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Re: Yamaha Indonesia ?

Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2019-02-18 03:23

The manufacture of Yamaha's student woodwind instruments moved from Japan to Indonesia quite a few years back.
labour costs in Indonesia are far lower than in Japan.

I agree that the Quality control of Yamaha is probably one of, if not the best in the industry. However in my view the quality of the Indonesia made instruments is not up to the standard of those made in Japan.
As a UK based repairer I tended to see a lot more of their flutes than their clarinets. The mechanical requirements and adjustments of a flute are rather more critical than on the clarinet, and without a doubt the Japanse made flutes were better, and more consistently made.

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