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2nd Generation
2nd Generation
YAMAHA Headquarters Factory, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
YAMAHA Headquarters Factory, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Status: Removed
Installed: 1989
Removed: February 2019
Songs:
Home Sweet Home at 8AM,
Wild Rose at 10AM,
Linden Tree at 12PM,
Humoresque at 1PM,
Furusato at 3PM,
Home Road at 5PM on Monday and Wednesday
Arabesque at 5PM on every other Tuesdays
Traumerei at 5PM on other Tuesdays
Home on the Range at 5PM on Thursday
Auld Lang Syne at 5PM on Friday
Clair de Lune at 5PM on Saturday and Sunday
After multiple private purchases of the 2nd Generation music siren from 2 locations, YAMAHA decided to get in on the action and install the newer version of the music siren. However, the music siren was not officially activated until 1991. The music siren remained until December 2018, when YAMAHA announced its deactivation on December 28. This was due to the building it had been sitting on, being nearly 70 years old, and the factory was tired of sending workers to inspect the music siren.
Tomika City Hall, Gifu
Tomika City Hall, Gifu
Status: Removed
Installed: Unknown
Removed: 2015
Songs: Unknown
New find. Supposedly removed due to low earthquake resistance, likely relating to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
Yamagata City Hall Miyama Branch
Yamagata City Hall Miyama Branch
Status: Inactive
Installed: 1994
Deactivated: 1996
Songs:
Humoresque
Home on the Range
Goin' Home
Home Sweet Home
Gavotte (?)
Furusato
Clair De Lune
Edo's Lullaby
Brahms Lullaby
Wild Rose
Found in January 2022. The music siren was installed on September 30, 1994, then deactivated two years later. The Disaster Prevention staff from the city hall gave us the songs played, but records of the music siren never revealed when songs were played.
1st Generation
1st Generation
Daiwa Department Store Korinbo Branch
Daiwa Department Store Korinbo Branch
Status: Removed
Installed: 1955
Removed: 1986?
Songs:
Cuckoo Waltz at 7AM,
Hama Chidori at 9AM,
Troimerai at 12PM,
This Road at 3PM,
Home Road at 6PM,
Itsuki Lullaby at 9PM
Daiwa Department Store Toyama Branch
Daiwa Department Store Toyama Branch
Status: Removed
Installed: 1955
Removed: ???
Songs:
Morning at 7AM,
Shoes Ring at 9AM,
Merry Widow at 12PM,
Akatonbo at 3PM,
Home Sweet Home at 6PM,
Annie Laurie at 9PM
New find. Many sources reference this music siren. The removal date is unknown, though assumed.
Matsuzakaya Department Store Nagoya Branch
Matsuzakaya Department Store Nagoya Branch
Status: Removed
Installed: November 1, 1952
Removed: Unknown
Songs:
Hama Chidori at 7AM and 10AM,
Home Sweet Home at 12PM and 3PM,
Annie Laurie at 6PM and 9PM
Location found via archived company records and Yamaha records.
Matsuzakaya Department Store Shizuoka Branch
Matsuzakaya Department Store Shizuoka Branch
Status: Removed
Installed: October 22, 1952
Removed: Unknown
Songs:
Unknown
Location found via archived company records and Yamaha records.
Kobayashi Department Store
Kobayashi Department Store
Status: Removed
Songs:
Home Sweet Home at 8PM
Location confirmed via aerial imagery. Kobayashi was bought by Isetan Mitsukoshi, current owner is unknown to me.
5 Banchō-866 Nishiboridōri, Chuo Ward, Niigata, 951-8061, Japan
Tono Shinkin Bank Honmachi Branch
Tono Shinkin Bank Honmachi Branch
Status: Removed
Installed: 1960
Removed: 1980
Songs:
Where in the morning at 7AM,
Camptown Races at 12PM,
Yuyake Koyake at 5PM,
Desert under the Moon at 9PM
A few articles, even a wikipedia article, mentioned a music siren being installed here. The fact that its the company's headquarters makes it even more likely. Building removed between 2021 and 2024, used to be on the corner.
2-chōme-5-1 Honmachi, Tajimi, Gifu 507-0033, Japan
YAMAHA Headquarters Factory, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
YAMAHA Headquarters Factory, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Status: Removed
Installed: 1950
Removed: 2019
Songs:
Unknown (seems to have a very similar schedule to the 24 note)
First music siren ever installed. For some reason has 14 notes instead of 12. Replaced in 1991 by the 2nd Generation music siren.
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