Gregg Perry

The Historic Preservationist

Arts EN ↓ 1035 episodes

Conservation scholar Gregg Perry will lead us back into time on a journey of restoring and conserving 17th -19th century period architecture furnishings and timepieces.

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Gregg Perry

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Arts

Latest episode

May 10, 2026

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Episodes

62. Landscape of wooden buildings 24.08.2022

Few wooden remnants remain of early dwellings.

61. The threshold of survival of American architecture 24.08.2022

Sadly, very little 17th or early 18th remains of architecture can be found.

60. Studying early American architecture 24.08.2022

Studying vernacular American dwellings

59. breathing life into the Nemours Museum 23.08.2022

Restoration of the 100 year old estate.

58. Early Long-case clocks from London. 23.08.2022

Moving from a lantern wall clock to a case clock.

57. Washington, the man synonymous with America 23.08.2022

Washington, the most important man in America.

56. The First Transformers 23.08.2022

An exhibition coming back to Switzerland.

55. The Shakers 23.08.2022

The Shakers superb craftsmanship

54 Terms used for British Tall Case Clocks 22.08.2022

Terms used for British Tall Case Clocks

53. Terms used in describing dials 22.08.2022

Terms used in describing tall case composite dials.

52. Outside rack striking 22.08.2022

The standard for rack striking is reached.

51. Rack striking 22.08.2022

Examining the earliest form of rack striking

50. Rack Striking 22.08.2022

The reasons for development of rack Stiking.

48. Strike work, chumming and music 20.08.2022

Three types of tall case indications.

47. Maintaining power 20.08.2022

Was maintaining power solely invented so that time would not be lost during winding?

46. The tick-tack escapement 20.08.2022

An extension of the anchor escapement, The tick tack pallets span only two or three teeth of the escape wheel.

45. The pinwheel escapement 20.08.2022

Pinwheel escapement

44. The dead beat escapement 20.08.2022

The development of a more accurate escape mechanism.

43. The anchor escapement 20.08.2022

The anchor, the workhorse of escapements

41. Availability of one or two hands 20.08.2022

The development of multiple hands on clocks.

42. The development of the Long case for clocks 20.08.2022

How the Long-case clock came to be.

40 Duration between winding 19.08.2022

Understanding how the endless rope system was applied to early la term clocks.

39 Hours quarters and minutes 19.08.2022

Understanding time indications the populous knew in the 17th c.

38. Solar and Mean Time 19.08.2022

Understanding how to set clocks by sundial by using an equation by time table.

37. Single handed-mechanisms and filiot and balanced wheels. 13.05.2022

The early heart of time keeping

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