Kuckuck – Definition in music

Definition of the German term Kuckuck in music:

cuckoo (bird)
organ stop designed to imitate the call of the cuckoo bird using two pipes pitched a major or minor third apart and blown successively (equivalent to "Cuckoo" in English and "Cuculus" in Latin)

Language

German

Singular

Kuckuck

Plural

Kuckucke

German musical terms that include Kuckuck:

Kuckuckspfeife – cuckoo pipe

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