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When was the first cuckoo clock made?
Are all cuckoo clocks made in Germany?
Is "Black Forest" a brand name?
What is a 1 day cuckoo clock?
What is an 8 day cuckoo clock?
What is a musical cuckoo clock?
How is the size of a cuckoo clock determined?
What is "Linden" wood?
What service do cuckoo clocks need?
When was the first cuckoo clock made?
The beginnings of the Black Forest cuckoo clock
industry date back to the 17th century. The first Black Forest clock (not
cuckoo clock) was made in the year 1640 at the Glashof near Waldau. The
first cuckoo clock was made and designed in the year 1750 by a clock maker
named Franz Anton Ketterer. He was located in the small village of Schoenwald
which is near Triberg in the heart of the Black Forest.
Are all cuckoo clocks made in Germany
All cuckoo clocks of our range are guaranteed made
in the Black Forest of Germany. There was a time, a few nations besides
Germany tried to produce cuckoo clocks. Some were made in Japan, some
others, especially fakes were made in China. Even in the USA was once
a cuckoo clock factory which was founded by German immigrants. Today,
Germany is the only nation left to make genuine cuckoo clocks.
Is "Black Forest" a brand name?
No, Black Forest is a region in the south western
part of Germany. It often is confused with the cuckoo clocks brand names
because cuckoo clocks are usually offered and advertised as "Original
Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks" There is nothing wrong with this term
but it only means that these products are made in the Black Forest of
Germany.
What is a 1-day cuckoo clock?
A 1-day cuckoo clock is a cuckoo clock with a mechanical
chain/weight driven movement which has to be rewound by pulling up the
weights to the top once a day. These clocks are also often called 24 hour
cuckoo clocks.
What is an 8-day cuckoo clock?
The 8-day cuckoo clock is in terms of functioning
just like a 1-day cuckoo clock. With the only difference that it has to
be rewound only once a week. In Germany people used to say eight days
when talking about one week. This expression was and still is associated
to clocks able to run a time span of one week with just one winding.
What is a musical cuckoo clock?
Musical cuckoo clocks are regular 1-day and 8-day
cuckoo clocks able to play 2 different musical tunes after the cuckoo
sound. Usually the tunes will be played after the half hour cuckoo and
after the full hour cuckoo in 1-day cuckoo clocks (MT-clocks). There are
1-day clocks with so called "roof mounted musicals" or "two
door" cuckoo clocks, they will play the music only once after the
full hour cuckoo (M-clocks). 8-day cuckoo clocks (8MT-clocks) are equipped
to play two different tunes, too, but the inner technique only allows
them to play the music after the full hour cuckoo. One hour the first
tune and the following hour the second tune and the third hour the first
tune again and so on.
How is the size of a cuckoo clock determined?
The size of a cuckoo clock is measured from the
peak of the top carvings to the lowest end of the bottom carvings. The
weights and pendulum is extra. Weights and pendulum can not be included
in the over all measurements because the clocks are weight driven and
therefore the weights will drop slowly towards the ground and would change
the measurement every day.
What is "Linden" wood?
Linden wood is light colored fairly soft wood which
is short fiber and related to bass wood. These facts make hand carving
perfect because short fiber and soft wood will guarantee that the carvings
will turn out well shaped and smooth on the surface
What service do cuckoo clocks need?
Usually, our cuckoo clocks run perfectly for many
years as long as it is guaranteed that they are hung in a friendly environment.
It should not be hung in a humind or dusty area and also the temperature
should not drop below 32° F or 0° degrees celsius. As long as
the clock runs perfectly it does not need to be serviced. If it does not
run smoothly anymore we recommend to bring it to a clockmaker where the
movement can be cleaned and oiled with a special clock oil.
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