YAMAHA, Est. 1887, by Tarakusu Yamaha, was Nippon Gakki S.K.K. Co.  In
       1916 Tarakusu Yamaha passed away  The company changed its name to
       Yamaha Corporation of Japan in 1987.  Located at 10-1 Nakazawa-Cho,
       Hamamatsu City, Japan.  Yamaha was the first piano maker in Japan.
       Yamaha of Japan made some grand pianos for Story & Clark in the late
       1970'.  The American company name is Yamaha Corporation ofAmerica.
      Address 6600 0rangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620.  All Yamaha
      Grand pianos are built in Japan.  In 1973 Yamaha ofAmerica purchased
      the Everett Piano Company, makers of Everett and Cable Nelson.  In 1979
      the factory at 100 Yamaha Park, Thomaston, GA 30286, was built to pro-
     duce Uprights and Consoles.

1917-1700             1937-25158           1957-78000          1977-2383000
1918-1800             1938-28000           1958-89000          1978-2583000
1919-1900             1939-30000           1959-103000         1979-2812000
1920-2100             1940-31900           1960-122000         1980-3001000
1921-2650             1941-33800           1961-149000         1981-3261000
1922-3150             1942-35600           1962-188000         1982-3464000
1923-3650             1943-37000           1963-237000         1983-3646000
1924-4250             1944-38000           1964-298000         1984-3832000
1925-4950             1945-38550           1965-368000         1985-3988000
1926-5700             1946-39250           1966-489000         1986-4157000
1927-6500             1947-40001           1967-570000         1987-4335000
1928-7750             1948-44087           1968-689000         1988-4492000
1929-8928             1949-42231           1969-809000         1989-4650000
1930-10163            1950-44200           1970-978000         1990-4811000
1931-11719            1951-47767           1971-1169000        1991-4951000
1932-13368            1952-51621           1972-1317000        1992-5072000
1933-15182            1953-54800           1973-1510000        1993-5181000
1934-17939            1954-57000           1974-1743000        1994-5292000
1935-19895            1955-63300           1975-1943000        1995-5375000
1936-22397            1956-70000           1976-2144000        1996-5466000
    Yamaha Pianos with serial numbers preceded by the letter U were made in jl
    South Haven, Mich. by Yamaha in the Everett factory they purchased in
   1973. This factory was closed in 1986.
   1974-U101000 1978-U117000 1982-U150000 1986-U186000
    1975-U102000 1979-U124000 1983-U160000
    1976-U107000 1980-U132000 1984-U167000
    1977-U110000 1981-U141000 1985-U174000
   Yamaha Pianos with serial numbers preceded by the letter T were made at -
   100 Yamaha Park, Thomaston, GA 30286 by Yamaha.  This factory builds
  Uprights and Consoles.  In 1986 they started with 504,050 and then
  changed t0 100,000 numbers.
1983-T500000
1984-T501500
1985-T503000
1986-T504050
1986-T100000     1987-T102200
1988-T110000
1989-T119000
1990-T133000
1991-T143000     1992-T155000
1993-T167000
1994-T167000
1995-T190000
1996-T203000