechen.

Ursus

Über den Autor:
John Robey was born in Nottingham and after studying physics at Leeds University and researching magnetic materials at Sheffield University, he worked in the electrical power industry, before moving into nonfiction publishing.
An interest in the history of technology led to research and publications on the early use of steam power in Britain, the Peak District’s lead mines, and the copper and brass industries. After the acquisition of a longcase clock it was realised that horology combined his interests in history, technology and restoration of both movements and cases, with his training as a scientist.

He divides his time between publishing books on horological subjects and restoring clocks — particularly those with interesting mechanisms. He has written numerous articles in Antiquarian Horology, Horological Journal and Clocks magazine, on subjects ranging from an important drawing of clockwork by Leonardo da Vinci to the makers of painted clock dials.
He was awarded the British Horological Institute’s 2007 Barratt Silver Medal for his contributions to horological research, writing and publishing.

Kurze Beschreibung des Buches

This fully revised and enlarged second edition of The Longcase Clock Reference Book considers all aspects of the longcase clock, from the late seventeenth century to the Victorian era.
The first volume studies the clock trade, and how it was organised, both in the large cities and rural areas. It is shown that clockmakers relied heavily on the services of other craftsmen: brass founders, iron forgers, pinion makers, engravers, and cabinet-makers, as well wholesale suppliers of clock parts. How a longcase clock was actually made in the eighteenth-century is discussed and compared with present-day methods.

Several chapters detail movements, both their time-keeping and striking systems, with numerous variations. Chiming and musical clocks are included, as well as moon work, calendars, simple automata and alarms. This book is unique in showing many aspects of longcase clock movements that have not been recorded elsewhere. Also considered are the movements for painted-dial clocks and who made them — a topic that has received little attention, despite the growing interest in this type of clock.

The second volume discusses the stylistic development of brass dials made in both London and the provinces, including those for simple rural thirty-hour clocks. Painted dials are also covered in detail with much new information on dialmakers in Birmingham and elsewhere.

Fashionable clock cases were made in London using walnut, ebony, lacquer or mahogany, while elsewhere regional styles developed often in oak or other timbers. These are all considered, as well as some interesting and unusual clocks. Longcase clocks made for special purposes are included as well as those with wooden movements.
Throughout this book there is emphasis on the practical aspect — not only how movements, dials (both brass and painted), and cases developed stylistically, but how they were actually made. American tall-case clocks are compared and contrasted with their British counterparts.

These two volumes are illustrated by over 2,500 illustrations, many in colour, including numerous specially drawn diagrams of clock mechanisms. With many charts and tables it is an indispensable reference work on the longcase clock for horologists, collectors and restorers.

Kurze Beschreibung des Inhaltes

The Development of the Longcase Clock (15pages, 25 illustrations)
An introduction to the development of the longcase clock
Clockmakers & The Clock Trade (85 pages, 106 illustrations)
Clocksmiths, blacksmiths, and others who also made clocks as well as clockmakers. Trade guilds, the Clockmakers’ Company, casemakers, dial engravers, components suppliers, clock-brass founders, casting marks on clock parts, pinion makers, clock iron-forgers, hand makers, etc
The Clockmaker At The Bench (49 pages, 146 illustrations)
How clocks were made during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the materials and the tools used by the clockmaker. Examples of plates and pillars to help date and identify movements. How longcase clock wheels were cut and depthed
Movements: Timekeeping (58 pages, 248 illustrations)
Pendulums, rating adjustment, escapements, going trains, maintaining power, motion work, and strike let-off
Movements: Striking The Hour (78 pages, 228 illustrations)
Countwheel and rack striking, including many unusual and ingenious arrangements. Strike/silent mechanisms, bells and hammers
Striking & Chiming Quarters & Playing Music (36 pages, 73 illustrations)
Two-train quarter striking, three-train and four-train chiming and musical clocks
Calendars, Moon Phase, Simple Automata & Alarms (59 pages, 199 illustrations)
Simple once-a-day, twice-a-day and pointer calendars, rolling moons, penny moons, globe moons and operating mechanisms
Movements for Painted-Dial Clocks (42 pages, 108 illustrations)
Hand-crafted movements and those made for the trade, by known and unknown makers. Lists of names stamped on movements
Brass Dials (130 pages, 409 illustrations)
How brass dials were made. London square and arched dials, also provincial square, arched, round, thirty-hour and country dials, Bristol dials. Spandrels and hands
Painted Dials (139 pages, 379 illustrations)
Techniques for producing painted dials, a complete list of dialmakers, falseplates, the development of dial decoration. Moons and hemisphere maps
Clock Cases (152 pages, 429 illustrations)
Fashionable London cases, also provincial and rural longcases. Case construction
Interesting, Unusual & Special Purpose Clocks (57 pages, 153 illustrations)
Includes interesting domestic clocks, mill clocks, nocturaries and wooden movements
Bibliography (2 pages)
Index (15 pages)

