How Are Cuckoo Clocks Made

The weights are made of cast iron in a pine cone shape and the “cuckoo” sound is created by two tiny gedackt pipes in the clock, with bellows attached to their tops. The clock’s movement activates the bellows to send a puff of air into each pipe alternately when the timekeeper strikes.

How German cuckoo clocks are made?

The weights are made of cast iron in a pine cone shape and the “cuckoo” sound is created by two tiny gedackt pipes in the clock, with bellows attached to their tops. The clock’s movement activates the bellows to send a puff of air into each pipe alternately when the timekeeper strikes.

What is inside a cuckoo clock?

In mechanical movement clocks, two small wooden pipes are attached to two tiny wooden bellows, or air chambers, on either side of the clock. Air fills the chambers, as the clock’s movement movement activates the bellows, squeezing the air in and out of the whistles.