Yamaha · Models

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Yamaha CS-5

Japan

A compact Yamaha CS Series monophonic analog synthesizer introduced in 1978.
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Yamaha YCL-CSG III Custom

Clarinet · Japan

A Yamaha Custom G-series (CSG) professional clarinet in Bb with a grenadilla body, barrel and bell and the CSG bore design, voiced for a rich symphonic sound.
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Yamaha Custom Clarinet

Japan

Yamaha's professional Custom clarinet line, developed with input from leading clarinet educators and performers. It includes the CSVR and CSG III, grenadilla Bb/A clarinets engineered for a refined, focused tone and consistent quality.
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Yamaha P Series

Japan

Yamaha's P series of portable, weighted-key digital pianos, ranging from entry-level instruments for home practice and lessons to more fully featured models for stage use.
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Yamaha YV-4110 Vibraphone

Vibraphone · Japan

Yamaha's professional four-octave vibraphone (c-c4 range) with a motorized fan/pulsation tremolo system, aimed at orchestral and solo concert use.
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Yamaha YM-2400 Marimba

Marimba · Japan

A concert marimba in Yamaha's YM series with three-position resonator slots, an adjustable frame, and dual-angle supports. Part of Yamaha's mid-level professional marimba lineup.
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Yamaha YEV-104

Electric violin, Violin

The Yamaha YEV-104 is a four-string electric violin from Yamaha's YEV line, designed around an open, minimalist wooden frame rather than a full resonating body. Built from a blend of woods including spruce, maple, mahogany, and walnut for a warm natural look, it carries a maple bridge with a built-in piezo pickup and a passive quarter-inch output, so it needs no battery or external controls. Lightweight and stage-focused, it is aimed at players who want a simple, good-looking amplified violin for contemporary and crossover playing.
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Yamaha YM-6100 Marimba

Marimba · Japan

Yamaha's flagship concert marimba, designed in conjunction with marimbist Keiko Abe. The top of the YM marimba range for soloists and professional ensembles.
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Yamaha GX-1

Japan

A large Yamaha concert-model Electone with eight-note polyphonic synthesizer technology, introduced in 1975 and discussed in Yamaha's official synthesizer history.
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Yamaha Motif

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha Motif is a series of flagship music workstations launched in 2001 that became industry standards for production and live performance. Built on sample-based synthesis with sampling, sequencing, and effects, the Motif line ran through several generations (ES, XS, XF).
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Yamaha YCL-450

Clarinet · Japan

An intermediate Yamaha clarinet made of all-grenadilla wood with silver-plated keys and a 65 mm barrel, designed for the advancing player.
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Yamaha EX5

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha EX5, released in 1998, is a flagship synthesizer combining multiple synthesis types—sample-based (AWM2), analog/physical modeling, and FM—with sampling and sequencing in one powerful instrument.
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Yamaha SILENT Series

Yamaha's SILENT Series is a line of solid-body and skeleton-frame electric string instruments built for near-silent practice through headphones and for feedback-free amplified performance. The series spans violins, a viola, cellos, and an upright bass, each using piezo pickup electronics and a removable control box or onboard preamp so players can monitor privately or send a balanced line/XLR signal to a stage rig.
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Yamaha 6300 Series Timpani

Timpani · Japan

Yamaha's TP-6300 intermediate series timpani feature copper bowls with a suspension-ring floating mount, a balanced pedal that holds pitch when the foot is removed, Remo Renaissance heads, and a tuning gauge mountable for American or German setup.
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Yamaha CS-15

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha CS-15 is a monophonic analog synthesizer in Yamaha's CS series from the late 1970s, offering two independent synthesizer channels and hands-on control for leads and effects.
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Yamaha CS-80

Synthesizer · Japan

The flagship Yamaha CS Series polyphonic analog synthesizer; Yamaha's official history says it debuted in 1977 with eight-note polyphony.
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Yamaha TX16W

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha TX16W, released in 1988, is a rackmount 12-bit digital sampler. Though it had a complex interface, alternative firmware and its characterful converters earned it a dedicated following.
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Yamaha SVV200

