KM 13 - Blackforest Women with Turning Dancers

Cuckoo Sounds on Each Hour & Half Hourly accompanied with a bell sound and Moving Black Forest Women, Moving Bell .Turning Water Wheel and Turning Couple Dancers move with a musical melody which change every half hourly between Happy Wanderer and Edelweiss.

The “cuc-koo” sound is created by two  bellows (pipes) in the clock, the clock’s movement activates the bellows to send a puff of air into each pipe alternately when the clock strikes.

• At the base of the cabinet there is a Lever  by which the sound  can be switched off manually.
• Cuckoo clock cabinet, dial, pendulum and hands are handcrafted, made of Black Forest German Wood.
• There are 3 weights made of cast iron in a pine cone shape , weighing 1500gm each.
• The height of the clock does not include the length of the pendulum and weights. The length of suspended chains is 6 feet.
• There are 3 chains, one  for the time ,one for the cuckoo and one for the melody.
• The clock is wound every 7 days. This is done by pulling  the free end of the chains and assisting the weights to raise them back to the top.
• Black forest German cuckoo clocks come with a VDS Certificate of Authenticity and  2 years international warranty against manufacturing defects.