Department Of Utter Stupidity.

I bought this Mantle Clock some forty years ago at (of all places) a J.C. Penney store in Holyoke, MA.  I have a yen for chiming clocks.

This one has four settings: Whittington Chimes; Westminster Chimes; St. Michael's (Charleston S.C.) Chimes; and Silent.

Four or so years ago I wound it up, but something went wrong.  The Clock ran and kept time, but the chimes were dead.

I let it run down, and then the clock sat mute on a Table.

Last year at a Ben's Bar in my home, my pal Gordon asked me why the clock never ran. I told him that the chimes were broken.  He told me about a Clock repair store on Bee Ridge Rd in SRQ.

I did nothing apart from moving the mute clock to my spare bedroom there to gather dust.

Today, perhaps because of COVID 19 boredom, I took the clock to the repair shop.  

The owner/staff member gave it a cursory look.  Within minutes she had identified the problem.

The clock was not chiming 'cause I had it set to the "silent" mode.

D U H

I asked her to slap my wrist -  which she did with glee! My visit was a freebie.

As for the store.  So many wonderful chiming clocks -  not enough money!