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It's silly but I run into the kitchen right before the hour to hear it strike. I was so tickled when I finally got it working! It has been running for several months now and I couldn't be happier with the results (pic 2). I was amazed at how well the movement cleaned up. So I took it apart (pic 1), cleaned and oiled the movement, rebuilt the two whistle bellows, replaced the missing pieces, and fiddled with it for a couple days adjusting things.

For the past 20 years it was simply a keepsake decoration that he hung over his workbench in the garage.

I don't know how long it has been since it was in working condition. It returned to his possession when she passed away. He had purchased the clock as a present for his mother while he was stationed in Germany. Just seemed like a proper tribute to the man I had so much respect and admiration for. wasn't sure what I could do with it but I felt that I needed to get it working somehow. Missing parts, broken pieces, dusty/dirty/tarnished movement, didn't run. I love old mechanical clocks so when they came across the old cuckoo clock they figured I should have it. My wife has two sisters and they went through everything and figured out who wanted what of his stuff.

We are done with settling his estate now. Prisoner of war in Korea, fought in Vietnam, Purple Heart, 2 Bronze Stars, and so much more. With the new technology, the genuine German cuckoo clock was born.I recently inherited a 1950s German made cuckoo clock. What he found were the more advanced skills and tools that were in use in the neighboring country. That was before a small village dweller by the name of Friedrich Dilger went to advance his clock making knowledge in France. In fact, the people still referred to them as artist clocks. The popularity of the Black Forest cuckoo clock increased tremendously during that time.Īlthough miles ahead of the crude clock brought back to Germany by an hourglass peddler, Black Forest coocoo clocks were yet to attain the highest standards of the cuckoo clock. In the summer, a trader carried the clocks and sold them throughout the known world. Most of the work was done in winter when the people had very little or no other activity to do. With time, they refined their art leading to the eventual invention of the German cuckoo clock. Soon, the inhabitants of the German Black Forest area started making unpolished clocks. Simple as it looked, it was worlds ahead when compared to the sundial or hourglass.

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