Adventures in the Life of a 400-Day Clock Repairer

Adventures in the Life of a 400-Day Clock Repairer

Adventures in the Life of a 400-Day Clock Repairer

Joseph Rabushka

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Mill City Press, Inc
Año de edición:
2017
ISBN:
9781635052794
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Have you ever wanted to know just how an experienced 400-day clock repairer fixes these clocks? This book takes you inside Joseph Rabushka’s workshop. In ten fascinating stories, you will experience the way he diagnoses the problems of these mystery clocks and his successes, frustrations, and satisfactions when he gets these strange clocks to run. This is a fun and exciting book that will be almost impossible to put down by anyone interested in clocks.Joseph Rabushka, a retired concert violinist, has been repairing and restoring 400-day clocks exclusively for over thirty years. Acknowledged as one of the world’s foremost experts on 400-day clock repair, he has repaired clocks for more than seventy dealers worldwide.

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