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‖ grande sonnerie|grɑ̃d sɔn(ə)ri|
[Fr., = great striking, chiming.]
(See quot. 1960.)
1938H. Cescinsky Old English Master Clockmakers iii. 13 There are..quarter-strike, chiming, ‘Grand Sonnerie’, and musical clocks. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 133/2 Grand sonnerie, a system of clock striking whereby the hour and the quarter are struck at each quarter. The earliest known example is the movement..made by Tompion about 1676–80. 1963Times 12 Jan. 10/6 A late eighteenth-century grande sonnerie mantel clock. |