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45-765: This is a list of products made by Yamaha Corporation . This does not include products made by Bösendorfer , which has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation since February 1, 2008. For products made by Yamaha Motor Company , see the list of Yamaha motorcycles . Yamaha Motor Company shares the brand name but has been a separate company since 1955. In 1900, Yamaha started to manufacture pianos. SC series found in Upright B1, B2, B3 and Grand GB1K - "entry level" models. SH series silent modules found in more up market models such as Uprights P116, P121, U1, U3, YUS1, YUS3, YUS5, SE122, SE132, SU7 and Grand S3X, S5X, S6X, S7X, C1X, C2X, C3X, C3X Chrome, C5X, C6X, GC1 and GC2. (at

90-425: A musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks . After World War II , company president Genichi Kawakami repurposed the remains of the company's war-time production machinery and the company's expertise in metallurgical technologies to the manufacture of motorcycles . The YA-1 (AKA Akatombo, the "Red Dragonfly") , of which 125 were built in

135-415: A chamber within which the reed can vibrate, with a hole through which air can be blown. On a fipple flute the mouthpiece, or fipple , provides a shaped passageway for air to be blown against an edge, producing turbulent flow which excites the resonant vibrational modes of the air column. A pirouette is a wooden mouthpiece assembly or lip rest used in some European double-reed instruments, including

180-672: A narrow chamber, high baffle, or both. Large-chambered and low-baffle pieces continue to be produced for those who seek the tonalities of classical music and "classic jazz." In recent years, new design techniques have emerged such as 3D printing , which allows for the creation of custom saxophone mouthpieces. This innovation was the result of research carried out in IRCAM 's scientific and acoustic research laboratory thanks to two acousticians, founders of Syos . Clarinet and saxophone mouthpieces have been made out of hard (vulcanized) rubber, brass or other metal, crystal, glass, plastic, and wood. Today,

225-623: A new standard for the Vocaloids for having no face, sex, or set voice, but are designed to complete any song. VY1 has a new approach to how the software handled the database of samples and improved the performance of the Vocaloid 2 engine. Yamaha announced a version of the Vocaloid 2 software for the iPhone and iPad , which exhibited at the Y2 Autumn 2010 Digital Content Expo in Japan. Later, this version of

270-540: A restructuring. At this point, the YAMAHA brand and company name continued, but the company essentially withdrew from management. Subsequently, YLT conducted a MBO of the investments of Yamaha and the investment funds, and the company name was changed as of 1 October 2013 and withdrew from the housing equipment business in both name and reality. Other companies in the Yamaha Corporation group include: Kandō ( 感動 )

315-429: A shoelace, which is wrapped around the reed and the mouthpiece, to commercially manufactured ligatures. The clarinet mouthpiece is narrow inside, typically with straight side walls. through the throat. The bottom of the mouthpiece is formed with a tenon that is ringed with cork. Today, as with the saxophone mouthpiece, the reed is placed against the surface (the table) closest to the player's bottom lip. However, this

360-408: A small or square chamber. The distance between the tip of the mouthpiece and the tip of the reed is known as the tip opening . The tip opening has little effect on tone, which is more affected by the design of the mouthpiece's chamber (interior space). The facing (or lay ) is a curved section that leaves the flat table and continues to the tip of the mouthpiece. The length of a facing—defined as

405-650: A thumb-controlled pitch bend wheel. Yamaha recommend that this device be used with the Yamaha VL70m Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator. The WX7 was the first model that Yamaha produced, beginning in 1987. This was followed by the WX11 in 1993, and then the WX5 in 1999—2001. The WX5 was discontinued in October 2017. Note: the 1993 date for introduction of the WX11 is in doubt. On the 1991 CD release "Love In" by

450-403: A wind instrument because of the way it is played, the key layout, and because it responds to breath (wind) pressure as well as lip pressure on a simulated reed mouthpiece similar to that of a saxophone or clarinet. The wind and lip pressure information is converted to MIDI data which is interpreted by the external sound module. Usually the wind pressure is interpreted as loudness and lip pressure

495-402: Is monophonic . The only limits to the kinds of sounds available are the limitations of the external module/tone generator, not the WX5 itself. A WX5 performer can sound like any melodic instrument: wind, string, percussion, keyboard, or purely electronic, including special sound effects. In addition most tone generators a mix of instruments can be programmed. The WX5 wind controller simulates