Viola

The Yamaha SVV200 is a 16-inch solid-body SILENT Series electric viola for performance and quiet practice. Two piezo pickups with volume, an EQ mode switch, and EQ control drive headphone and line outputs, and the instrument runs on a single 9V battery. The body is spruce with a maple neck and ebony fingerboard.
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Yamaha SVC-210SK

Cello

The Yamaha SVC-210SK is a full-size SILENT Series electric cello designed for stage performance, recording, and quiet practice. A piezo pickup with volume, aux-in volume, and a three-position reverb switch (Room/Hall 1/Hall 2) feeds headphone and line outputs. Construction is spruce and maple with a maple neck and ebony fingerboard.
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Yamaha KX1

midi-controller · Japan

The Yamaha KX1 is a remote keyboard controller from Yamaha. Yamaha's official KX1 owner manual identifies it as a remote keyboard; the instrument is a strap-worn MIDI controller for driving external synthesizers rather than a self-contained sound source.
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Yamaha CP series

Piano · Japan

Yamaha's CP series of professional pianos, ranging from the CP-70 and CP-80 electric grand pianos of the 1970s to later CP stage pianos that model acoustic and vintage electric-piano sounds for live performance.
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Yamaha YPC-62

Flute · Japan

A Yamaha professional piccolo with a grenadilla wood body, silver-plated mechanism and split-E, known for a warm, resonant tone and precise playability.
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Yamaha CX Series

Piano · Japan

The Yamaha CX Series is a line of grand pianos spanning the C1X through C7X, designed with tonal characteristics derived from Yamaha's CFX concert grand. Built in Japan, the series ranges from the compact C1X to the 7-foot-6 C7X semi-concert grand.
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Yamaha C7X

Piano · Japan

The Yamaha C7X is a 227 cm (7'6") grand piano, the largest in Yamaha's CX series and a frequent choice for concert stages, recording studios, and conservatories. Built in Japan with a solid spruce soundboard, it draws its tonal design from the CFX concert grand.
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Yamaha Pacifica 1511MS

Electric guitar · Japan

The signature Pacifica model of jazz-fusion guitarist Mike Stern, modeled on his well-worn Telecaster-style instrument. It features an alder body, a maple neck, and a pair of single-coil pickups voiced for his clean, articulate tone.
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Yamaha AV Series Acoustic Violins

The Yamaha AV Series is a line of handcrafted acoustic student and step-up violins built on a Stradivarius-style pattern with a spruce top and maple back, sides, and neck. Models range from beginner outfits to step-up instruments, each shop-adjusted by Yamaha-trained technicians and fitted with ebony components.
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Yamaha Recording Custom Snare

Percussion · Japan

Yamaha's Recording Custom wood snare uses a 6-ply North American birch shell with 30-degree bearing edges and lightweight 1.6mm triple-flanged hoops, a Q-type throw-off, and 25-strand snare wires, giving the dry, focused attack designed for studio recording.
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Yamaha CS-70M

Japan

A Yamaha CS Series synthesizer introduced in 1981 with auto-tune and a built-in sequencer.
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Yamaha SV-250 Silent Violin

Electric violin

The Yamaha SV-250 is a professional four-string Silent Violin from Yamaha's Silent Series. It uses a hollow-body design with a spruce top and flamed maple back that form a small resonant chamber under the bridge, an ebony fingerboard and pegs, and an Aubert maple bridge fitted with Yamaha's dual pickup system that blends a bright electric tone with a more acoustic body sound. An external control box houses the preamp, volume, and treble/bass controls with 1/4-inch and XLR outputs, keeping the instrument at about 500 grams, close to a traditional acoustic violin. It is aimed at performers who need a quiet practice or amplified stage violin across many styles.
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Yamaha YFL-677

Flute · Japan

A Yamaha 600 Series professional flute with a hand-finished headjoint and a sterling silver head and body for a warm, expressive tone.
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Yamaha CS1x

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha CS1x, released in 1996, is a sample-based 'Control Synthesizer' with virtual-analog-style knobs aimed at dance music. It combined Yamaha's AWM sample playback with real-time control and an arpeggiator.
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Yamaha KX-5

