Gary T. Grandfather Clocks are also called "Tall Case" Clocks. I'm not sure which name came first, I expect, "Tall Case."

It may also be interesting to some to know that it once was the custom (at least in Appalachia) to stop a clock with a mechanical movement at the time of someone's death. That way, any visitors to the home could know at what time the deceased had passed. The clock was usually, but not always, started again after the funeral or an appropriate period of mourning.

For anyone interested in a dynamite version of "Grandfather's Clock," Steve Kaufman has a video lesson entitled, "The Art Of Crosspicking." The chiming of the clock is simulated by chiming the guitar in a scale! I can't play it, but I'm working on it. It's great, for me, tho, just to watch the video from time to time, & listen to Steve play it. GREAT!

Randall