Pianos Made by YAMAHA 2014/02/12 　 　Do you know ETERNA, KAISER and MIKI pianos had been made by YAMAHA? 　Actually, these brands had been produced along with consignment by certain 　YAMAHA dealers at that time between 1970's to 1990's. To say what does it 　means, ETERNA, KAISER and MIKI pianos were certainly made by YAMAHA 　although the brand names are different. 　For example, there are piano brands BOSTON and ESSEX. These brands' pianos 　are originally designed by STEINWAY&SONS, the leading piano manufacturer. 　BOSTON and ESSEX pianos are manufactured outside STEINWAY, but along with 　their design and instruction (BOSTON is manufactured at KAWAI factory and ESSEX 　is manufactured at PEARL RIVER factory in China). Since the pianos have been made 　under the same concepts of design as STEINWAY&SONS pianos (with reasonable prices 　compared with STEINWAY Pianos), these brands achieve high reputation in piano market 　overseas. 　Since ETERNA, KAISER, MIKI pianos had been manufactured by YAMAHA, 　we think it helps you to convince your customers that ETERNA, KAISER, MIKI 　are good choices for "reasonably-priced pianos made by YAMAHA." You can 　see YAMAHA logo on the hammer rail as proof of "MADE BY YAMAHA" from 　the above photos. As same as YAMAHA produced pianos, DIAPASON, MARCHEN 　and EMPEROR pianos had been made by KAWAI. Normally, these second brand 　pianos are manufactured based on either YAMAHA or KAWAI original model and 　customized partially. For example, ETERNA E1A has the same design and 　instruction with YAMAHA U1A model, but tuning pins are upgraded from 　chromium plated pins to nickel plated pins.