Yamaha Band & Orchestral Division Set to Celebrate Completion of 10 Millionth Wind Instrument
BUENA PARK, CA (January 20, 2005) — Forty years after its first trumpet saw the light of day, Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, is ready to celebrate the milestone production of Yamaha's 10 millionth horn.
 Yamaha's latest, the YTR-9445CHS, will be unveiled at Winter NAMM. |
Since that first trumpet appeared in 1965, Yamaha's production of fine wind instruments has grown to include a wide variety of student, intermediate, professional and custom instruments. Legendary artists like Eugene Rousseau, Jim Walker, Bobby Shew and the Canadian Brass are exclusive users of Yamaha instruments, and Yamaha trombones, euphoniums, tubas, saxophones, clarinets, French horns, piccolos, flutes and flugelhorns are to be found in classrooms, conservatories, recording studios and performance venues around the world.
“For forty years, Yamaha has not only been manufacturing high quality wind instruments, but bringing constant innovation to each of its products,” states Rick Young, Vice President/General Manager, Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division. “There is an unbroken continuum of excellence and artistry running from our very first trumpet to the new orchestral C trumpet introduced at Winter NAMM 2005.”
It all began in 1963, when the Japanese company Nikkan established a wind instrument factory in Saitama, Japan. Yamaha contributed financial and technical assistance, marking this early venture as the beginning of Yamaha wind instruments. In 1965 the first wind instrument to bear the Yamaha name, a trumpet, was produced, and the company displayed trumpets, trombones and saxophones at the 1967 Chicago NAMM show. Nikkan and Yamaha merged in 1970, and Yamaha opened the world's largest wind instrument factory in Toyooka, Japan the same year.
Yamaha wind instrument production came to America in 1974, when Yamaha Musical Products (YMP) opened a factory in Grand Rapids, MI. A short 15 years later, in 1989, YMP opened a new state-of-the-art factory in Grand Rapids and celebrated the completion of its 5,000,000th wind instrument two years later in 1991. In 1995 the company introduced its revolutionary Silent Brass System, changing the way musicians practice and 2001 saw the opening of the U.S. Custom Shop in Grand Rapids, MI. In 2004, Yamaha Artist Services Inc. opened on Fifth Ave. in New York City as a place for artists to practice, perform, present master classes and collaborate on models in development.
Due to rising environmental concerns, in 1991 the company abolished the use of Freon in manufacturing. In 2002, Yamaha stopped use of chromium acid in all production to better protect the environment and received ISO14001 certification. Last year, many Yamaha wind instruments were produced using lead-free solder, and by the end of 2005 it will be in use on all new wind products.
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com/band.
“For forty years, Yamaha has not only been manufacturing high quality wind instruments, but bringing constant innovation to each of its products,” states Rick Young, Vice President/General Manager, Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division. “There is an unbroken continuum of excellence and artistry running from our very first trumpet to the new orchestral C trumpet introduced at Winter NAMM 2005.”
It all began in 1963, when the Japanese company Nikkan established a wind instrument factory in Saitama, Japan. Yamaha contributed financial and technical assistance, marking this early venture as the beginning of Yamaha wind instruments. In 1965 the first wind instrument to bear the Yamaha name, a trumpet, was produced, and the company displayed trumpets, trombones and saxophones at the 1967 Chicago NAMM show. Nikkan and Yamaha merged in 1970, and Yamaha opened the world's largest wind instrument factory in Toyooka, Japan the same year.
Yamaha wind instrument production came to America in 1974, when Yamaha Musical Products (YMP) opened a factory in Grand Rapids, MI. A short 15 years later, in 1989, YMP opened a new state-of-the-art factory in Grand Rapids and celebrated the completion of its 5,000,000th wind instrument two years later in 1991. In 1995 the company introduced its revolutionary Silent Brass System, changing the way musicians practice and 2001 saw the opening of the U.S. Custom Shop in Grand Rapids, MI. In 2004, Yamaha Artist Services Inc. opened on Fifth Ave. in New York City as a place for artists to practice, perform, present master classes and collaborate on models in development.
Due to rising environmental concerns, in 1991 the company abolished the use of Freon in manufacturing. In 2002, Yamaha stopped use of chromium acid in all production to better protect the environment and received ISO14001 certification. Last year, many Yamaha wind instruments were produced using lead-free solder, and by the end of 2005 it will be in use on all new wind products.
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com/band.
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