U Series

A perennial favorite among discerning pianists, the Yamaha U1 offers outstanding musical performance, setting the standards by which many other upright pianos are measured. Silencing system has been added to this U1. This is an SH3 type SILENT Piano™.

SILENT pianos are genuine acoustic pianos equipped with Yamaha’s advanced silencing technology. When the keys are played in SILENT Mode, the hammers are stopped immediately before striking the strings so that the piano itself generates no sound. Sensors installed below the keys decipher how the keys are played and relay the data to the digital tone generator, which generates sampled sounds that can be heard through a pair of headphones. By allowing players to play a true acoustic piano sound under normal circumstances, or to put on headphones and play in SILENT Mode to avoid disturbing others, SILENT Piano™ makes any time a good time to sit down at the piano.

Features

WHAT IS THE SILENT Piano™?

This is a remarkable acoustic piano that can be played silently while letting you adjust the volume, retaining the rich and complex sound that’s unique to an acoustic instrument. Switch to Quiet mode and the hammers are stopped just before hitting the strings, while keystroke movements are read by optical sensors. These trigger the internal tone generator which reproduces a digitally sampled piano sound in your headphones. The result is an exceptionally natural acoustic piano sound that you can enjoy playing at any time, without worrying about your surroundings.

Simply play your acoustic piano

At its heart, the SILENT Piano™ is a genuine acoustic instrument. For more than a century, Yamaha has crafted pianos that inspire players to develop and express themselves, mirroring their thoughts and feelings with rich sound and reliable quality.

Play silently with headphones

SILENT pianos are also equipped with SILENT Mode, where you can plug in headphones to enjoy realistic sounds any time without disturbing others—or others disturbing you.

Download the Smart Pianist app

SILENT pianos are equipped with Bluetooth® MIDI. Download the Smart Pianist app on your smart device and connect wirelessly to your SILENT Piano™ to enjoy simple, intuitive control of your instrument’s features.

Record and review your performances

Record your performance with a single button press and listen back right away. Or use the USB recording feature to store your performances in WAV format to USB flash memory, so you can keep them on your computer as a record of your progress.

Add rhythm for a dynamic performance.

There are 20 different rhythms built into the SILENT Piano™ comprising drums and bass. Select the desired accompaniment pattern and enjoy playing with your own personal backing band.

Expand your horizons with new instrument sounds

More than just a piano, this remarkable instrument also has different instrument sounds, including electric piano, harpsichord, organ, strings, and choir. Select your favourite sound to match the style of music you want to play and prepare to be inspired.

Piano Specifications

• Reinforced hammers
• Solid spruce soundboard and ribs
• Soft-close fallboard and fallboard lock
• Solid copper wound bass strings
• Hard maple bridges
• Aluminium alloy action rails
• Spruce keys with hardwood buttons
• Pedals: Damper / Silencing Pedal / Soft
• Double Casters
• Yamaha designed hammers with underfelt
• Polyester finish
• Vacuum Shield Mould Process (V-Pro) plate
• Single caster
• 10 Year Yamaha Warranty

SH3 Specifications

• Non-contact continuous detection electromagnetic inductive key sensors
• Silencing mechanism – Hammer shank stopper operated by center pedal
• Piano sound: Yamaha CFX / Bösendorfer Imperial
• Binaural sampling (Yamaha CFX / Bösendorfer Imperial)
• Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM)
• Grand Expression Modeling
• Key-off samples
• Smooth release
• 256 max. polyphony
• 25 Preset Voices + 480 XG Voices + 12 Drum/SFX Kits
• 62 songs, 20 rhythms
• Reverb / Brilliance / Stereophonic Optimizer
• Other functions: Recording and playback, Metronome, Transpose, Tuning
• Bluetooth Audio & MIDI
• MIDI In/Out, AUX In/Out, USB to Device, USB to Host
• 5 Year Yamaha Warranty