YVN500S

A.R.E. is a Yamaha original wood reforming technology that improves the wood’s acoustic characteristics through the use of precision controlled humidity, temperature, and atmospheric pressure. This process manipulates the molecular properties of the wood transforming it into a state similar to woods in
instruments that have been played for years, drastically improving the instrument’s sound quality. The treatment is chemical free making it an environmentally friendly process.

The graph shows how the A.R.E. treatment results in the characteristic changes given below.
1. Improving the low range volume and sustain delivers a stronger fundamental tone with better projection.
2. Increased mid-range response delivers richer tone and more expressive power.
3. High range dissonance has a shorter decay improving instrument response and articulation.

Our research team, which has many years experience studying woods for instruments, started the A.R.E project in the 1990s with the goal of using this technology on our violins. Before we brought it to the violin, it was utilized first on guitars, and for acoustic building materials used in concert halls where it has been proven to deliver significant improvements in the product’s performance. We are pleased that we can now use this technology on the instrument that it was originally intended for, and take great pride in presenting the YVN500S, the flagship of the Artida series.

In our search for the ideal violin, we began by drawing upon more than a century’s worth of accumulated knowledge and experience in creating fine instruments from wood. Adding another decade’s worth of experience and technologies developed in crafting violins we’ve found the optimum blend of traditional craftsmanship and advanced technologies such as 3D CAD precision modeling and resonance analysis that produces the results we have searched for.

In addition to a carefully applied finish, an antique finish specially developed and formulated by Yamaha gives the instrument both a matured look and feel. The finish leaves the instrument with a faded varnish, scratches and peeling normally associated with playing and handling, texture, and aged edges that give the instrument the authentic look and feel of a beautifully aged instrument. Applied on top of the normal finish, the antique finish does not expand or degrade with daily use.

Providing the instrument with more than a beautiful appearance, finishes are also chosen for the affect that they have on the instrument’s overall tone. UV coatings are specially formulated to change at a molecular level when exposed to a certain wavelength of ultra-violet light improving acoustic characteristics.