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1900 1950 1960
1887 Torakusu Yamaha
began his business
by repairing a broken
reed organ
Foundation of the Company
1889 Established partnership firm Yamaha
Organ Works
1890 Headquarter Factory
established
1897 Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. incorporated
1908 Dalian Branch established in China
1909 Tokyo Branch established
1953 Opened Yamaha Hall
1955 Established Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
(Split off the motorcycle division)
1958 First overseas subsidiary established in Mexico
1960 Subsidiary established in the U.S.
1965 Kakegawa Factory established
1966 Iwata Factory established
1966 Established Yamaha Music Foundation
1966 Subsidiary established in Germany
1968 Issued shares at market price (The first such
issuance in Japan)
1969 Began musical instrument manufacturing in
Taiwan (~2009)
Metal technology
Acoustic technology
Sound synthesis technology
Artificial seasoning of wood
Pianos
Wind instruments and
educational musical instruments
String instruments
Percussion instruments
Digital musical
instruments
PA equipment
Semiconductors
AV products
IT equipment
Music entertainment
business and others
Others
School, events
Lifestyle-related products
Sports equipment
Resorts
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
1887 Organs 1900 Upright pianos
1902 Grand pianos
1947 Began manufacturing piano frames 1967 CF series concert grand pianos
1969 VA-120 vocal amplifier system
1965 Opened the first overseas Yamaha Music School in
the U.S.
1967 First Light Music Contest held in Japan (~1971)
1969 First Composition Contest held
(Later renamed the Popular Song Contest) (~1986)
1964 Toba Hotel International opened (Business transferred in 2007)
1967 Nemunosato opened (Business transferred in 2007)
1964 FRP bathtubs
1959 FRP archery products (~2002) 1961 FRP skis (~1997)
1965 Trumpets
1966 Drums
1966 Electric guitars1941 Acoustic guitars
1914 Harmonicas
1954 HiFi products
1967 NS speaker
1922 High-quality
hand-cranked
phonographs
1960 FRP powerboats
1921 Import and sales of
overseas-made musical
instruments and music
scores
1961 Iron-aluminum alloy/copper-titanium alloy
1962 Iron-nickel alloy (permalloy) (~2007)
1903 Fine wooden furniture
1887
Coating
Coating
Wood processing
Coating HiFi Audio
Engines
Musical events and leisure
Metal processing
Permalloys
Integrated circuit technology
Brass processing
Analog modeling
Air-seal system
Musical events
Wood processing
Wood processing
Speaker Technology
FRP molding
FRP molding
Music
Wood processing
Metal molding
Music schools
FRP molding
History of the Yamaha Group
Coating/Chemical technology
Woodworking skills
Wood processing
Coating
1959 D-1 Electone electronic organ
1954 Began Yamaha Music School activities
FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastics) molding
1921 Wooden aircraft propellers
1931 Metallic aircraft propellers
Mechatronics technology
1954 Motorcycle prototype developed (Later spun off
from the Company as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)
Divided diaphragm flat-panel speaker
76 Yamaha Corporation