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Aaron Willard's third clock-model was the Banjo clock, which eventually became the factory's mainstream. The Banjo had been invented by Simon in 1802. It comprised a compacted mechanism in a compact body which could be fastened on a wall. With a not-cheap price of about $30, it was nevertheless a hit.
At his heyday, Aaron's workshop gathered about thirty workers. Thus, for Aaron's business Simon's compact Banjo Clock was perfect so Aaron produced them hundredfold. These clocks kept the original Simon's frontal glass style and with their brass mechanism they ran for eight days. Nonetheless, Aaron's clocks are praised too for their beauty.
The banjo clock, or banjo timepiece, is an American wall clock with a banjo-shaped case. It was invented by Simon Willard , originally of Grafton, Massachusetts , later of Roxbury, Massachusetts , and patented in 1802. [ 1 ]
The stamp — designed by Derry Craig (née Derry Noyes; born 1952 → wife of Washington lawyer Gregory B. Craig) — is a rendering of the dial, or face, of Willard's Banjo Clock, from a watercolor painting by Lou Nolan (né Louis James Nolan; 1926–2008), late of McLean Virginia. [8]
The Willard House and Clock Museum is located at the former farm homestead of the Willard brothers (Benjamin, Simon, Ephraim, and Aaron). The brothers made clocks there in the late 18th century, before they moved the business to Roxbury, where they became pillars of the emerging American clockmaking industry. The house was built about 1718.
The first song to became "popular" through a national advertising campaign was "My Grandfather's Clock" in 1876. [3] Mass production of piano in the late-19th century helped boost sheet music sales. [3] Toward the end of the century, during the Tin Pan Alley era, sheet music was sold by dozens and even hundreds of publishing companies.
A c. 1825–30 lighthouse timepiece by Simon Willard. A lighthouse clock is a type of mantel clock manufactured in the U.S. from 1818 through 1830s by the American clockmaker Simon Willard, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
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