In 1997, the Japanese government offered a grand piano, a product of the Japanese company Yamaha, as a gift to late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, in addition to other musical instruments, such as a cello, violin, clarinet, saxophone, and other aerophone and percussion instruments to entrench Palestinians’ cultural values, including music, three years after the establishment of the Palestinian National Authority in 1994.
Yamaha is one of the largest musical instruments’ manufacturing companies in the world, and its products are distinguished by tradition and luxury. It is based in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu.