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540-514: Is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company. The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. , which started as an affiliated company but has been spun-off as its own independent company. Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. ( 日本楽器製造株式会社 , Nihon Gakki Seizō Kabushiki gaisha , lit.   ' Japan Musical Instrument Manufacture ' )

585-415: Is a Japanese word used by Yamaha Corporation to describe its corporate mission. Kandō is the sensation of profound excitement and gratification derived from experiencing supreme quality and performance. Some reasonable English equivalents are "emotionally touching" or "emotionally moving". Yamaha Corporation is widely known for its music teaching program that began in 1954. In a continuation of that program,

630-456: Is interpreted as pitch bend; thus, the instrument responds much like an acoustic wind instrument and extremely realistic musical phrasing is available to the player. The WX5 has a 16-key layout similar to a standard saxophone. It also includes a built-in MIDI output connector, a dedicated connector and cable for direct connections to Yamaha WX-Series tone generators, a high-resolution wind sensor, and

675-531: The Yamaha CS-80 in 1977. In 1983, Yamaha made the first commercially successful digital synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7 . In 1988, Yamaha shipped the world's first CD recorder . Yamaha purchased Sequential Circuits in 1988. It bought a majority stake (51%) of competitor Korg in 1987, which was bought out by Korg in 1993. In the late 1990s, Yamaha released a series of portable battery operated keyboards under

720-466: The Yamaha Corporation that have since been discontinued. The fingering system is based on the saxophone basic fingering. Like a keyboard controller , wind controllers send MIDI note information electronically to an external sound module or tone generator which in turn synthesizes a tremendous variety of musical tones. Unlike a keyboard controller which is usually polyphonic , a wind controller

765-750: The Yamaha YPG-625 was awarded "Keyboard of the Year" and "Product of the Year" in 2007 from The Music and Sound Retailer magazine. Other noteworthy Yamaha electronics include the SHS-10 Keytar , a consumer-priced keytar which offered MIDI output features normally found on much more expensive keyboards. Yamaha is segmented into three primary business domains of musical instruments, audio equipment, and others (industrial machinery and components, etc.) The company began by manufacturing high-end furniture based on its expertise in wood processing for piano manufacturing, and

810-453: The microphone sealed in a soundproof box, instead of the electrostatic pickups used on electrostatic reed organs . Early designs of the Magna Organ were a kind of additive-synthesizer that summed-up the partials generated by the frequency-multipliers . However, it was difficult to achieve polyphony without intermodulation distortions with the technology of the 1930s. According to

855-463: The piffero , shawm and rackett . In band shawms, it is carried on the staple on which the reed is mounted On the European shawm, the pirouette replaces the loose disc of the oriental surna , presumably to secure lip-control over the cane reed. The player presses his lips against the pirouette while holding the reed in his mouth. This permits control of the reed by the lips without appreciably affecting

900-459: The Australian band "The Freaked Out Flower Children" (Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/4281005 ) Sophie Lee is credited as playing the WX11. F310 Yamaha Corporation Yamaha Corporation ( ヤマハ株式会社 , Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha , / ˈ j ɑː m ɒ ˌ h ɑː / ; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha] )

945-630: The PSS and the PSR range of keyboards. The Yamaha PSS-14 and PSS-15 keyboards were upgrades to the Yamaha PSS-7 with short demo songs, short selectable phrases, and sound effects. In 2002, Yamaha closed its archery product business that was started in 1959. Six archers in five different Olympic Games won gold medals using their products. In January 2005, it acquired German audio software manufacturer Steinberg from Pinnacle Systems . In July 2007, Yamaha bought out

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990-622: The Yamaha Music Foundation was established by the authority of the Japanese Ministry of Education for the purpose of promoting music education and music popularization In 1966. Yamaha expanded into many diverse businesses and product groups. The first venture into each major category is listed below. Yamaha announced the singing synthesizer Vocaloid for the first time at the German fair Musikmesse on 5–9 March 2003. Yamaha began

1035-635: The additional patents and the reviews at that time, its later design as finally implemented, seems to have shifted to the sound-colorization system using the combinations of sets of free reeds, microphones and loudspeakers. Note that, similar type of instruments using the pairs of free reeds and microphones sealed in double-soundproof boxes, were later re-commercialized as Croda Organs in 1959 by Tōyō Denshi Gakki Kenkyūjo (In English: Tōyō Electronic Musical Instrument Laboratory) in Tokyo. The most models and years of introductions are based on official chronicle. Also,

