Musical Instrument Wood Exhibition

What is the Musical Instrument Wood Exhibition?

Yamaha held the Musical Instrument Wood Exhibition at the Yamaha Ginza Shop in 2024 to offer an opportunity for people to think about the wood from which musical instruments are formed, and to learn about our desire to create instruments in a sustainable manner so that we can live in harmony with trees for a very long time. Phase 1 of the exhibition featured a display of the "Upcycling Guitar," the only one of its kind in the world, while phase 2 offered displays of two kinds of "Sustainable Keyboard," and phase 3 displayed six different "Designed by Nature Clarinets." After the exhibition finishes, we plan to hold it at irregular intervals in different areas.

Musical Instruments and Wood
To avoid depleting trees
Yamaha's basic research
Yamaha’s Prototypes
Exhibitions

Musical Instruments and Wood

What kinds of wood are used to make musical instruments? What kind of material is good for making musical instruments?
Why is so much wood used in musical instruments? Here we offer answers to some of these questions.

Wood used in musical instruments

Selecting wood for good sound

Crafting instruments from wood

To avoid depleting trees

Yamaha's efforts to sustainably procure wood that we can use in musical instruments.

Otonomori Activities

Yamaha's basic research

Yamaha's research into "Musical Instrument Wood," and efforts to explore better musical instrument wood and materials that can be used to replace it.

Changing the wood

Creating alternatives to wood

Yamaha’s Prototypes

The Upcycling Guitars, Sustainable Keyboards, and Designed by Nature Clarinets are prototypes made using Yamaha's innovative technologies and knowledge of design in place of conventional materials, exploring new ways to utilize "unused" wood.