- Your clock will arrive properly packed in it's
original box from the factory in Germany. Keep this box
and all packaging in case you need to send the clock in
for service or for moving to a new location.
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- Be sure to take notice of the labels and
only open the
top of the Cuckoo Box.
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- This is typically what the packing will look like
when the box is opened, normally the box will include:
- Cuckoo Clock
- 1 top carving and any
other top part
attachments (Houses normally
will not include these items)
- Pendulum
- 2 pine cone weights (3 weights, if
the clock is a musical cuckoo
clock)
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- Start removing the packing and set to the side,
do not throw anything away until you are absolutely sure
your have all the items accounted for.
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- Carefully unwrap the items from the paper, depending
on your clock these items may vary.
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- Set the items aside so they will not be damaged by
feet, children, or pets.
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- Remove the Pine Cone weights from the box.
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- Remove the Cuckoo Clock from the box.
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- Additional parts may be in the box, check everything
carefully and remove the parts.
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- Unwrap the additional parts and set aside with the
other items.
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- Here is what a typical Musical Hunters clock will
include. Chalet type cuckoo's will normally only include
weights and a pendulum. Non hunter carved cuckoo's will
normally include weights, a pendulum, and a headpiece.
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- Place the clock face down on a table, do not remove
the wire through the chains until the clock is hanging
in a vertical position on the wall.
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- Rotate the rear door latches so they are clear of
the rear door.
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- Use a pen or pencil or other similar device and pry
the rear door from the clock.
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- Carefully remove the bellows clips from the bellows
on the top of the whistles in the back of the clock.
Some clips have an orange tab to assist in removal,
others will only be a wire clip without the orange tab.
These clips must
be removed or your clock will not make the cuckoo call.
Some clocks have both whistles on the left side looking
into the rear of the clock and some clocks have a
whistle on each side.
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- Remove the Gong paper from the rear door.
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Gong Adjustment:
- To adjust the sound of the gong look through the
hole on the rear door of the clock,
you will see the horizontal gong wire and the hammer
that strikes the gong. The hammer should strike the gong
and move away from it, make sure you have a space so as
to achieve the proper sound. The hammer can be
bent slightly closer or further away from the gong to
obtain a desirable gong sound.
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- Install the rear door back onto the clock and rotate
the door retainers back into position.
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- Install the Deer Head onto the top carving
(headpiece) of the clock with the provided screw. You
will need a Philips Screwdriver.
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- Install the headpiece onto the clock by rotating the
head piece screws into the clock headpiece retaining
clips. After the headpiece is installed tighten the
screws to secure it.
Broken
headpieces are not covered by warranty.
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- Now select a place for your new clock. Put a strong
nail, screw, or anchor
designed to hold the clocks weight at least 7 feet above the floor.
- Make sure that the clock is
hanging straight and flush against the wall for
proper operation.
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- Install the Deer Antlers in the holes provided in
the top of the head.
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- Installed the Hunters Horn into the proper hole on
the front of the clock if the horn is shipped loose with
the clock.
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- Rotate the Cuckoo Bird Door retainer out of the way
of the door. Open the door to check for free operation,
when the door is released it should close itself.
- Some musical clocks have 2 doors
and 2 door wires
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- Un wrap the Cuckoo Chain retaining wire at the
bottom of the clock and let the chains fall toward the
floor.
- This wire prevents the chains from
from coming off the movement
wheels.
DO NOT TURN CLOCK UPSIDE DOWN AT ANY
TIME AFTER REMOVING THIS WIRE!
- Remove any knots from the
chains and make sure they are hanging straight.
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- Hang the pendulum
onto wire-loop
at the bottom of the clock.
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- Hang the pine cone
weights onto the weight
hooks.
- If the clock starts
to cuckoo this is normal
allow it to finish, if it cuckoos the wrong number
of hours do not be alarmed after the first,
full hour, the striking mechanism will adjust itself
and will cuckoo the proper number
to match the hour the next hour.
- One weight operates the
clock movement
- the other weight operates
the cuckoo-bird mechanism
- Musical cuckoo clocks have
three weights. The third weight operates the music movement.
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- This is what the clock should look like after proper
assembly and hung on the wall.
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- Move the night shutoff to the On position with the
lever on the left side of the clock. If your clock does
not have a lever on the side then check for a black wire
with a loop on the bottom of the clock near the weight
chains on the left side.
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Clock does not cuckoo or
music does not play:
- If you put the clock on the wall and it does not
cuckoo or if it is musical
does not play the music, check on the side of the clock
for a metal lever that is the night
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
wrong. The lever must be moved
to one extreme either up or down.
Your clock may have a black wire that
extends through the bottom for shut off, move the wire
either up or down, advance the minute hand to see if the
clock will cuckoo now.
- If you have an Anton Schneider 8
Day clock with automatic night shutoff then the
center position is the automatic position. Refer to
the instructions included in the box for details.
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- Start the clock by pulling the pendulum to one side
and releasing it to swing.
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- Once the Pendulum is swinging then move the bottom
of the clock slightly to the left then to the right
while listening to the TIC TOC, move the clock to the
position that has the most ever TIC TOC sound and your
clock will be in beat.
If you do not get your clock in beat it will stop
running after a few minutes.
- If you put the clock near open windows, fans,
doorways, or heating vents, the clock may stop
periodically due to drafts.
- If the clock does not run, move the minute hand back
half an hour and forward to the hour and let it cuckoo.
Start the pendulum again.
- If the clock does not run, wind the weights fully
and check the chains for any kinks of
the chain links
- If the clock still does not run – look underneath
and see if “loop” that the pendulum
hangs on is rubbing on the clock case.
The clock must hang flush to the wall
and the wire must not touch any part of the clock.
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- Setting to correct time:
Turn the minute hand (long hand) slowly 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 cuckoo cuckoo and if it is musical to let the music
play. The cuckoo will automatically adjust itself and strike
the correct time.
- If the clock does not give the correct number of
cuckoos 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 times, move the hour hand (small hand!) back
to 5 o’clock and then set the time to 6 o’clock
again with the minute hand (big hand!).
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- Winding:
After a few hours the pine cone weights
have lowered and the rings fastened to the end of the chains
have come up. (The weights will not
descend at the same rate). Pull the
chains down to
raise the weight; your clock is now fully would.
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- 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 up, make small adjustments,
with patience you can get your clock keeping good time.
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- This picture is here for information on the clock
music movement and how they are activated.
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