The Creation of New Musical Instruments

Could we take the concepts we had polished with electronics and digital technology to create new acoustic instruments?

Let's create something new!

Around 1990 lates

Wood reforming technologies used to create “great” sound

We researched “great sounding wood,” starting with research into the sound of centuries-old violins. These efforts produced our A.R.E. wood reforming technology, which matures wood in a short time to produce the sound of an instrument that has been used for many years.

[Image] Artida YVN500

Artida YVN500
Violin／2011

2015

Using digital technology to make acoustic instruments vibrate

Yamaha released the TransAcoustic Piano, which was developed around the concept of using a digital tone generator to vibrate a piano soundboard. We also applied this concept to the body of the acoustic guitar to increase the potential of this instrument.

[Image] TransAcoustic™ Piano YU11TA2

TransAcoustic™ Piano YU11TA2
Upright Piano／2018

[Image] TransAcoustic™ Guitar CG-TA

TransAcoustic™ Guitar CG-TA
TransAcoustic™ Guitar／2019

2017

Creating new instruments from digital concepts

Analysis of acoustic musical instruments was performed to aid in the development of digital synthesizers. The results of these efforts were also applied to acoustic instruments Venova, creating new instruments with greater expressive capabilities.

[Image] Venova YVS-100

Venova YVS-100
Casual Wind Instruments／2017

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