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For Original Black Forest cuckoo clocks and cuckoo clocks with music:

Carton contents:

 

I) 1 clock
II) 1 top ornament and any appropriate top parts.
III) Pendulum
IV) 2 pine cone weights (3 weights, if you purchase a musical cuckoo clock)

DO NOT THROW AWAY THE CARTON OR INSIDE PADDING BEFORE YOU HAVE FOUND ALL ACCESSORIES LISTED ABOVE!

1. Carefully remove clock from carton and unwrap loose accessories. Do not touch the small bag tied under the clock.

2.  Put clock face down. Push clamp (4) upwards. Insert a screwdriver (3) to remove back panel.

3. Carefully remove cardboard under strike gong on back panel (5).

4. Pull out the two wire clamps (6) from each of the 2 bellows.

5. Put back panel in this place again. Push metal clamp (4) down to hold back panel closed. Now turn the clock over on its back.

6. Fasten the hand carved top ornament with the two clips onto the front of the roof.

7. Now select a place for your new clock. Put a strong nail (11) screw or preferably dry wall anchor at least 7 feet above the floor. Make sure that the clock is hanging straight and flush against the wall. Use whole (10) in the back panel to hang the clock.

8. Carefully unwrap chains from paper bag fastened at the bottom of the clock, only after the clock is hanging o the wall. Remove  the wire that is fastened through the chains. This wire prevents the chains from slipping from the cog wheel before the clock is hung.

DO NOT TURN CLOCK UPSIDE DOWN AT ANY TIME AFTER REMOVING THIS WIRE! Allow chains to hang freely through bottom of clock. See that the chain has no knots but is hanging straight down.

9. FRONT OF CLOCK: There is a little door for the cuckoo above the dial of the clock. This door is held closed by a wire-hook (7). Turn  this wire upwards to allow the door to open (Some musical clocks have 2 doors and 2 door wires).

10. Hand pendulum into wire-loop (9) and pine cone weights into hooks (8). Clock may now start to cuckoo; do not try to stop this; after the first, full hour call, the striking mechanism will adjust itself and always be correct.

BEFORE STARTING THE CLOCK, READ THE FOLLOWING:

Setting the correct time:
Slow turn the minute hand (long hand) backwards. DO NOT touch the hour hand (short hand). If you turn the minute hand forward to see the time you MUST stop on the hour and the half hour to let the clock cuckoo and (if it is musical) let the music play. The cuckoo call
will automatically adjust itself and strike the correct time. Now start the clock by gently swinging the pendulum to the side.

Winding:
After a few hours the pine cones have lowered and the rings fastened to the end of the chains have come up. (The weights will not go down at the same rate of speed). Pull the rings down until the weights are up just under the clock; it is now fully wound. One weight
winds up the movement, the other the cuckoo-bird mechanism, (cuckoo clocks with music have three weights. The third weight winds up the music movement).

Timekeeping adjustment:
If your clock is running too fast, lower the leaf by sliding it down the pendulum rod. If your clock is running too slow, move the leaf by sliding it up the pendulum rod.
 

TROUBLE SHOOTING: Clock does not run:

1. If you put the clock near open windows, fans, doorways, or heating vents, the clock may stop periodically due to drafts.

2. If the clock does not run, move the minute hand back half an hour and forward to the hour and let it cuckoo. Set the pendulum swinging again.

3. If the clock does not run, wind the weights fully and check the chains for any kinks that may have prevented the weights from coming down properly.

4. If you put the clock on the wall and it does not cuckoo or (if it is musical) does not play music, check on the side of the clock for a metal shut-off lever. The lever may be turned to the “off” position. Disregard the sticker which tells you which way to move the lever to turn the music and the cuckoo off and on. Sometimes these stickers are translated incorrectly . The lever must be moved to one extreme or the other. If it is placed in the middle of the two extremes problems may result.

5. Listen to make sure that the clock has an even tic-toc – tilt the clocks slightly to the left or right to obtain an even tic-toc.

6. To adjust the sound of the gong look through the hole (2) on the drawing – the hammer can be bent slightly closer or further away from the gong to obtain a desirable gong sound.

7. If the clock still does not run – look underneath and see if “loop” (9) is rubbing on the clock case. Move the clock flat against the wall if rubbing.

TROUBLE SHOOTING: Clock does not give the correct number of strikes:

If the clock does not give the correct number of strikes at the full hour, this means that the hour hand is not in the correct position.

Wait until the next full hour and set the hour hand to the hour that the clock strikes and then set the time again with the minute hand.

For example: If it is 6 o’clock but the clock only strikes 5, move the hour hand (small hand) back to 5 o’clock and then set the time to 6 o’clock with the minute hand (big hand).