Holmberg Clockworks C-17 Owner's manual

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Holmberg

Musical Clock

Model C-17

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Model C-17

Owner’s Guide

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P.O. Box 2275 ✴ Universal City ✴ Texas ✴ 78148

(830) 606-1838

email: mdonald@holmbergclockworks.com

www.holmbergclockworks.com

Owner’s Guide

A

Musical Clock

Model C-17

Custom Built in

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Upgraded with overhaul and new electronics in

For

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Quickstart

Certicate of ownership

Unpacking

Introduction

Guarantee

Instrument Features

Menu Functions

Disclaimer

History of the Haydn Musical Clock

Musical Clock Library

Musical Clock Models

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Table of Contents

The Holmberg Musical Clock 5

Unpacking

The Holmberg musical clock is

shipped in two parts: The instru-

ment is packed in a wooden

shipping crate, with Phillips head

screws securing the cover; and the

organ pipes, are packed sepa-

rately in a package which includes

the organ pipes and gloves for the

handling of the organ pipes.

Open the instrument case, and

remove enough foam packing to

allow for the removal of the instru-

ment.

Remove all wrapping, and plug in

the Musical Clock. Open the con-

trol panel and turn on the power

switch.

Reach into the rear of the instru-

ment and remove all foam pack-

ing. After that has been ac-

complished, slide the cardboard

packing free of the chime rods.

Insert the C cell battery into the

dial movement. The positive end

of the battery is indicated next to

the movement.

Typical packing crate

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Turn on the DEMO switch, and just let it play (blowing free air)

while you open the pipes and arrange them for their installation.

This will assure that all of the air channels are open, clean and

clear and will prevent debris from entering the organ during pipe

installation. (see gure on opposite page)

From the pipes box, using gloves, lay out the organ pipes. All of

the pipes are marked on their back side with the correct note.

Chime detail after the packing is removed

Picking a long pipe, noting the

marking and checking the pipe

layout in your Owner’s Guide,

you will see where it needs to be

placed in the instrument.

Be sure that the pipe you are in-

stalling is properly hooked before

you let go. The bodies for these

metal pipes are made by our pipe

maker in England, and repair and/

or replacement is lengthy.

With all of the pipes installed, turn

o the DEMO Switch, and press

the SELECT Switch until the display

shows TUNE.

Push the ENTER Switch twice, and

all will be ready to check the tun-

ing. Please refer to the Turning

page in your Owner’s Guide.

Unpacking

The Holmberg Musical Clock 7

Model C-17 pipe layout diagram

Unpacking

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Quickstart Thank you for your purchase of the

Holmberg musical clock. The follow-

ing Owner’s Guide is a detailed

description of the many features of

the instrument. However, you may

wish to listen to your clock without

such a detailed reading of this

guide. The following will give you

a quick start:

Plug in the instrument.

Flip the power switch on the con-

trol panel to the ON position. It will

take a moments for the system to

initialize.

When Play Selection is visible on

the display, ip the black switch

to the on position. This will put the

instrument into the demonstration

mode and it will play continuously

until you turn this switch o.

You may also notice dancing musi-

cal notes on the display. This is THe

Holmberg musical clock’s screen

saver.

Play Selection

Typical control panel

The Holmberg Musical Clock 9

Quickstart

Control panel screen saver

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Introduction

Holmberg musical clocks are contemporary versions

of historical mechanical organ clocks of the 17th

and 18th centuries.

The clocks are built by master organ builders,

father and son, trained in old world discipline and

tradition.

Automatic musical instruments incorporating or-

gan ute pipes of exceptional quality have been

treasured for hundreds of years and today are

mostly found in museums and are coveted by

collectors. This quality is accomplished through

the use of hand selected hardwoods; design and

execution of the proper logarithmic scales for

organ pipe making; and artistic voicing, nishing

and tonal regulation.

Music specically composed for automatic musi-

cal instruments by some of the world’s greatest

composers (Handel, Haydn, Beethoven et al.)

often included ornamentation beyond the ability

of the average organist. Similarly, chest work and

mechanism to perform such complex music re-

quire speed and function beyond the capabilities

of the average pipe organ. The unique low pres-

sure electro-pneumatic design of Holmberg chest

work responds easily to the demands of these

composers. The Holmberg musical clock sets new

standards of engineering and reliability with 100

per cent hardwood construction, ne German

leathers, and expansion channeling.

Bringing all this together into a new instrument

with exibility and programmability beyond the

imagination of the early builders, we employ the

springs, escapements, gears, wheels, jewels, pins

and barrels of our time; the mighty microproces-

sor with solid state circuitry custom designed for

our digital microcontroller.

With the synergistic coupling of the work of great

composers, superb craftsmanship, 4/4 Westmin-

ster chimes and world class computer technol-

ogy, we present the Holmberg musical clock.

The Holmberg Musical Clock 11

Guarantee

THe Holmberg musical clock is guaranteed to the original registered owner for a period of ve years from

the date of delivery, against any defect in material and/or workmanship, including any deviation from

the performance of said musical clock outlined in the owner’s guide identied with the serial number

matching the serial number of the musical clock.

The electronics that control the functions of the instrument carry the guarantee given us by the manu-

facturers, which is the industry standard of one year.

