Friday, February 27, 2009

The true sound of Music

The true sound of music

One often hears people say that the sound produced from a musical instrument is only as good or as bad as the skill or quality of the man playing it. Although one cannot discard this statement as worth nothing and reject it right away, it also holds true at the same time that while choosing a musical instrument and keeping in mind the precise kind of sound one wants to produce, the entire selection procedure becomes very important. That is why it is extremely crucial to go for one particular brand of manufacturers instead of others.
The Yamaha Corporation from Japan has proved itself to be one of the most respectable and leading names in the musical or rather instrumental circuit for more than a period of one hundred years now. Although, today it is a major multinational company with a wide range of industrial products to its name, it remains for a fact that it originated as a manufacturer of musical instruments like pianos and organs way back in 1887. Its amazing range of products include a wide variety of musical instruments such as pianos, organs, guitars, bass guitars, drums, violins, celli and different kinds of brass instruments and has certainly contributed to the fact that Yamaha is the worlds largest producer of musical instruments. The electric piano by Yamaha is definitely worth a special mention amongst everything else.
Although formed in 1962 and thus can be considered really a teenager compared to Yamaha, the other Japanese corporate that should be mentioned while talking about quality musical instruments is definitely Korg Corporation. Presently among the topmost manufacturers of electronic tuners and musical instruments, Korg remains as one of the most revered name in musical circuit all across the globe. The i3 Interactive Music Workstation in 1993 is still considered to be among the list of groundbreaking products manufactured by Korg. It was its first professional arranger with an A12 engine tone generator. Interestingly, as the primary supplier of material like circuitry and other mechanical parts, Yamaha Corporation has always played an extremely significant role as a business partner of Korg. In fact, in an amicable agreement in 1987, Yamaha also acquired certain percentage of shares and controlling rights of the organization. However, due to their tremendous commercial success in the following years, by 1993 most of the stock was bought back.

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