Cuckoo Clock - Black Forest House Woodchopper

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"Forest Work" is the name of this original Black Forest cuckoo clock, with its shingled hip roof. The wood case is partially stained in walnut, with the rest of the housefront replaced with plexiglass and half-timbered framework, so that the mechanical clockwork on the inside can be seen. The house front is decorated with a stack of firewood and pine trees, between which a fawn is hiding.  The solid-wood cuckoo calls the number of the hour on every full hour (e.g. 3:00 p.m. or 3:00 a.m. 3 times) and once on the half-hour. During the cuckoo call, the farmer chops the wood with his ax. After the cuckoo call on the hour and half-hour, one of the two alternating melodies plays. The water wheel and the folklore dance figurines turn to the music. This clock has an automatic night switch-off. Clockface, numbers and hands are all made of wood. The mechanical clockwork runs for 24 hours. This classic model is crafted by the Anton Schneider company in Schonach, a family business that had its beginning in a farmhouse in 1848, and has grown to be one of the largest cuckoo clock producers in the area.

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