Yamaha

Yamaha Corporation is a Japanese multinational company known for designing and manufacturing musical instruments, audio equipment, and other electronics. It is the principal company of the Yamaha Group, which also includes Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., a separate company focused on motorcycles and other motorized products. Headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Yamaha maintains a global presence through a network of manufacturing, distribution, and service facilities.

Yamaha traces its origins to 1887, when Torakusu Yamaha founded a workshop to repair and manufacture pianos and reed organs in Hamamatsu. The business was later incorporated as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd., and the Yamaha brand became the principal name associated with its products. In 1955, a division of the company was spun off to form Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. The firm adopted Yamaha Corporation as its name in 1987.

Product lines of Yamaha Corporation include acoustic and digital pianos, keyboards, guitars, basses, drums and concert percussion, wind instruments, and brass. The company also develops electronic and software instruments, synthesizers, and a broad range of professional audio equipment, such as mixers, amplifiers, loudspeakers, and studio gear, as well as home entertainment products and integrated sound systems.

Yamaha operates globally, with manufacturing and research facilities in Japan and other countries. The Yamaha brand has a long-standing reputation in music education, professional performing, and consumer markets, and it remains a major player in the global musical instruments and audio equipment industries.