Yamaha Corporation - Yamaha

Japanese: ヤマハ[株] - ヤマハ
Yamaha Corporation - Yamaha
Founded in 1889 by founder Torakusu Yamaha as Yamaha Organ Manufacturing. Changed name to Nippon Gakki Manufacturing in 1897. Manufactured organs, pianos, harmonicas, etc. throughout the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods. Changed name to current in 1987. After the war, manufactured motorcycles in 1954. Developed the Electone in 1959. After that, promoted diversification to sports goods, leisure, music lessons, electronics, etc. Even now, the company is the world's largest producer of pianos, and also mass-produces organs and electronic pianos. Yamaha Motor is under its umbrella. Head office in Hamamatsu, factories in Hamamatsu, Tenryu, etc. Capital in 2011 was 28.5 billion yen, sales in the fiscal year ending March 2011 were 373.8 billion yen. Sales breakdown (%) is musical instruments 73%, AV/IT 15, electronic parts 6, others 7. Overseas sales ratio 52%.
→ Related article Electone | Nippon Gakki dispute

Source : Heibonsha Encyclopedia About MyPedia Information

Japanese:
創業者山葉寅楠によって1889年山葉風琴製造所として設立。1897年日本楽器製造に改称。明治・大正・昭和を通じオルガン,ピアノ,ハモニカなどを製造。1987年現社名に改称。戦後になって,1954年オートバイを製造。1959年にはエレクトーンを開発。その後スポーツ用品,レジャー,音楽教室,エレクトロニクスなど多用化を推進。現在でもピアノ生産台数は世界一,オルガン,電子ピアノも量産。傘下(さんか)にヤマハ発動機がある。本社浜松市,工場浜松,天竜ほか。2011年資本金285億円,2011年3月期売上高3738億円。売上構成(%)は,楽器73,AV・IT15,電子部品6,その他7。海外売上比率52%。
→関連項目エレクトーン|日本楽器争議

出典 株式会社平凡社百科事典マイペディアについて 情報

<<:  Mountain hakama - Yamabakama

>>:  Yamanobe no michi - Yamanobe no michi

Oka
Oka
Blog    

Recommend

Arabic numerals - Arabic numbers

〘Noun〙 The ten commonly used numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, ...

Old Siberian languages ​​- Kyushiberiashogo

→Old Asian languages Source : Heibonsha Encycloped...

Wilson, RW

…FW Herschel, who discovered Uranus (1781), later...

Suiyuan Incident

In China, it is also called the Suidong War. It wa...

Opium Treaty - opium treaty

...The old Opium Law (promulgated in 1897) also e...

picador

…Even today, bullfights follow a ritualized forma...

Old age pension - roureinenkin

A pension paid to elderly people over a certain a...

Fedorov, ES (English spelling) FedorovES

… Near the middle of the 19th century, British mi...

Katsu Kaishu

An enlightened Shogunate vassal during the late E...

Coelogyne cristata (English spelling)

…[Koichi Ejiri]. … *Some of the terminology expla...

Watts, JW

…Monis believed that the mental symptoms of psych...

Kuroiso [city] - Kuroiso

An old city in northern Tochigi Prefecture. It was...

Tatsugo [town] - Tatsugo

A town in Oshima District, northeast of Amami Oshi...

African Music

There is no single, clearly identifiable sound ph...