Yamaha Audio

Yamaha's history began when its founder, Torakusu Yamaha, repaired a broken reed organ in 1887. Shortly thereafter, he successfully completed the first reed organ.

About Yamaha Audio

In 1897, Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (current Yamaha Corporation) is established with capital of 100,000 yen.

In 1900, the company started the production of pianos. The first piano to be made in Japan was an upright built in 1900 by Torakusu Yamaha.

More than 135 years after our founding in 1887, we defined the Yamaha Philosophy as the philosophical framework that underpins business management at the Yamaha Group.