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A '''grandfather clock''' is a clock in a tall, free-standing wooden case, driven by weights.
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A '''grandfather clock''', also called a longcase clock, is a clock in a tall, free-standing wooden case, driven by weights.
   
 
==History==
  
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There was a [[grandfather clock at 12 Grimmauld Place]].
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There was a grandfather clock by the entrance to the [[Gryffindor common room]].<ref>{{PS|B|16}}</ref>
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In [[1993]], [[Remus Lupin]] told his [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] class that he once found a [[boggart]] in a grandfather clock.<ref>{{POA|B|7}}</ref>
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In [[1994]], inside the [[Riddle House]], there was a grandfather clock that was covered in a few cobwebs.<ref>{{GOF|F}}</ref>
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In [[August]] [[1995]], Lupin helped [[Sirius Black]], [[Harry Potter]], and the [[Weasley family|Weasleys]] repair a [[grandfather clock at 12 Grimmauld Place]] that had developed the habit of shooting heavy bolts at passers-by.<ref>{{OOTP|B|6}}</ref>
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In [[June]] [[1996]], while [[Dumbledore's Army]] [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries|infiltrated]] the [[Department of Mysteries]], Harry stunned a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]], who fell back into a grandfather clock (one of many) inside the [[Time Room]]. Another Death Eater began to topple grandfather clocks and overturn desks after his head de-aged into a baby's.<ref>{{OOTP|B|35}}</ref>
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In [[July]] [[1996]], when Harry accompanied [[Albus Dumbledore]] to [[Budleigh Babberton]], Harry found a splintered grandfather clock with its face cracked in the wreckage of the [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] house that [[Horace Slughorn]] was hiding in.<ref>{{HBP|B|4}}</ref> This was part of Slughorn's scheme to evade the [[Death Eaters]] by pretending he had already been attacked and carried off, and the clock was presumably [[Mending Charm|repaired]] alongside the other damage Slughorn did to the home.
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[[Percival Shacklehorn]] had a grandfather clock in [[Percival Shacklehorn's tent|his tent]].<ref>{{FBC|2}}</ref>
   
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A grandfather clock was used as the entrance for the Secret Clubhouse at the [[Former Student Centre]].<ref name="HM81">{{HM|8|1}}</ref>
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There was also a grandfather clock by the entrance to the [[Gryffindor Tower|Gryffindor common room]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 16 (''Through the Trapdoor'')</ref>
  
   
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==Behind the scenes==
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[[Remus Lupin]] told his [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] class that he once found a [[boggart]] in a grandfather clock. This may have been the grandfather clock at 12 Grimmauld place or by the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']] - Chapter 7 (''The Boggart in the Wardrobe'')</ref>
  
   
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*The name "{{w|Grandfather clock}}" was applied to this style of clock due to the popular 1876 song "{{w|My Grandfather's Clock}}". In the song, the narrator's grandfather owned such a clock that seemed to closely mirror events in his life.
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The [[Weasleys]] had a modified [[Weasley's family clock|grandfather clock]] at their [[Burrow|home]].
  
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*The [[Weasley Clock]] is described as a grandfather clock in {{GOF}}, but [[Molly Weasley]] later began to carry the clock around with her in'' [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Half-Blood Prince]],'' and Harry notes that the clock used to ''hang'' on the wall at [[the Burrow]]; it therefore cannot be a grandfather clock.
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**a possible solution is that Molly removed the mechanism from its case and altered it to a more portable form.
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*[[Remus Lupin]] does not specify where the [[boggart]]'s grandfather clock was, but it probably wasn't the grandfather clock in [[12 Grimmauld Place]]; Lupin, a [[half-blood]] and a [[werewolf]], would not have been welcome in that house until his friend [[Sirius Black]] took possession in the summer of [[1995]]. It might have been the grandfather clock outside [[Gryffindor Tower]], or (more likely) it was an otherwise insignificant grandfather clock in another location.
   
 
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A grandfather clock, also called a longcase clock, is a clock in a tall, free-standing wooden case, driven by weights.

History

There was a grandfather clock by the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.[1]

In 1993, Remus Lupin told his Defence Against the Dark Arts class that he once found a boggart in a grandfather clock.[2]

In 1994, inside the Riddle House, there was a grandfather clock that was covered in a few cobwebs.[3]

In August 1995, Lupin helped Sirius Black, Harry Potter, and the Weasleys repair a grandfather clock at 12 Grimmauld Place that had developed the habit of shooting heavy bolts at passers-by.[4]

In June 1996, while Dumbledore's Army infiltrated the Department of Mysteries, Harry stunned a Death Eater, who fell back into a grandfather clock (one of many) inside the Time Room. Another Death Eater began to topple grandfather clocks and overturn desks after his head de-aged into a baby's.[5]

In July 1996, when Harry accompanied Albus Dumbledore to Budleigh Babberton, Harry found a splintered grandfather clock with its face cracked in the wreckage of the Muggle house that Horace Slughorn was hiding in.[6] This was part of Slughorn's scheme to evade the Death Eaters by pretending he had already been attacked and carried off, and the clock was presumably repaired alongside the other damage Slughorn did to the home.

Percival Shacklehorn had a grandfather clock in his tent.[7]

A grandfather clock was used as the entrance for the Secret Clubhouse at the Former Student Centre.[8]

Behind the scenes

  • The name "Grandfather clock" was applied to this style of clock due to the popular 1876 song "My Grandfather's Clock". In the song, the narrator's grandfather owned such a clock that seemed to closely mirror events in his life.
  • The Weasley Clock is described as a grandfather clock in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but Molly Weasley later began to carry the clock around with her in Half-Blood Prince, and Harry notes that the clock used to hang on the wall at the Burrow; it therefore cannot be a grandfather clock.
    • a possible solution is that Molly removed the mechanism from its case and altered it to a more portable form.
  • Remus Lupin does not specify where the boggart's grandfather clock was, but it probably wasn't the grandfather clock in 12 Grimmauld Place; Lupin, a half-blood and a werewolf, would not have been welcome in that house until his friend Sirius Black took possession in the summer of 1995. It might have been the grandfather clock outside Gryffindor Tower, or (more likely) it was an otherwise insignificant grandfather clock in another location.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 (Through the Trapdoor)
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 7 (The Boggart in the Wardrobe)
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 6 (The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 4 (Horace Slughorn)
  7. ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World, Case 2: The Smell of Fear
  8. ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Beyond Hogwarts, Volume 1, Chapter 1 (Beyond Hogwarts)
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