EIGHT-DAY CLOCKS
Many people know these clocks today as “grandfather clocks”, but that term is not what the Willards would have called them. To the Willards, they were eight-day clocks, since they were said to run for a week and a day. It is this term we use to describe them during our tours.
The term grandfather clock was not in use until after the song “My Grandfather’s Clock” by Henry Clay Work was written in 1876. Over a million copies of the sheet music for this song have been sold, and has become a standard - sung by Johnny Cash, spoofed by Garrison Keiller, and even used in video games.
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