Diversification
Yamaha expanded into many diverse businesses. The first venture into each major catagory is listed below.
- 1897 Keyboard Instruments (reed organ, pianos in 1900)
- 1903 Furntiture
- 1914 Harmonicas
- 1922 Audio Equipment (crank phonograph first)
- 1942 Guitars
- 1954 Small engines and vehicles/watercraft (YA-1 motorcycle first)
- 1959 Sporting Goods (starting with archery)
- 1959 Music Schools
- 1961 Metal alloys
- 1965 Band Instruments (trumpet first)
- 1971 Semiconductors
- 1984 Industrial Robots
- 2000 Recorded Music (record company YAC)
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