Yamaha Grand and Upright Pianos

Why we love to restore Yamaha grand and upright pianos

Yamaha pianos were built extremely well and very consistent. Its almost hard to tell the difference when comparing model to model. Replacement parts are always available.

History of Yamaha

Yamaha was established all the way back in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Company, Limited ( Japan Musical Instrument Manufacturing Corporation). Piano production surged during the early 1960s. By the mid-1960’s, the company was building 100,000 instruments a year, making it the world’s leading piano manufacturer. Today Yamaha continues to manufacture high quality pianos and innovate, with inventions such as the remarkable Silent Piano which is a regular acoustic piano that can also be played through headphones.

Yamaha Grand Models, size and weight

G series

G1 5’3’’ 550 lbs
G2 5’8’’ 620 lbs
G3 6’1’’ 682 lbs
G5 6’1’’ 727 lbs
G7 6’7’’ 760 lbs

C series

C1 5’3’’ 604 lbs
C2 5’8’’ 671 lbs
C3 6’1’’ 705 lbs
C5 6’7’’ 770 lbs
C6 6’11’’ 770 lbs
C7 7’6’’ 913 lbs

S series

S4 6’3’’ 737 lbs
S6 7’ 843 lbs

Yamaha Upright size and weight

P22 45’’ tall 522 lbs

U1 48’’ tall 502 lbs

U2 50’’ tall 517 lbs

U3 52’’ tall 502 lbs

U5 52’’ tall 530 lbs.

Serial # / Date Built:

1917-1700 1918-1800 1919-1900 1920-2100 1921-2650 1922-3150 1923-3650 1924-4250 1925-4950 1926-5700 1927-6500 1928-7750 1929-8928 1930-10163 1931-11719 1932-13368 1933-15182 1934-17939 1935-19895	1936-22397 1937-25158 1938-28000 1939-30000 1940-31900 1941-33800 1942-35600 1943-37000 1944-38000 1945-38550 1946-39250 1947-40001 1948-44087 1949-42231 1950-44200 1951-47767 1952-51621 1953-54800 1954-57000	1955-63300 1956-70000 1957-78000 1958-89000 1959-103000 1960-122000 1961-149000 1962-188000 1963-237000 1964-298000 1965-368000 1966-489000 1967-570000 1968-689000 1969-809000 1970-978000 1971-1169000 1972-1317000 1973-1510000	1974-1743000 1975-1943000 1976-2144000 1977-2383000 1978-2583000 1979-2812000 1980-3001000 1981-3261000 1982-3464000 1983-3646000 1984-3832000 1985-3988000 1986-4157000 1987-4335000 1988-4492000 1989-4650000 1990-4811000 1991-4951000 1992-5072000	1993-5181000 1994-5292000 1995-5375000 1996-5466000 1997-5530000 1998-5579000 1999-5792000 2000-5868000 2001-5928000 2002-5978000 2003-6021000 2004-6066000 2005 6100000 2006 6145000 2007 6191000 2008 6220000 2009 6250000 2010 6280000

Yamaha Pianos with serial numbers preceded by the letter U were made in South Haven, Mich. by Yamaha in the Everett factory they purchased in 1973. This factory was closed in 1986.

1974-U101000 1975-U102000 1976-U107000	1977-U110000 1978-U117000 1979-U124000	1980-U132000 1981-U141000 1982-U150000	1983-U160000 1984-U167000 1985-U174000	1986-U186000

Yamaha Pianos with serial numbers preceded by the letter T are made at the Thomaston, Georgia factory. In 1986 Yamaha started with 504050 and then changed to 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	1997-T213000 1998-T224000 1999-T237000 2000-T251000 2001-T266000	2002-T275000 2003-T284000 2004-T295000 2005-T304000

Yamaha GA1E, DGA1E, GB1, and DGB1 made by Yamaha in Jakarta, Indonesia.
2000-J1700000 2001-J1800000 2002-J1900000	2003-J2000000 2004-J2100000 2005-J2200000	2006-J2317402 2007-J2422310 2008-J2526623	2009-J2631503 2010-J2733874 2011-J2837851	2012-J2942840