Cuckoo

Cuckoo (Fr.: sifflet coucou; Ger.: Kuckuckspfeife), 1. a small pipe with a single fingerhole, yielding 2 tones, usually a major 3rd apart, imitating the call of the cuckoo. Used occasionally as an orchestral instr. and now incorporated as a drummer's accessory into Western rhythm bands; 2. auxiliary organ stop of the baroque, consisting of 2 pipes, imitating the call of the cuckoo. Now obs. (3, 176). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Adlung, Jacob. Musica mechanica organoedi…