For over 4 decades, drummers around the globe have been unanimous in the opinion that Yamaha drums are elite instruments. They are drums that harness an almost magical sound and feel - attributes that amazingly improve as the drums age. There are good reasons for the extraordinary musicality, beautiful aesthetics, and exceptional durability of Yamaha drums.
For one thing, Yamaha drums has benefited from expertise acquired from a century of crafting Yamaha pianos, instruments that are stunning in their tone as they are in their glassy, sleek finishes. At the heart of both drums and pianos is an intimate knowledge of various woods and how they resonate and mature over time. It is knowledge that looks to traditional Japanese architecture, which presents abundant examples of temples, constructed to exacting tolerances, yet with minimal use of metal fasteners such as nails. Just as a 1000-year-old Japanese temple appears to have weathered little, a 30-year-old Yamaha drum is, in a very real sense, in its infancy.
At Yamaha, our unique processes require high levels of expertise derived from apprenticeship, whether they involve Kachikomi-teh use of diagonal plies assembled in proprietary round molds-or the design of hardware, the precise shaping of bearing edges, or the laborious buffing and finishing of our drums. To be sure, we don't stop with drums that are wondrous to behold and strike; our mission is to build drums that will hold their tone and appearance through the ages.
We take enormous pride in manufacturing drums that speak with full throaty presence at all dynamic levels. In short, Yamaha drums embody sonic excellence. To this end, we take no shortcuts, applying the same attention to detail to a locking hi-hat clutch as with a meticulously cut oak shell. Along the way, we listen to you, the drummer.
Our craftsmen take pride every step of the way. True, this may be "the old way" of doing it, but history proves that Yamaha drums stand ahead of the rest. With that mission in mind, we renew our pledge to pursue the construction of drums that will be admired in the showroom today--and revered in 10, 20, and even 100 years.
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