Yamahas logo

[flhtifz]

Does anyone know what Yamahas logo is supposed to be or represent? Looks like 3 tuning forks with arrowheads at the end. Wazzup wit dat ?

 

[OneTrack]

Yamaha's logo is 3 stylized tuning forks. It represents their past heritage of manufacturing musical instruments.
Similar to BMW's logo, which represents a spinning aircraft propeller to symbolize their aircraft (engine) manufacturing heritage.

 

[flhtifz]

Holy crap, I was half right !!!

 

[Andz]

It represents their past heritage of manufacturing musical instruments.

Hardly past. Yamaha is one of the most respected musical instrument manufacturers in the world today. They specialise in pianos, keyboards, guitars, drums and percussion, musical software, brass and woodwind instruments as well as TVs and home theatre systems. I have had a Yamaha home theatre system for much longer than I have had a Yamaha motorcycle!

Yamaha started manufacturing musical instruments in 1887.

 

[lazamus69]

My sister just picked up a Yamaha Saxaphone for my dad for his B-day this Saturday.....$1700...Yikes....I've got to pay half...but he worth it..its his 70th and hes helped me save thousands in reno costs by helping around the house so its a fair trade-off.....but $1700....Yamaha is one of the best

 

[Steph]

My sister just picked up a Yamaha Saxaphone for my dad for his B-day this Saturday.....$1700...Yikes....I've got to pay half...but he worth it..its his 70th and hes helped me save thousands in reno costs by helping around the house so its a fair trade-off.....but $1700....Yamaha is one of the best

:drool: would kill for one of those...or severely maim at the least!

 

[sm00thpapa]

I myself find the Yamaha logo to be pretty lame.

 

[Andz]

Watch On Any Sunday 2 and listen to the commentator during the clip about the Catalina Grand Prix...

"Here's something new... a YaMAha made in Japan by a piano company! Looks like they should stick to making pianos!"

Later in the movie the Yamaha dies and the commentator says "well it's the end of the line for our Japanese friend. I bet that's the last YaMAha they send over here!"

Famous last words!

ps: YaMAha alludes to the pronunciation, think lo-hi-lo

 

[jazzpaintball]

I myself find the Yamaha logo to be pretty lame.

You know...
I am not trying to be rude or insinuate rudeness, but I remember a post about 3 weeks ago about the idea of the new FZ6R attracting the younger more naive riders into the Yamaha family.... Trust me, once you start working with brands of quality, you will come to appreciate the Yamaha symbol and its meaning upon the works of functional art that come with the name, and the symbol, of Yamaha.

As for the Sax, I also envy you. I grew up playing a Yamaha student alto/tenor/bari. I would love to have a tenor pro-model in a satin-black lacquer with sterling silver keys. Alas, I still enjoy my Keilsworth Pro, and I can never look at such a generous gift towards the mouth

 

[Roadstergal]

A meeting of products at MotoGP last year - Tech3 rider James Toseland played with his band at Laguna Seca.

They had Yamaha instruments. I was, for some reason, reminded of Victor Borge: "The Steinway company would like me to announce that this is a Baldwin piano..."

A little hard to see, but those are notes across the back of the '52.'

 

[champion221elite]

I happen to like the Yamaha logo. It's classy, and a bit mysterious all at the same time.

 

[Botch]

My stage rig, back when I was a part-time musician, included several Yamaha-badged synths, including an EX-5, TX-81Z, TG-77, several Reverb units, and the ubiquitous DX-7. (My sax, however, is a Jupiter... :spank

 

[Damnitsjeff]

I myself find the Yamaha logo to be pretty lame.

:spank::spank::ban::ban::thumbdown::thumbdown::disapprove::rant:
Shameful very shameful.............. I find it is a badge greatness.

 

[thetimanator]

Yamaha also makes audio consoles, amps, processors, effects, etc for live audio applications ie. concerts, touring...

The company I work for owns 12 Yamaha consoles that we use on a regular basis. Decent well built consoles. The PM5D has quickly become the standard festival console.

 

[mellofelow]

Classic and refined... Speaking of which, I took this photo a few days ago.

Here's another mystery... There's a subtle difference between music's tuning fork logo versus the motor. Anyone care to guess?

http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-general-discussion/16242-fz6-sunset-closeup-pic.html

 

[Andz]

When I was in Cape Town in December I saw a delivery van belonging to a Yamaha dealer and the Yamaha logo on the back of the van was about a metre across... and upside down! Then it looks like a rabid cat

 

[Andz]

There's a subtle difference between music's tuning fork logo versus the motor. Anyone care to guess?

On the music division logo the tuning forks do not protrude into the circle.

 

[vdbergj1]

When I was in Cape Town in December I saw a delivery van belonging to a Yamaha dealer and the Yamaha logo on the back of the van was about a metre across... and upside down! Then it looks like a rabid cat

Only in SA - South Africa - What do 'they' know about branding...

 

[Fz6Sa]

On the music division logo the tuning forks do not protrude into the circle.

Newer noticed that ... So I had to check it on my Oak Custom, - and behold you are right !

 

[mellofelow]

On the music division logo the tuning forks do not protrude into the circle.

Ding! Ding! Ding!!! Winner!!!:thumbup: