![]() ![]() The new Recording Custom has badges which clearly state ‘Made in China’. The aim as always is to stay on top, be competitive and to build the best drumsets conceivable. Then in 2010 Yamaha achieved a long-held ambition to add a dedicated drum building, employing the latest in hi-tech, environmentally strict and rigorously quality controlled production methods. This extensive plant was first opened in 1997, producing Yamaha’s woodwind and brass instruments and marching percussion. And although Yamaha continues to build its flagship Phoenix PHX series in Japan, the latest professional series are now coming out of the new facility in Xiaoshan, China. Up till 2011, all of Yamaha’s high-end drums were made in Japan. From the off the drums were of high quality, hand-crafted in a relatively small workshop in Hamamatsu. ![]() Although Yamaha was founded way back in 1887, it has only been making drums since 1967.
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