Ausführliches Inhaltsverzeichnis

VOLUME 1
Introduction to First Edition 7
Introduction to Second Edition 9
Acknowledgements 10
Chapter One Development of The Longcase Clock 11
The London Longcase Clock 11
Provincial & Later Longcase Clocks 15
Chapter Two Clockmakers & The Clock Trade 26
Clockmakers, Clocksmiths, Blacksmiths, Whitesmiths, Locksmiths, gunsmiths & Bellfounders 26
Trade Guilds & The Clockmakers’ Company 29
The Name On The Dial 35
Casemaking & Clock-Case Makers 38
Dial Engraving 42
Suppliers of Clock Components 61
Makers & Retailers of Clocks 101
Chapter Three The Clockmaker At The Bench 111
Materials 111
Clockmaker’s Tools 116
Making A Clock Movement 126
Chapter Four Movements: Timekeeping 160
The Pendulum 160
The Escapement 175
The Going Train 186
Motion Work & Strike Let-Off 208
Chapter Five Movements: Striking The Hour 218
Passing Strike 218
The Striking Train 219
Eight-day Countwheel Striking 224
Thirty-hour Countwheel Striking 235
Countwheels Gathered by a Pallet 244
Eight-Day Rack & Snail Striking 252
Rack-Striking Without Warning 269
Thirty-Hour Rack Striking 273
Strike Repeating 279
Strike/Silent Mechanisms 283
Bells, Hammer Springs, Hammers & Stops 285
Unconventional Striking Systems 293
Chapter Six Movements: Striking & Chiming Quarters & Playing Music 296
Passing Quarter Strike 297
Two-Train Quarter Striking 298
Three-Train Chiming & Musical Clocks 307
Four-Train Musical Clocks 329
Chime & Tune Change 329Chapter Seven Calendars, Moon Phase, Automata & Alarms 332
Calendars 332
Types of Moon Phase Display 347
Moon Operating Mechanisms 356
Globe Moon Mechanisms 375
Simple Automata 380
Alarms 386
Chapter Eight Movements For Painted-Dial Clocks 391
Eight-Day Movements For Painted-Dial Clocks 391
Thirty-Hour Movements For Painted-Dial Clocks 413
Movement Manufacturers 427

VOLUME 2
Chapter Nine Brass Dials 436
Making Brass Dials 436
London Brass Dials 446
Provincial Eight-Day Brass Dials 463
Bristol Dials 495
Moon Discs  505
Scottish Brass Dials  509
Thirty-Hour & Country Brass Dials 513
Round Brass Dials from the Midlands &
Northern England 536
Spandrels 540
Hands 562
Chapter Ten Painted Dials 566
The Manufacturing Process For Painted Dials 569
Dialmakers, Dial Feet, Falseplates, Identification Marks
Decoration 571
English Painted Dials — Period One 1770-1800 588
English Painted Dials — Period Two 1800-30 619
American Painted Dials 638
English Painted Dials — Period Three 1830-70 648
Scottish Painted Dials 664
Special & Commemorative Painted Dials 675
Transfer Maps On Moon Dials 685
Hands for Painted Dials 700
Chapter Eleven Casework 705
Clock Case Construction 705
The London Longcase 714
Provincial Square-Dial Longcases 752
Provincial English Arched & Round-Dial Longcases 775
Scottish Clock Cases 827
Irish Clock Cases 837
American Tall Cases 842
Chapter Twelve Some Interesting, Unusual & Special-Purpose Clocks 857
Some Interesting Thirty-Hour Clocks 857
Some Interesting Eight-Day Clocks 876
Special-Purpose Clocks 894
Longcase Clocks With Wooden Movements 904
Bibliography 914
Picture Index 916
Index 922

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