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Yamaha Corporation

Stories selected from published Yamaha Corporation patents, using drawings as a way to see ideas beyond the products that eventually reached the public.

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What Gives an Instrument Its Shape? Yamaha's Patent Drawings

Folding frames, branching air passages and interchangeable beater weights. Eight Yamaha US patent publications show how an instrument's shape connects to the player's movements and the sound it produces.

8 FIG. · 10/16/2026

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