


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.