1080-432: The death of its founder, and continued to manufacture Nishikawa organs and pianos until 1936. Magna Organ introduced in 1935, was a multi-timbral keyboard instrument invented in 1934 by a Yamaha engineer, Sei-ichi Yamashita. It was a kind of electro-acoustic instrument, an acoustic instrument with additional electronic circuits for sound modification. The Magna Organ was an electric-fan driven free reed organ with

1125-432: The distance from the tip of the mouthpiece to the point where the reed and mouthpiece meet—can vary. Different facing lengths have different response properties. The reed is held tightly against the mouthpiece by a ligature . Anything that can hold the reed on the mouthpiece may serve as a ligature. Commercial ligatures are commonly made of metal or plastic. Some players (including many German clarinetists) prefer string or

1170-668: The first year of production (1954), was named in honour of the founder. It was a 125cc, single cylinder , two-stroke street bike patterned after the German DKW RT 125 (which the British munitions firm, BSA , had also copied in the post-war era and manufactured as the Bantam and Harley-Davidson as the Hummer ). In 1955, the success of the YA-1 resulted in the founding of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. , splitting

1215-640: The minority shareholding of the Kemble family in Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd, Yamaha's UK import and musical instrument and professional audio equipment sales division. It was renamed Yamaha Music U.K. Ltd in late 2007. Kemble & Co. Ltd, the UK piano sales & manufacturing arm, was unaffected. On 20 December 2007, Yamaha made an agreement with the Austrian Bank BAWAG PSK Gruppe to purchase all

1260-420: The most common material for professional clarinet and (classical) saxophone mouthpieces is hard rubber. Jazz saxophone mouthpieces are made out of hard rubber, metal, or (rarely) wood. There is some debate over whether the material affects the tone, or whether tone is shaped only by the internal shape and dimensions of the mouthpiece. According to Larry Teal , the mouthpiece material has little, if any, effect on

1305-567: The motorcycle division from the company. Also, in 1954 the Yamaha Music School was founded. Yamaha has grown into the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments (including pianos, "silent" pianos , drums , guitars , brass instruments , woodwinds , violins , violas , cellos , and vibraphones ), and a leading manufacturer of semiconductors , audio/visual , computer related products, sporting goods, home appliances , specialty metals , and industrial robots . Yamaha released

1350-420: The mouthpiece is that part to which the reed is attached. Its function is to provide an opening through which air enters the instrument and one end of an air chamber to be set into vibration by the interaction between the air stream and the reed. Single-reed mouthpieces are basically wedge shaped, with the reed placed against the surface closest to the player's lower lip (the table ). The player's breath causes

1395-540: The mouthpiece roof sloped close to the plane of the reed, became a design feature for enhancing volume and projection. Between 1940 and 1960, it became common for classical saxophonists to use narrow-chamber mouthpieces based on those designed for jazz use. These mouthpieces give the instrument a brighter and edgier sound (more high partials) than the traditional shape as designed by Sax. One saxophonist and teacher, Sigurd Raschèr , spoke out against this change in mouthpiece design. He believed that when used in classical music ,

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1440-574: The photograph of major models on each era is available on the 50th anniversary site. PSR-SX Series (The series that replaces the PSR-S series. Uses Genos OS) Genos series (The successor series to the Tyros and the original PSR-SX series) Oriental Arranger Workstations D1-DJX (1998, DJ keyboard) The Yamaha WX5, WX11, and WX7 are models of monophonic MIDI wind controller musical instruments manufactured by

1485-556: The reed is placed against the lower lip, which covers the lower teeth—as in the single embouchure—and additionally, the upper lip is tucked in between the top of the mouthpiece and the upper teeth. Some clarinetists in Madagascar today still play with the reed on top as can be heard on the CD Bémiray: Polyphonies des Hauts-plateaux . Clarinet mouthpieces are available in hundreds of styles from dozens of manufacturers around

1530-435: The reed to vibrate. The reed beats against the mouthpiece, and in turn causes the column of air inside the instrument to vibrate. The top half to three-quarters of the table is open to the inside of the mouthpiece. As with the brass instruments , the shape of the interior of the mouthpiece can greatly affect the sound of the instrument. Mouthpieces with a large, rounded chamber will produce a quite different sound from one with

