Her musical journey started from a very young age, picking up violin at the age of 6, and keyboard at the age of 10, but only decided that piano is what she really wanted at age 11, after being mesmerised by a recording of lounge pianist Jimmy Chan’s playing.Īs she has been playing by ear before starting formal lessons, she has much difficulty learning sight-reading and adjusting from playing by ear and memory to classical piano, as the latter is more technically difficult. Pianos with the letter “J” proceeding the serial number i.e, J2942840, were built in Yamaha’s Jakarta, Indonesia factory.Minghui (Phoebe) is a full-time piano teacher based in Singapore and has been teaching piano for 18 years since 2003. “YT” proceeding the serial number i.e, YT285000, were built in Yamaha’s in Taoyuan, Taiwan factory. Pianos with the letter “H” proceeding the serial number i.e, H0105429, were built in Yamaha’s in Hangzhou, China factory. Pianos with the letter “U” proceeding the serial number, i.e, U186000, were built in Yamaha’s South Haven, Michigan factory. T294877, were built in Yamaha’s Thomaston, Georgia factory Pianos with the letter “T” proceeding the serial number, i.e. If your Yamaha’s serial number does not have a letter in front of it, it was built in the Hamamatsu, Japan factory. It's best to check behind the piano if the date serial number you look up doesn't seem correct. Yet, stamped on the rear of the piano in the upper left corner will be the same serial number stamped on the upper left corner with the signifying factory letter proceeding it. However, for whatever reason, some models that were produced outside of the Hamamatsu, Japan factory have a serial number located on the pianos plate that shows a series of numbers without a letter proceeding it. You can identify where your piano was manufactured a few ways, but the easiest way is to take note if there are any characters before the numbers. These serial numbers will not correspond correctly to the serial number found on a Yamaha piano built in their Thomaston, Georgia factory. For instance, the first set of serial numbers for pianos manufactured in Hamamatsu Japan. Yamaha pianos that were built and designated for the USA market have been produced in 6 different factory locations.Įach location assigned serial numbers that do not correspond with pianos produced in another factory.
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