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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Image(s) TitleLongcase Clock with Bell Playing Movement Creator Pieter Klock (watchmaker)‎, Cornelis van den Bergh (speelwerk)‎ PlaceAmsterdam (The Netherlands), Amsterdam (The Netherlands) Year ca. 1700 Object number0949 Object categorymechanical instruments with bells, timepieces with musical movements Object nametimepiece with bells, longcase clock DescriptionThis clock has a striking system consisting of two separate works, one for the half hour and one for the full hour. This system, in which on the full hour the corresponding number of strikes on a large bell sounds and on the half hour the number of strikes of the next full hour sounds on a smaller bell, is called "Dutch Striking." In addition, short motifs are played on the quarter hour so that the bell strikes every quarter hour. The silvered dial of this bell-playing longcase clock counts to 60 minutes twice in succession. The minute hand, which usually completes its rotation in 60 minutes, takes 120 minutes in this case, making it difficult to read the time from a distance. The dial is set on a square back plate covered in luxurious red velvet. Accompanying textsThe 31 bells are played with 42 hammers in order to be able to repeat some notes faster. On the full hour, the bell plays "Folies d'Espagne" (or "La Folía") by Jean Baptiste Lully and on the half hour, the traditional Dutch children's song "In Holland staat een huis. The curious arrangement of minutes around the clock is probably the result of a burst of experimentation with different ways of telling the time after the mid-17th century. The application of the pendulum in clockwork by Christiaan Huygens in 1656 made clocks run much more precisely. Clockmakers could then play around more freely with novel ways of indicating time. This clock was made on special commission, using the playing mechanism of the Amsterdam Town Hall (now the Palace on Dam Square) as an example. Dimensions geheel height: 344 cm geheel width: 76 cm geheel depth: 63 cm uurwerk height: 57 cm uurwerk width: 45 cm uurwerk depth: 45 cm cilinder length: 20 cm cilinder diameter: 32 cm Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder geluidsbron: bells aandrijving: weights Digital references

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TitleLongcase Clock with Bell Playing Movement

Creator Pieter Klock (watchmaker)‎, Cornelis van den Bergh (speelwerk)‎

PlaceAmsterdam (The Netherlands), Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Year ca. 1700

Object number0949

Object categorymechanical instruments with bells, timepieces with musical movements

Object nametimepiece with bells, longcase clock

DescriptionThis clock has a striking system consisting of two separate works, one for the half hour and one for the full hour. This system, in which on the full hour the corresponding number of strikes on a large bell sounds and on the half hour the number of strikes of the next full hour sounds on a smaller bell, is called "Dutch Striking." In addition, short motifs are played on the quarter hour so that the bell strikes every quarter hour. The silvered dial of this bell-playing longcase clock counts to 60 minutes twice in succession. The minute hand, which usually completes its rotation in 60 minutes, takes 120 minutes in this case, making it difficult to read the time from a distance. The dial is set on a square back plate covered in luxurious red velvet.

Accompanying textsThe 31 bells are played with 42 hammers in order to be able to repeat some notes faster. On the full hour, the bell plays "Folies d'Espagne" (or "La Folía") by Jean Baptiste Lully and on the half hour, the traditional Dutch children's song "In Holland staat een huis.

The curious arrangement of minutes around the clock is probably the result of a burst of experimentation with different ways of telling the time after the mid-17th century. The application of the pendulum in clockwork by Christiaan Huygens in 1656 made clocks run much more precisely. Clockmakers could then play around more freely with novel ways of indicating time. This clock was made on special commission, using the playing mechanism of the Amsterdam Town Hall (now the Palace on Dam Square) as an example.

Dimensions

geheel height: 344 cm
geheel width: 76 cm
geheel depth: 63 cm
uurwerk height: 57 cm
uurwerk width: 45 cm
uurwerk depth: 45 cm
cilinder length: 20 cm
cilinder diameter: 32 cm

Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder
geluidsbron: bells
aandrijving: weights

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