1575-453: The sale and production of Vocaloid applications, starting with Lily which was later sold via Internet Co., Ltd. 's website. Their involvement continued with the VY series, with VY1 being the first, released in deluxe and standard editions on 1 September 2010. The VY series is a series designed to be a high quality product for professional musicians. The series is also designed with the intention to set

1620-606: The saxophone should sound as its inventor, Adolphe Sax, had intended, and that the gradual change to narrower and "brighter" sounding mouthpieces was a distortion of Sax's tonal concept. His students and other disciples felt that the desirable tone for a classical saxophone was a softer, rounder sound—a sound that can only be produced by a mouthpiece with a large, rounded interior (often referred to as an "excavated chamber"). By 1970, narrow-chambered mouthpieces had become nearly universally popular for playing in an environment with amplified instruments, and virtually all new designs featured

1665-617: The shares of Bösendorfer , with Yamaha intending to continue manufacturing at the Bösendorfer facilities in Austria. The acquisition was announced on 28 January 2008, after the NAMM Show in Los Angeles. As of 1 February 2008, Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation. Yamaha electronics have proven to be successful, popular, and respected products. For example,

1710-532: The software was released using the VY1 voice. VY2 will also be released for this version of the software. In Japan, the company maintains three factories for musical instrument manufacture, engine and various vehicle manufacture (motorcycles and marine products), with all factories located in Shizuoka Prefecture . Mouthpiece (woodwind) On single-reed instruments , such as the clarinet and saxophone ,

1755-405: The sound, and the physical dimensions give a mouthpiece its tone colour. Some recent designs by Van Doren, Bari, and Saxgourmet reflect the theory that the mass of metal over the shank of the mouthpiece, which contacts the neck cork, stabilizes the connection and enhances the integrity of the harmonic series . On a capped double-reed instrument the function of the mouthpiece is simply to provide

1800-493: The time of writing according to Yamaha.com ) TransAcoustic (Silent with a transducer added to essentially make the piano one big speaker) Found in uprights: U1, U3, YUS1, YUS3, YUS5 and Grands GC1 and C1X according to yamaha.com Entertainment Series In 1888, Yamaha started to manufacture their pump organs in the form of reed organs. In 1921, Yamaha acquired Nishikawa & Sons in Yokohama after

1845-451: The world. Mouthpieces are often named after famous performers who contribute to their designs. When Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone , he specified the shape of the interior of the mouthpiece as being large and round. All saxophone mouthpieces were made in this style until the 1930s, when the advent of big-band jazz made saxophonists experiment with different shapes of mouthpieces to get a louder and edgier sound. A baffle , or section of

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1890-471: The world. Mouthpieces are often named after famous performers who contribute to their designs. Popular mouthpiece makers include Selmer , Vandoren , Yamaha , and Rico. The saxophone mouthpiece is outwardly similar to that of the clarinet but has no tenon. Instead, the saxophone's neck has a ring of cork glued to it, and the mouthpiece fits firmly onto the neck cork. Saxophone mouthpieces are available in hundreds of styles from dozens of manufacturers around

1935-482: Was established in 1887 as a reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha (山葉寅楠) in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture and was incorporated on 12 October 1897. In 1900, the company manufactured the first piano to be made in Japan, and its first grand piano two years later. In 1987, 100 years after the first reed organ built by Yamaha, the company was renamed Yamaha Corporation in honor of its founder. The company's origins as

1980-411: Was not always so: The earliest clarinetists would often place the reed on top of the mouthpiece. Bernhard Crusell (1775–1838) was one of the first clarinettists of note to consistently place the reed against the bottom lip. Of particular note is Reginald Kell who was known for using a "double embouchure ", also known as "double lip". This is a technique popular in the UK up to the 1960s, whereby

2025-510: Was spun off into a separate company in 1991 with the establishment of YAMAHA Livingtec (YLT). The company manufactured and sold unit baths , system kitchens , and other products. In 1992, the company decided to stop selling system furniture, and after narrowing down its product lineup, it terminated orders and production in 2005 March. In 2010, Yamaha sold its 85.1% stake in YLT to Japan Industrial Partners and three foreign investment funds as part of

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