Re: Westminster clock.
From my experiences, if the clock is running, not stalling, but just inaccurate timekeeping, it is usually the pendulum length that needs adjustment.
Longer for slower and shorter for faster. Simple trial and error over a few days corrected this on my Westminster clock.
If the beat is off, and you can sense more of a ‘Tock tick’ rather than ‘tick tock’ sound, try trial and error by altering the whole tilt of the clock case with small increments created by strips of cardboard or coins jacking up either the left or the right. When reaching an optimum position, you could extrapolate this relative position to true vertical, by carefully adjusting the pallet positioning.
Usually if the beat is badly off, the clock won’t even run for more than an hour or so at best.
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