I am happy that this music siren is still in operation and hasn’t been deactivated like many other Yamaha sirens. I don’t believe they make them anymore
How much would it cost to get a deactivated one to restore it for a church that doesn't have enough money for the MAAS ROWE DCB3 AND DCP CARLION SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH THE DCB3 Is discontinued by the manufacturer. But I could find one on eBay end the DCP UNIT THAT CAN A CD PLAYER 25 SYSTEM.
@@FEDERALSIGNALTECH Buying an old one? Not too much. Having it shipped over and restored? It'd cost less to buy a modern carillon system, and maintenance costs would also be less.
@@FEDERALSIGNALTECH Still, Yamaha hasn't offered parts or maintenance for either type of music siren in decades. You'd have to have parts custom-made. I have a 1950s tape-playing carillon, and getting that back into order is going to be tricky enough!
I just hope it stays that way. These sirens are a piece of Japanese history and it’s sad to see them tossed aside. Surely Yamaha can affording to start making spare parts again?
I was wondering if there were sold out of Japan? It's cool and I would love to have one for a church that I can play hymns on especially JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING. Sounds like an old sea shanty from my childhood.
This is a long reply, so I’ll go ahead and say that the short answer is that it’s the equivalent of a 14 port siren if you‘re referring to the highest pitch note (this is comparing it to a Federal Signal STL-10, a 7 port siren, running on 60Hz AC power by the way). If you’re interested, though, then the long answer is that the music sirens don’t seem to use a set number of ports to make a certain note, instead changing the size of the ports themselves, so I’m not 100% sure how many ports are used on this unit. It is true that higher pitch notes do have more ports than lower pitch ones on music sirens, but Yamaha realized that it’s mostly the size of the port that matters, not how many there are. While a 12 port siren is commonly known to produce what I think is an F note on 60Hz AC (though I’m not a musical expert so I may be wrong there), you could theoretically block off 11 of the 12 ports, leaving only one of them open. The siren would still produce the same note, though, as it’s actually the size of the port and the speed the motor spins at that matters, not how many ports it has. I kind of like to think of it like a fairground organ or church organ, where the smaller pipes make a higher pitch note than the larger ones. I hope that helps answer your question.
sounds like a harmonica . How did they come up with something so calming and not so scary in my country sirens are very scary because they are not used to make music but are used for tornadoes and fire calls to bad the music sirens where never sold to the USA. Not to mention we would have kept the music sirens going for years and would have upgraded the technology in them to digital controls and full MIDI SYSTEMS such as the MASS ROWE BELLWETHER AND DIGITAL CHRONABELL 3 WITH THE DIGITAL CARILLON PLAYER.
These were created supposedly BECAUSE sirens had been so terrifying during WWII. The original versions had four tones to play Westminster Chimes, and I haven't seen evidence that any of those still exist. Later designs had eight, ten, twelve or, in one case (on the Yamaha factory) fourteen. I believe around 55 were built, of various sizes, bnd only two outside Japan, though still in Asia. The late 80s-early 90s versions had sixteen or, in two cases, twenty-four notes, and I think around 12 were produced. They're fascinating tech and the tone is beautiful.
I am happy that this music siren is still in operation and hasn’t been deactivated like many other Yamaha sirens. I don’t believe they make them anymore
How much would it cost to get a deactivated one to restore it for a church that doesn't have enough money for the MAAS ROWE DCB3 AND DCP CARLION SYSTEM EVEN THOUGH THE DCB3 Is discontinued by the manufacturer. But I could find one on eBay end the DCP UNIT THAT CAN A CD PLAYER 25 SYSTEM.
@@FEDERALSIGNALTECH Buying an old one? Not too much. Having it shipped over and restored? It'd cost less to buy a modern carillon system, and maintenance costs would also be less.
I completely agree with the CARLION idea but it's expensive for the MAAS ROWE BELLWETHER SYSTEM.
@@FEDERALSIGNALTECH Still, Yamaha hasn't offered parts or maintenance for either type of music siren in decades. You'd have to have parts custom-made.
I have a 1950s tape-playing carillon, and getting that back into order is going to be tricky enough!
I just hope it stays that way. These sirens are a piece of Japanese history and it’s sad to see them tossed aside. Surely Yamaha can affording to start making spare parts again?
I was wondering if there were sold out of Japan? It's cool and I would love to have one for a church that I can play hymns on especially JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING. Sounds like an old sea shanty from my childhood.
Sadly it didn't make it out of Japan
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Great sound!
what is the port of the g5 note
This is a long reply, so I’ll go ahead and say that the short answer is that it’s the equivalent of a 14 port siren if you‘re referring to the highest pitch note (this is comparing it to a Federal Signal STL-10, a 7 port siren, running on 60Hz AC power by the way).
If you’re interested, though, then the long answer is that the music sirens don’t seem to use a set number of ports to make a certain note, instead changing the size of the ports themselves, so I’m not 100% sure how many ports are used on this unit. It is true that higher pitch notes do have more ports than lower pitch ones on music sirens, but Yamaha realized that it’s mostly the size of the port that matters, not how many there are. While a 12 port siren is commonly known to produce what I think is an F note on 60Hz AC (though I’m not a musical expert so I may be wrong there), you could theoretically block off 11 of the 12 ports, leaving only one of them open. The siren would still produce the same note, though, as it’s actually the size of the port and the speed the motor spins at that matters, not how many ports it has. I kind of like to think of it like a fairground organ or church organ, where the smaller pipes make a higher pitch note than the larger ones. I hope that helps answer your question.
@@stampycatfan01lol thanks
That was a bop
sounds like a harmonica . How did they come up with something so calming and not so scary in my country sirens are very scary because they are not used to make music but are used for tornadoes and fire calls to bad the music sirens where never sold to the USA. Not to mention we would have kept the music sirens going for years and would have upgraded the technology in them to digital controls and full MIDI SYSTEMS such as the MASS ROWE BELLWETHER AND DIGITAL CHRONABELL 3 WITH THE DIGITAL CARILLON PLAYER.
These were created supposedly BECAUSE sirens had been so terrifying during WWII. The original versions had four tones to play Westminster Chimes, and I haven't seen evidence that any of those still exist. Later designs had eight, ten, twelve or, in one case (on the Yamaha factory) fourteen. I believe around 55 were built, of various sizes, bnd only two outside Japan, though still in Asia. The late 80s-early 90s versions had sixteen or, in two cases, twenty-four notes, and I think around 12 were produced. They're fascinating tech and the tone is beautiful.
Music siren yawatahama port song
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