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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anglo409" data-source="post: 1642978" data-attributes="member: 542042">Okay, wind the clock.  Hopefully you can still locate the key, which you put into an opening in the face of the clock and crank the the chain so the weight is up, swing the pendulum and if it keeps going, the clock is going.You should know that grandfather clocks strike (a bell)  a lot, sometimes on the hour, the quarter hour and half hour.  Some people get used to it and like it as an almost constant reminder of what time it is.  Some people hate them and never get used to them.  Before you go to the trouble, you might inquire of another family member if maybe the reason it hasn't been running is somebody in the family, maybe your mother, is one who hates the striking.How Stuff Works has a movie and narrative about grandfather clocks which you may find interesting.</blockquote>