Salem Clock Shop

Salem Clock Shop - 1085 Broadway Street NE, Salem, OR 97301  -  (503) 581-3803   Fax: (503) 581-3331

CLOCK

CHIMES

Clock Chimes— Westminster Quarters, Whittington, St. Michael’s, Ave Maria, and more.

Westminster Quarters—Made world

famous by London’s “Big Ben”.

Westminster Quarters Variant—The second quarter is changed.

Saint Michael’s—Origin: St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, S.C.— 1764

Whittington (Bow Version)— Church of Mary Le Bow, Cheapside, London-16th century

Whittington (American Version)— The version nearly always heard in chiming clocks.

Ave Maria— This will give you an idea of this sequence, but it is not necessarily exact.

Tin Tan— A two bell chime heard in some older clocks.