02 / Company & ownership
Behind the brand.
Yamaha began with Torakusu Yamaha repairing a reed organ in 1887. The tuning-fork emblem now spans acoustic instruments, digital music systems and professional audio.
Sources · previous brand research
- 1887
Torakusu Yamaha builds his first organ in Hamamatsu.
- 1897
Instrument production becomes an enduring Japanese business.
- Today
The tuning-fork emblem spans instruments and professional systems.



