What year did Yamaha Pianos switch from slotted (-) screws to positive (+) screws?

Yes folks, that is the hot topic for today. Which year did Yamaha start using positive/phillips (+) screws on their Japanese upright pianos instead of the older style slotted (-) screws?

So far all I have to go off is a Facebook comment claiming that it happened in approx. 1985

Well here is my evidence

The evidence so far looks quite convincing that 1985 was indeed the year. More research needed to check some 1984 models when I find some

Cheers
Mark

Created: 02 December 2025
Modified: 02 December 2025