Yamaha Music Sirens

[Thesaurus_1003]

what about the second gen behind it

Should still work. Was playing perfectly fine up to its removal.

we must get someone to auction it off (probably wont work)

[HDN]

we must get someone to auction it off (probably wont work)

Enough money talks, maybe... Any ARS millionaires around here?

I'd love to get one of the last-gen units and put it on a trailer to take to those band organ and calliope meet-ups. Now that would get looks! These are the only kinds of sirens I can get my wife onboard with She somewhat loathes my Model 5, putting up with it only because I got it for $20 and some volunteer labor!

[Thesaurus_1003]

we must get someone to auction it off (probably wont work)

Enough money talks, maybe... Any ARS millionaires around here?

I'd love to get one of the last-gen units and put it on a trailer to take to those band organ and calliope meet-ups. Now that would get looks! These are the only kinds of sirens I can get my wife onboard with She somewhat loathes my Model 5, putting up with it only because I got it for $20 and some volunteer labor!

imagine someone managed to auction it off and brought it to sirencon 2025 that would be siren history right there

[Justarandomguy]

I'm wondering about Tenri pool's 2 music sirens, have there been videos of both of them playing? I seem to only find one that plays.

[ArxCyberwolf]

Just think of the meme songs that would absolutely get played on one of these if someone was given the chance. Could you imagine getting Rickrolled by a music siren?

[Thesaurus_1003]

we would need that keyboard part of the siren but idk if it still exists

[FS 2001]

Ain't no way Snowpix.

[Chicagosiren-hunters]

we would need that keyboard part of the siren but idk if it still exists

Honestly I think someone like Look Mum No Computer on YouTube could figure it out. If anything, the siren could be modified to accept a MIDI signal so any keyboard could act as an input.

[Thesaurus_1003]

Okay, I found some more information and a few new locations about the music sirens.

New Information
Starting off, there were 197 music sirens in Japan, including Generation 1 and 2 sirens. 2 sirens are across seas in Taiwan and another in the Philippines.
It also turns out that the Iga City Hall music siren was installed in 1984... meaning that the siren is actually still pretty new.

I have some information about the sirens and how many sirens are located at what locations.
Generation 1 sirens
Municipality offices: 64 sirens (Iga Ueno City Hall, Ueno Chamber of Commence and Industry, Mazayaki City Hall)
Factories: 45 sirens (excluding YAMAHA)
Stores: 27 sirens (Marumitsu Department Store Sendai, TOKIWA Main Store
Schools: 25 sirens (Mazayaki University)
Bank-related: 19 sirens (Tajimi Shinkin Bank)
Other: 4 sirens (Taiwan, Philippines)

Generation 2 sirens
Municipal Offices: 6 sirens (Okayama Prefectural Office, Kishiwada City Hall)
Factories: 2 (YAMAHA)
Schools: 3 (Yawatahama, Tenri Pool*2 units*)
Other: 1 (Uwajima Castle)

Ueno Chamber of Commence and Industry siren
Only a short walk from the city hall to this siren, the siren contains only 4 tones and was installed BEFORE the city hall installed their siren.
I believe this siren was installed to play the Westminster chimes, considering the song only contains 4 notes.


Himeji Chamber of Commence siren
Unfortunately, no close-up photo of the siren, and the building seems to be have been removed or redone.
3 times a day at 7 AM, 1 PM and 10 PM, the siren plays "Home Road" by Dvorak.

Ogamiyama Park siren
In the mountains surrounding Amami city (formerly Naze City), a siren once stood. Unfortunately, the electricity supplied to the island was not enough for the siren to operate properly. At times, the rotors would stop spinning entirely or fail to activate. The siren would play the last song in 1969.
The siren would play Blowing Spring Breeze at 6 AM, Home! Sweet Home! at 12 PM, Home Road at 5 PM and Brahms Lullaby at 10 PM.


Mizayaki Sirens
There were 2 sirens in the city. One was located within the city and the other at the Mazayaki University(the first unit ever sold and shipped).
Unfortunately none of the sirens had a close-up picture.

Sapporo City Hall siren
Somewhere in town sits or once sat a music siren, playing music to the locals. Yet again, no close-up photos.

Tokushima sirens
There are 2 articles that cover 2 sirens...
One siren is or was located atop the City Hall, the other siren on a store named "Marushin".
There is a third page where someone asked about the music in the city, in which I have no idea if this is the same siren or there's two sirens.

That's just a short bit of information I wanted to add. Just a good... 176 more sirens to locate. We have made a dent in the siren count.

Thanks so much! I will add this all to my original article soon. Do you have sources for your information as I could only find photos of these 2 locations? I also have what I believe is a photo of the control panel & keyboard for the siren in Ueno.

like this keyboard attachment

[IHaveAName]

Hi, all,
I have no idea what happened to the dates on the original post, but I'm gonna leave this accurate post with corrections up:
TOKIWA Oita
Status: Active
Installed: 1975
Note: Replaced an older unit installed in 1954 which was removed in 1970 for building repairs. (current music siren confirms this theory as older music sirens had a different design.)

Yamaha HQ (1st Gen)
Status: Removed
Installed: 1950
Removed: February 2019
Note: in storage as shown above, at least one damper is broken

Yamaha HQ (2nd Gen)
Status: Removed
Installed: 1989
Removed: February 2019
Note: in storage as shown above

Okayama Prefectural Government Office (2nd Gen)
Installed: 1991
Removed: July 2022

Atagoyama Yawatahama (2nd Gen)
Status: Active
Installed: Early 1992/93
Note: C5 and F5 dampers are malfunctioning as of the making of this post

Iga Ueno City Hall (1st Gen
Status: Active
Installed: 1984
Note: gonna go ahead and say, probably not the same unit from the chamber of commerce.

Matsuya Omuta (1st Gen)
Installed: 1959
Removed: 2007 (? (whenever the building was torn down))

Uwajima Castle (2nd Gen)
Deactivted: 2016(ish)
Note: replaced a 1st gen installed in 1960

Kishiwada City Hall (2nd Gen)
Installed: 1995
Deactivated: 2016(ish)
Note: also played Shoes Squeak (Nutsuganaru) at noon, Kimigayo on holidays, Moon over the Ruined Castle (Kojo no Tsuki) at 6 PM, and Brahms Lullaby at 10 PM.

Tenrikyo Church (2nd Gen(s))
Status: still unknown
Installed: 1988 and 1990
Note: also replaced a 1st gen installed in 1956

Ueno Chamber of Commerce (1st Gen)
only one thing i have to say, that image is *probably* the himeji chamber of commerce siren.

Ogamiyama Park, Amami (1st Gen)
Installed: 1958 (?)

Miyazaki (1st Gen(s))
Note: the other siren was installed at the Tachibana Department Store as listed in a document from Yamaha

Sapporo (1st Gen)
Note: installed at the Imai Department Store (currently Marui Imai)

Tokushima (1st Gen)
Installed: 1958
Removed: 1995
Note: played "Spring Stream" (Haru no Ogawa) at 10 AM and 6 PM, installed at the Marushin Department Store which was located in Tokushima's Ginza area.

More info available on my map here: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewe ... 000008&z=3
And my site here: https://sites.google.com/view/yamaha-music-sirens/home