*Location:

   Shinozaki Subway Station Building
   Shinozakieki Dori Street
   7-Chome 27-Shinozakimachi
   Edogawa City, Tokyo, Japan
   LL: N 35.70601, E 139.90393

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*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   At the hour, bells play as a movable
   stage comes out of the side of the
   building; recorded orchestral music
   accompanies 5 animal
   figures "playing"
   musical instruments; bells accompany
   disappearance of the stage.

*Remarks:

   Supplied by Campa (Poland), installed
   by Carillon Japan.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

Original page by the installer and translated page, with 5 photos of this installation and video (4:38) of its operation

Animation at 10:00 -- bells, then orchestra (medley of Jingle Bells & Rudolph!) while five animal figures play musical instruments, then bells

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Asia & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia & Pacific Rim non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Japan.

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jul-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/07/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/07/21