| I'm not real familiar with the history of Yamaha. But from what I've heard, Yamaha already produced a quality line of pianos before they branched out into the brass instrument business. They also made a commitment to quality either from the very start or very soon thereafter. They hired professional mucisians as consultants to manage R&D for their horn line and formed business alliances with companies from whom they could improve their quality-namely Schilke.
I don't own a Yamaha and never have, but they do make a fine trumpet-lots of them. But Yamaha wasn't content to make second (or third or forth) quality instruments. They sought to improve their horns and make them competitive quality wise with the existing competition. And they made it. But, as Jim has pointed out, they couldn't do it and charge $250 for a "top of the line" horn.
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