Jakob Bäuerle of Furtwangen Germany has been given credit as the first to combine a mechanism that produces a trumpeters call with a clock.
[3] These examples use a modified cuckoo type movement that produces a simple trumpet like call.
The values of trumpeter clocks vary widely with some examples selling for tens of thousands of dollars.
While all trumpeter clocks are desirable, the examples that play complex musical tunes are generally more valuable than the simpler "blower" variety.
The large heavily carved shelf cases which are adorned with full relief animals have consistently brought the highest prices at auction.