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Yamaha donates over $100,000 to Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation.


Yamaha's Band & Orchestral Division recently provided a number of instruments to The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (MHOF MHOF Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
MHOF Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville, TN) 
). The donation includes 110 marching drums of various colors and sizes, as well as 66 student snare drums. The percussion instruments This is a list of percussion instruments. Tuned percussion
  • antique cymbals
  • celesta
  • chimes (a.k.a. tubular bells)
  • clavinet
  • crotales
  • Gong
  • glass harmonica
  • hammered dulcimer
  • handbells
  • lithophone
  • marimba
  • marimbaphone
, storage and shipping give the donation a value of more than $100,000.

The MHOF supports music education and its many benefits through the donation of new and refurbished musical instruments to underserved school and community music programs and individual students nationwide.

For more information on The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation, visit www.mhopus.org.

For more information, write Yamaha Corporation “Yamaha” redirects here. For other uses, see Yamaha (disambiguation).

The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社
 of America, Band & Orchestral Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. , CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, e-mail infostation@yamaha.com or visit www.yamaha.com/band.
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Title Annotation:Yamaha Corporation of America. Band and Orchestral Div.
Publication:American Music Teacher
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2005
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