Holmberg clockworks agrees to correct any such defect in material and/or workmanship brought to its

attention within the stated period without cost to the original owner of record as follows: At the option

of Holmberg clockworks, any necessary repair will be made on the owner’s premises, or the owner will be

furnished with a proper shipping carton and instructions for return of the instrument to the factory for

service.

In either case, repairs will be made without cost to the owner with the exception of shipping costs,

which need to be paid by the owner.

This guarantee is exclusive of tuning and normal care of the instrument and it does not include repairs

of any damage from abuse, mishandling, re, water, or like damage, or damage from tampering by

unqualied persons.

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Instrument Features

Compass of 27 Gedeckt Organ Pipes

Automatic electric motor and blower

Electro-pneumatic organ chest work

Solid chime rods with English magnet action

Custom dial with brass and glass bezel

Organ pipes tuned to standard A-440 v.p.s pitch

Hardwood construction

Power—115 volts/60 cycle - standard, 220 volts/50 cycle (export)

The Holmberg Musical Clock 13

The Microcontroller

The microcontroller that super-

vises the operation of your musical

clock is an advanced integrated

computer system. Its operating

system governs the time keep-

ing functions of the clock, the

automatic playing of music and

chimes, and many subsidiary func-

tions available to the owner, and

the system’s internal maintenance

functions.

The main components of the

microcontroller are:

Musical Clock microcontroller and Organ Interface

Microcontroller motherboard

Compact Flash Card

Pipe organ interface

32 character display

Control panel

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Select Enter

Demo Button Power Button

The Holmberg

Musical Clock

Note: The placement of the display, switches and buttons may vary depend-

ing on the model and design of the casework of the clock.

The Microcontroller The music that comes with your

musical clock, and additional

music which may be purchased

later, is stored on an internal com-

pact ash card which is already

installed in the clock. When power

is applied, the system will take a

few moments to initialize itself and

Play Selection will be visible on

the display. When this is true, the

system is functional. Nothing else

is required for the clock to auto-

matically chime and play music at

designated intervals.

However, your instrument is capa-

ble of much, much, more. Other

sections of this guide will introduce

you to features that will allow you

to tailor the system to your own

desires.

To use the control panel simply

open the drawer or door, which-

ever your model happens to have,

and the control panel and display

will be visible.

The Holmberg Musical Clock 15

The Operating system of your

musical clock contains a menu of

commands for setting its various

performance characteristics. In

most cases, the Select key will dis-

play an option and the Enter key

will execute the displayed task.

For example, pressing the Select

key will display each function and

pressing the Enter key will activate

it. To help keep track of where you

are in the system’s menu, certain

commands are bracketed, such

as [Add]. This indicates that you

are using or setting the displayed

command.

The remainder of this section is a

description of these functions and

ample space is provided for your

own notes.

Menu Functions

Model C-17 Control Panel detail

While the clock is idle, you will notice dancing musical notes on the display.

Press Select or Enter and the current menu function is displayed. Press Select

until the desired function is displayed.

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Menu Functions

Play Selection

To choose a menu function, simply

press the select key until the de-

sired function is displayed.

Note: A ‘’ in a function name

indicates that the function aects

the automatic operation of the

clock.

Function Description Function Description

Play Selection Play a musical selection Set Recital Program recital mode selections

Recital Play Play a recital program Auto Set Program auto settings

Play Chimes Play chimes Mute Set Program organ and/or chimes mute settings

Time Set Set curent time Chimes Set Turn chimes on or off

Set Volume Select default musical library(s) Order Set Program ordering of muscal selections for auto and demo play

Set Selection Change the next auto play selection Music Frequency Program frequency of auto play

Set Tempo Change tempo for a musical selection Clock Status display current status of clock

Set Rank1Turn addional rank on or off Tune Play notes of pipe organ for tuning

notes

1 Availiable on multi-rank models

Software Functions Menu

The Holmberg Musical Clock 17

Play Selection

Haydn #12

Haydn #1

Playing...

Press Enter to choose Play Selec-

tion

Press Select to display a musical

selection. Continuing to press the

Select key will cycle through the

current default music library.

Press Enter to play the selection

that you have chosen.

Play a musical composition from

the current musical library. This

function will allow you to select a

composition and play it. See Set

Volume to change the current

music library.

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Recital Play

Haydn #7

Playing...

Press Enter to play a recital. To

learn more about programming

a recital, see the Set Recital func-

tion.

The system plays the pieces that

have been programmed for the

recital.

Note: Any musical compositions

may be programed as a recital,

however certain musical pieces

in the music library are consid-

ered multi-piece works, such as a

3-movement sonata, as noted in

the music library pages.

This function will play a pre-pro-

grammed recital

The Holmberg Musical Clock 19

Play Chimes

Playing Chimes...

Press Enter to play the chimes.

Plays the Full 4/4 Westminster tune

and strikes the current hour.

Play chimes and strike current hour.

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Time Set

Press Enter to set the current time.

Press the Select key until the de-

sired command is displayed.

Note: The role of the Select and Enter buttons of the time setting function is he exception to the rule.

In general, the select key displays a command or options and the Enter key conrms or sets it. How-

ever because of the complexity of time setting where only two buttons are available a nd dierent

mode of operation is necessary. In setting the time, the Select key changed a value in the current

time, such as: hour, minute, AM/PM, or Adjustment and the Enter key displays a command.

Time setting is accomplished

through the following commands:

Set Hour

Set Minute

Set AM/PM

Adjust

Exit

06:15 PM 0

Set Minute

Set system time.

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