Yamaha (manufacturer)

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Yamaha Corporation <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"></td></tr>
Type
Founded	October 12, 1897
Headquarters	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg , Japan <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Conglomerate</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Musical instruments, Audio/Video, Electronics, Computer related products</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>4.4 billion US$ (2003)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Operating income</th><td>267 million US$ (2003)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Net income</th><td>149 million US$ (2003)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>23,500 (3/2003)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>http://www.global.yamaha.com/</td></tr>

The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社; TYO: 7951 ) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. Sales offerings include musical instruments, integrated circuits, home electronics. It was founded by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (日本楽器製造株式会社) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. Yamaha held major share of Korg in 1989–1993, acquired Sequential Circuits in 1988 and Steinberg in 2004.

Other companies in the Yamaha group include:

Yamaha Motor Company
Yamaha Fine Technologies Co., Ltd.
Yamaha Livingtec Corporation
Yamaha Metanix Corporation

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Pianos
Electric grand pianos
Portable Keyboards, e.g.
- Yamaha PSR-185
- Yamaha DGX-200 series
- Yamaha DGX-300 series
- Yamaha DGX-500 series
Music workstations
- Yamaha SY77/SY99
- Yamaha SY85
- Yamaha EX5
- Yamaha QS 300
- Motif
- Motif ES
- MO
- V50
Digital pianos
- Yamaha Clavinova CVP Series
- Yamaha Clavinova CLP Series
- Yamaha PSR-185
Digital stage pianos
- Yamaha P-250
Electone electronic organs
- EL-25
- EL-40
- EL-900
- ELX-1
- AR-100
- AR-80
- STAGEA
  - ELS-01C
  - ELS-01
  - ELS-01X
  - ELB-01 Mini
Synthesizers
- Yamaha CS-1x
- Yamaha CS-2x
- Yamaha CS-6x
- Yamaha CS-01
- Yamaha CS-10
- Yamaha CS-15
- Yamaha CS-20m
- Yamaha CS-30
- Yamaha CS-40m
- Yamaha CS-5
- Yamaha CS-50
- Yamaha CS-60
- Yamaha CS-70m
- Yamaha CS-80
- Yamaha DX7
- Yamaha SHS-10
- Yamaha AN1x
- Yamaha GX1
- Yamaha RM1x
- Yamaha VL1
- Yamaha S90
- Yamaha S90 ES
Tone generators
- Yamaha MU-series
- Yamaha TX81Z
- Yamaha VL70m
Guitars
Bass Guitars
Accessories
Yamaha Drums
- Drum kits
- Percussion instruments
Band and orchestral instruments
- String instruments
- Brass instruments
- Woodwind instruments
- Marching instruments
  - Marching percussion
  - Marching brass
Music sequencers
- Yamaha QY10
Sound chips
- Yamaha YM2149, used in the Atari ST, MSX, Intellivision computers
- Yamaha Y8950, used in MSX-Audio cardridge for MSX, made by Philips
- Yamaha YM2413 (a.k.a. OPLL), used in MSX in MSX Music cardridges like the FM-PAC
- Yamaha YM2151 (a.k.a. OPM), used in X68000
- Yamaha YM2203 (a.k.a. OPN), used in PC88 and PC98
- Yamaha YM2608 (a.k.a. OPNA), used in PC88 and PC98
- Yamaha YM3526 (a.k.a. OPL)
- Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2), used in AdLib and early Sound Blaster sound cards
- Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3), used in Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and later cards
- Yamaha YMF278 (a.k.a. OPL4), used in Moonsound cartridge for MSX
- Yamaha YM2612 (a.k.a. OPN2), used in Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis)
- Yamaha YMF7xx (Embedded audio chipset in some laptops and low-end soundcards)
- Yamaha YMU786 (a.k.a. MA-7), used in mobile phones to process various audio sources; sound effect, 3D audio effect, sound mixer, ringtone generation, etc.
Professional audio
- Analog and digital mixing consoles
- Digital audio workstations
- Digital mixing engines
- Public address loudspeakers
- Power amplifiers
- Audio signal processing
- Studio monitor loudspeakers
Home electronics
- Yamaha DSP-1 - An early home theater surround sound component produced in 1985
Music disc recorders
- Yamaha MDR-1
- Yamaha MDR-10
Hi-fi audio
- 28 Series components (produced in the 1980s)
- Natural Sound loudspeaker line
- NS-A100 floorstanding speakers (produced in the 1980s)

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YAMAHA

Yamaha developed their own set of improvements to the General MIDI standard and called it XG. Many of their current range of products, from their high-end synths to "toy" keyboards, support the XG standard.

Yamaha is also known for the Yamaha Music Education System, a renowned system for teaching musical skills to children between the ages of 3 and 9.

All-Japan Band Association - Yamaha has long been a major sponsor of this event.