Designing Our Instruments
Yamaha began the full-scale development of Wind instruments in 1963. Employing traditional techniques backed by a scientific approach to manufacture, we have gained an enviable reputation for making some of world's top quality products. Research into the science of acoustics, which started in around 1967, was applied to allow fine-tuning of a saxophone's body architecture. Meanwhile, computer simulation facilitated the accurate positioning of keys and tone-holes to achieve new levels of accuracy in intonation.
As a result of this new approach to instrument design - a combination of craftsmanship and new technology - the manufacture of a new generation of high quality instruments was made possible. Every saxophone in the ProCustom range offers a deep, refined sound and smooth response, as well as a degree of consistency that other manufacturers can only aspire to.