My 25-year-old cuckoo clock hung on the dining room wall silent for over two years. Finally, this month, I decided to see if I could repair the clock to produce the comforting, hourly cuckoo whistle ...

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TUSCALOOSA | Timing is everything to Kenneth Moore. It's how he makes his living in a job in which he works with baffles and bushings to get the pings and bongs just right. Moore is a clock repairman.

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