| ~ IN THE SHOP ~ |
| June 2011 |
| A Cuckoo with Quarter Quail |
| A Monthly Sample of Clock Repair Projects |
When the mere half hour & hour cuckoos do not satisfy..........
Meet the Cuckoo with Quarter Quail Clock!!!!!!!!!!!! These
rarer models have 2 doors above the dial instead of 1>>>>
The quarter quail typically pops out of the left hand door to
announce every quarter hour through 1 bellow followed by a
smack on the gong, which in this case goes:
1st quarter: koo---koo-koo (gong)
2nd quarter: koo---koo-koo (gong)--koo---koo-koo (gong)
(at which point the cuckoo train is tripped giving the following
2-bellow call for the half hour): KOO-koo (gong)
Our quail has an almost calypso/soca beat which makes me think
of Dexy's "Come on Eileen" or Blondie's "The Tide is High"
This particular movement is stamped "Forestville Clock Company"
and "Germany". Originally, there was a Forestville Clock Company
from Connecticut in the mid 1800's which was (not long after)
bought out by EN Welch.
There was also, however, a Canadian/American company of the
same name which appeared post-WWII which imported German
movements for various types of clocks, from which this clock most
certainly seems to have come from.
Meet the Cuckoo with Quarter Quail Clock!!!!!!!!!!!! These
rarer models have 2 doors above the dial instead of 1>>>>
The quarter quail typically pops out of the left hand door to
announce every quarter hour through 1 bellow followed by a
smack on the gong, which in this case goes:
1st quarter: koo---koo-koo (gong)
2nd quarter: koo---koo-koo (gong)--koo---koo-koo (gong)
(at which point the cuckoo train is tripped giving the following
2-bellow call for the half hour): KOO-koo (gong)
Our quail has an almost calypso/soca beat which makes me think
of Dexy's "Come on Eileen" or Blondie's "The Tide is High"
This particular movement is stamped "Forestville Clock Company"
and "Germany". Originally, there was a Forestville Clock Company
from Connecticut in the mid 1800's which was (not long after)
bought out by EN Welch.
There was also, however, a Canadian/American company of the
same name which appeared post-WWII which imported German
movements for various types of clocks, from which this clock most
certainly seems to have come from.
