Timeline of Carl Schleutermann's Big Cuckoo

Here's a nice timeline for the history of my Great Uncle Schleutermann's cuckoo clock. Now in Sugarcreek, Ohio.

A Nice Article About Our Retail Partners in Berea...

Here's a nice article about North Coast Imports and Suburban Clock...

BEREA, Ohio -- The escape hatch from a digital world is at 76 Front Street.

The door there opens to Suburban Clock and Repair, an almost magical place where time has ticked, chimed, chirped and gonged for 60 years.

They'll celebrate the anniversary on Saturday with "Clocktoberfest," a festival featuring polka and big band music, German food, vintage cars, a mayoral proclamation, presentations by the Berea Historical Society and a kids' activity tent -- all starting at 1 p.m. and running until the little hand hits 9.

The vintage cars? "All 60 years and older," said Rudolf "Dolf" Kamper, who owns the business with his father, 78-year-old Rudolf "Rudi" Kamper -- who, coincidentally, came to the United States from his native Germany 60 years ago.

Rudi's uncle, Karl Schleutermann, who was famous for building giant cuckoo clocks, founded Suburban Clock in 1953. Rudi took it over when he got out of the Air Force in 1965.  -Tom Feran, The Plain Dealer

Lecture on the Marine Chronometer, the key to finding longitude

As part of our Clocktoberfest celebration in Berea, Ohio, we are partnering with Baldwin Wallace University in presenting a special open house at the Burrell Memorial Observatory on Friday August 9, 2013 at 6:30.

Dr. Edwin Meyer presents a lecture on The Marine Chronometer,
The Key to Finding Longitude. The technological progress of humanity has come with a concomitant necessity for a more precise method to measure the passage of time. This was apparent when maritime travel for conquest, trade and exploration required a method to accurately determine the position of a ship at sea. A ship's latitude could be determined by the angle of the noonday sun, but the determination of a ship's longitude turned out to be the biggest technological challenge of the 18th Century. There were two
paths to this achievement - navigation by the heavens and navigations by accurately measuring time. Dr. Meyer will tell the story of this race for the determination of longitude on the high sea.

There will be museum-quality timepieces available for viewing before and after Dr. Meyer's presentation courtesy of Suburban Clock, including an actual marine chronometer.

Dr. Edwin Meyer, Chairman of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at BW will present the lecture held in the "Center for Innovation and Growth" (CIG). at 340 Front Street, Berea, Ohio 44017. After the lecture the Burrell Observatory will be open for viewing, weather permitting.  This is a free lecture and no reservations are required. For questions, contact the observatory director at gkader@bw.edu or the Department of Physics and Astronomy at 440 826 2312

For more information on other Clocktoberfest events on August 10, call 440 234 4027 or visit www.Clocktoberfest.com