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha KX-5 is a keytar-style remote MIDI keyboard controller from the 1980s, worn with a strap so a player can trigger external synthesizers while moving around the stage.
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Yamaha SY77

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha SY77, released in 1989, is a digital synthesizer that combined six-operator FM synthesis with sample-based (AWM) synthesis—Yamaha's 'RCM' system—plus filters and effects, offering richer, more playable sounds than the earlier DX line.
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Yamaha YCL-255

Clarinet · Japan

A standard Yamaha B-flat clarinet with Boehm fingering and matte ABS resin body.
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Yamaha SU700

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha SU700, released in 1999, is a sampling groovebox combining sampling, loop slicing, and a step sequencer with hands-on knobs and pads for beat-oriented electronic production.
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Yamaha SHS-10

Electric guitar

The SHS-10 is a keytar, a keyboard built to be worn on a strap and held like a guitar, released by Yamaha in 1987. It uses FM tone generation, includes built-in rhythms and a MIDI output, and was an affordable, portable instrument popular with younger players.
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Yamaha DX21

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha DX21, released in 1985, is a four-operator FM synthesizer offering two-voice multitimbral operation and a built-in chorus, bringing programmable FM synthesis to a budget-friendly keyboard.
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Yamaha CP88

The Yamaha CP88 is a digital stage piano introduced in 2019, with 88 weighted keys and sampled acoustic, electric-piano, and synth voices. It carries the CP name into Yamaha's modern stage-piano line, emphasizing fast hands-on sound selection for live performance.
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Yamaha YFL-587

Flute · Japan

A Yamaha 500 Series professional flute with a hand-finished Type A headjoint, combining the brilliance of nickel silver with the mellow timbre of sterling silver; the 587 adds a C# trill key.
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Yamaha CP-70

The Yamaha CP-70 is an electric grand piano introduced in 1976, sounding real hammered strings amplified by piezoelectric pickups rather than samples. Its two-piece, road-portable case made a grand-piano voice practical on stage, and it became a fixture of late-1970s and 1980s rock and pop.
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Yamaha DX9

Japan

A Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizer included in the original DX Series lineup discussed in Yamaha's official synth history.
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Yamaha MOTIF XS7

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha Motif XS7 is the 76-key model in the Motif XS generation (2007) of Yamaha's workstation line, offering the XS sound engine, sampling, and sequencing.
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Yamaha YV-2700 Vibraphone

Vibraphone · Japan

A standard-range professional vibraphone in Yamaha's YV lineup with a variable-speed motor, suited to schools, universities, and ensemble use.
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Yamaha YOB-441

Oboe · Japan

A Yamaha intermediate oboe with modified Conservatoire system and grenadilla body.
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Yamaha CS-60

Japan

A Yamaha CS Series analog synthesizer documented in Yamaha's official history of the company's early synthesizers.
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Yamaha MM6

Synthesizer · Japan

The Yamaha MM6, released in 2007, is a sample-based 'Music Synthesizer' built on Motif-derived sounds, offering an affordable performance keyboard with arpeggios, effects, and a wide instrument library.
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Yamaha YCR-2310III

Cornet · Japan

The Yamaha YCR-2310III is a standard B-flat cornet aimed at students and beginning players. It has a medium-large 0.459-inch bore, a two-piece yellow brass bell, a rounded leadpipe for a smooth, warm response, and an adjustable third-valve trigger. It is offered in gold-lacquer (YCR-2310III) and silver-plated (YCR-2310SIII) finishes.
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Yamaha SG2000

Electric guitar · Japan

A high-end neck-through solid-body Yamaha introduced in 1976, with a carved maple-topped mahogany body and a brass sustain plate under the bridge. Famously adopted by Carlos Santana, it offered rich sustain and a thick, singing tone.
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Yamaha YX-500R Xylophone

Xylophone · Japan

A 3.5-octave concert xylophone (F45-C88) with rosewood bars (Acoustalon synthetic bars also offered), used widely in orchestral and educational settings.
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Yamaha P-145

Piano · Japan

A compact entry-level portable digital piano in Yamaha's P series and the successor to the P-45, with 88 weighted keys for practice, lessons, and portable performance.