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In the musical instruments business,
sales in Japan were slow as a result
of difficult market conditions.
Overseas, sales were steady despite
the weak euro. Both in Japan and
abroad, unit sales of pianos fell
slightly from the previous fiscal
year, but grew in value terms. In
digital musical instruments,
Electone®sales decreased
and Clavinovas®and
portable key-
boards faced
intense competition. Results from
wind, string, and percussion instru-
ments operations were virtually
Review of Operations
7
Musical Instruments AV•IT Lifestyle-Related Products Electronic Equipment and Metal Products Recreation Others
0
40
15.8
19.8
30.7
27.1
12.3 16.2
Operating Income
(Billions of Yen)
’01’00’99’98’97
Musical Instruments
Musical Instruments+AV•IT
0
500
385.0
395.9
408.0
387.0
284.9 385.1
Sales
(Billions of Yen)
’01’00’99’98’97
Musical Instruments
Musical Instruments+AV•IT
Musical Instruments
Major Products & Services
• Pianos (upright pianos, grand
pianos, etc.)
• Digital musical instruments
(Clavinovas®, Electones®, portable
keyboards, synthesizers)
• Wind instruments (trumpets, flutes,
saxophones, etc.)
• String instruments (guitars, violins)
• Percussion instruments (drums, vibra-
phones, etc.)
• Educational musical instruments
(recorders, pianicas (part piano and part
harmonica), etc.)
• Professional audio equipment (mixers)
• Soundproof room: Avitecs
• Music schools, English schools
• Content distribution
Major Subsidiaries
• Yamaha Music Tokyo Co., Ltd., and
15 other domestic musical instruments
sales subsidiaries
• Yamaha Music Trading Corporation
• Yamaha Music Media Corporation
• Yamaha Sound Technologies Inc.
• Yamaha Corporation of America
• Yamaha Europa G.m.b.H.
• Yamaha Musique France S.A.
• Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd.
• Taiwan Yamaha Musical Inst. Mfg.
Co., Ltd.
• Tianjin Yamaha Electronic Musical
Instruments, Inc.
• P.T. Yamaha Indonesia
• Yamaha Music Australia Pty., Ltd.
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