When an American clock, after being wound up, continues to strike until it runs down, the remedy is this. Take off the hands and dial and watch the clock strike. It will be seen that at each blow of the hammer a wire bent at a right angle and hammered to a thin edge drops into the spaces between the teeth of a large wheel on the left of the clock. In this wheel, at irregular intervals, are deeper slots. First see that the wire drops centrally into these and does not touch either side. This can be adjusted by bending the wire. If this does not remedy the fault, look to the next wheel. On its axis there is a circular brass plate with a slot in it. When the wire first mentioned drops into a deep slot in the large wheel, another wire arm should drop into the slot on the next wheel and so stop the striking train. Allow the clock to strike very slowly by checking the fly with the fingers, and observe very carefully whether the wire lever last mentioned drops properly into the locking slot.. If it does not go deep enough, bend it down a trifle.