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History of the Yamaha Group
Key Events Key Products
1887 1950 1960 1970
1887 Torakusu Yamaha began his business by
repairing a broken reed organ
Foundation of the Company
1889 Established partnership firm
Yamaha Organ Works
1897 Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. incorporated
1890 Headquarter Factory established
1937 Tenryu Factory established (Yamaha Fine
Technologies established in 1987)
1908 Dalian Branch established in China
1909 Tokyo Branch established
1887 Reed organs
1900 Upright pianos
1902 Grand pianos
1914 Harmonicas
1921 Import and sales of overseas-made
musical instruments and music scores
1903 Fine wooden furniture
1921 Wooden aircraft propellers
1931 Metallic aircraft propellers
1970 Acquired Nippon Wind Instrument
Co., Ltd.
1970 First Tokyo International Music
Festival held (Renamed World
Popular Song Festival from the 2nd
festival) (~1989)
1972 Sponsored the first Junior Original
Concert (JOC)
1970 Saitama Factory established
1970 Toyooka Factory
established
1974 Began musical
instrument manufac-
turing in the U.S. (~2007)
1974 Toyohashi Factory established (~1995)
1976 Kagoshima Factory established (Now
dedicated to products of Yamaha
Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc.,
founded in 1987)
1977 Began musical instruments
manufacturing in Indonesia
1973 Subsidiary established in France
1973 Subsidiary established in Brazil
1975 Subsidiary established in Sweden
1975 Subsidiary established in Panama
1973 PianicaTM
1974 PM-1000 mixing console
1972 Semiconductor in-house
production began
1973 Tennis rackets (~1997)
1974 Tsumagoi opened
1974 NS-1000M speaker with
a beryllium diaphragm
1975 Unit furniture (~2005)
1976 System kitchens (The first artificial
marble countertop made in Japan)
1976 Katsuragi Golf Club opened
1978 Katsuragi Kitanomaru opened
1979 Haimurubushi opened
(Business transferred in 2007)
1965 Opened the first overseas Yamaha Music
School in the U.S.
1966 Established Yamaha Music Foundation
1967 First Light Music Contest held in Japan
(~1971)
1968 Issued shares at market price (The first
such issuance in Japan)
1969 First Composition Contest held (Renamed
Popular Song Contest from the 4th
contest in 1972) (~1986)
1963 Nishiyama Factory established
(Now dedicated to products of Yamaha
Livingtec Corporation, founded in 1991)
1965 Kakegawa Factory established
1966 Iwata Factory established
(Split-off into the electronic metal products
business in 1991)
1969 Began musical instrument manufacturing
in Taiwan (~2009)
1960 Subsidiary established in the U.S.
1966 Subsidiary established in Germany
1969 Subsidiary established in Canada
1965 Trumpets
(Wind instruments business started)
1966 Electric guitars, drums
1969 VA-120 vocal amplifier system
(Pro Audio equipment business started)
1960 Powerboats (Later transferred to Yamaha
Motor Co., Ltd.)
1961 FRP skis (~1997)
1961 Specialty alloys (~2007)
1964 Toba Hotel International opened
(Business transferred in 2007)
1964 FRP bathtubs
1967 Nemunosato opened
(Business transferred in 2007)
1968 NS speakers
1953 Opened Yamaha Hall
1954 Began Yamaha Music School activities
1955 Established Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
(Split off the motorcycle division)
1959 Miyatake Factory established (~2000)
1958 Subsidiary established in Mexico
1959 D-1 ElectoneTM electronic organ
1954 HiFi players (AV products business started)
1954 Motorcycle prototype developed
(Later spun off from the Company as
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)
1959 FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastics) archery
goods (~2002)
78 Yamaha Corporation