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A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, granfather clock or floor clock, is a freestanding, weight-driven, pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly around 1.8-2.4m (6-8 feet) tall. The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood, or bonnet, which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Most longcase clocks are striking clocks, which means they sound the time on each hour or fraction of an hour.

Trivia about grandfather clock

  • In 2004 it was high "time" Delaware's Winterhur Museum paid $1.65 million for a 9-foot-tall one of these
  • 1st called a longcase or coffin clock, it was renamed this after a popular turn-of-the-century song
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  • A large pendulum clock having a long, upright case usually taller than 6 1/2 feet
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