Troubleshooting your 1-day Musical Coo Coo Clock

Troubleshooting your 1-day Musical Coo Coo Clock
A 1-day musical coo coo clock plays music once every half hour and again every on the hour. There are 1-day clocks also called "two door" or "roof mounted music" clocks that will only play music once every hour. It runs for approximately 30 hours meaning that it needs to wound once a day. Musical cuckoos have three weights: one for the time, one for bird with the cuckoo sound and the third is for the musical movement, which can include dancer figurines.

To set it up out of the box, you first need to remove the two wires and make sure you hang the pendulum and the weights in the proper positions in the bottom. After that it needs to be mounted on the wall in an upright position. Most of the time, installing wall clocks is a straightforward process but there are exceptions.



Running too Fast or Slow

If your clock isn't running at the correct speed and you're hearing the music three times an hour instead of two or one, chances are your pendulum isn't regulated yet. If it's too fast, move the pendulum down. If it's too slow move the pendulum up.



Trouble Adjusting the Metal Pendulum

If you have adjusted the screw but it's still not regulated properly, it may be that the screw was turned in the wrong direction or the disk isn't moving because the spring in the disk is stuck. The best thing to do is to use a gentle back and forth movement on the pendulum disk so that the spring is loosened.



Clock Strikes are Inaccurate

If your clock isn't striking properly every 30 or 60 minutes, chances are there was an error installing the minute hand. You'll need a pair of flat-nosed pliers. Wait until the clock strikes the hour and loosen the screw that holds the hands and the disklets; remember how the items are ordered because they'll need to be put back exactly. If the long hand is riveted to a square rod, adjust it, replace the screws and disklets and test it. If the long hand is not riveted to the square rod, adjust, replace and test. This requires a lot of patience because you're trying to put the minute had in the correct position, which can take time.