Yamaha Pianos from
Tyneside Piano Company Ltd

Yamaha pianos - the choice of many top pianists, and loved by families all around the globe. The superior quality of our pianos reflects leading-edge technology, an advanced design philosophy, and the quality craftsmanship resulting from more than a century of piano-making experience. Here at Yamaha, we possess the unrelenting desire and comprehensive technical capability needed to give pianists the sound they demand.

Superior scale design and quality

Scale design is of prime importance in creating high-quality pianos. To achieve our desired sound, we must consider the piano as a whole rather than as a series of separate parts. The sound of a piano is the product of the inseparable combination of the soundboard, the bridge, the frame and strings; creating a synergy between each and every part thus produces an instrument with a superb overall balance.

When designing pianos, Yamaha gives priority to achieving the ultimate in balance, analyzing every factor from the soundboard and strings to the symbiotic relationship between the shape of the soundboard and the positioning of the bridge, to provide each instrument with a superb sound and feel.

We give consideration to the optimal configuration for components, manufacturing all the major parts in our pianos, from the small tuning pins to the frame, in our own workshops.

Yamaha makes every piano model on a different production line.

We use a combination of craftsmanship and advanced technology to carry out production and tuning processes perfectly suited to each type of piano. Despite the fact that our factories are equipped with the latest facilities, such as world-leading drying equipment, the actual art of making pianos belongs to the more traditional world of the craftsman.

This is especially true of the final stages of production, which require the technique and sensitivity of a true artist; tuning the pitch-class for each of the eighty-eight keys, "regulation" adapting their touch, and finally, the "voicing" process in which minute adjustments are made to the elasticity of the hammers to give perfect balance, so that each key produces a truly beautiful note when played.

These processes, which are designed to maintain the piano's ability to cope with trills and continuous playing, and to protect against aged-induced change in its sound, are all carried out by hand, and require extensive experience and innate sensitivity.

No matter how good the technology available, in the end a human touch is needed to make our sound perfect.

Yamaha Grand Pianos

Yamaha Upright Pianos

Contact us for further information, a brochure and a price list

01670 815313