Yamaha Upright Pianos

Come and see a range of Yamaha upright pianos in our North London showroom.

 

Second-Hand Yamaha Upright Pianos For Sale

Yamaha U1 Upright Piano, Read more

Yamaha U3 Upright Piano, Read more

Second hand Yamaha U1 and U3 SILENT pianos also available.

 

Current Models of Brand New Yamaha Upright Pianos:

Yamaha B Series Upright Pianos

Yamaha B1 Upright Piano

Yamaha B2 Upright Piano

Yamaha B3 Upright Piano

Yamaha B1 Silent Upright Piano

Yamaha B2 Silent Upright Piano

Yamaha B3 Silent Upright Piano

 

Reasons to buy a Yamaha upright acoustic piano:

-Controlled power
-Clear sounds
-Even and responsive action
-Wide range of cabinet colours
-Big range of models to choose from
-Highest resale value

 

Yamaha silent pianos are great if you want to plug in headphones. You can play late at night without worrying about neighbours. The silent system used in Yamaha silent pianos is outstanding and extremely reliable.
Yamaha Silent Disklavier Upright Pianos

The ultimate Yamaha upright piano. You can plug in headphones like the silent pianos, the Disklavier also plays itself and you can buy disks with any type of music you choose. Ideal for restaurants.

 

Questions

Please let me know the difference between a Yamaha U3 Upright used piano and a Yamaha U30 Upright used piano and the pros and cons between the 2 machines.

Many thanks.

Reply/ Hi Renuka

I believe the Yamaha U30 is similar to the U3. The U30 being
a piano made for the Japanese domestic market and not for
export.

If you have seen a U30 in the UK, it must have been exported
illegally.

Yours pianistically,
Graham Howard
UK Pianos

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Any advice on buying second-hand Yamahas? The only new piano I liked (a lot) was the Yamaha U3 but this is possibly out of my price range. New U1s, P121s sounded very loud/bright/harsh. I know that pianos can be voiced…..but CWP did not have any examples of this in store.

My only remaining doubt is that this second-hand piano is 20 years older than a new one and could therefore last potentially 20 years less than a new one – it did sound very nice though. It has a 1 year guarantee.

Reply/ Hi David

All modern Yamaha pianos are very bright. For something a bit more mellow you might like to try out a Classenti. Other popular pianos are Petrof, Klima and Bohemia. These pianos are made in the Czech Republic and have a warm, European sound.

The 20 year old Yamaha should be OK. 20 years is nothing for a piano and will last another 40-60 years as long as it is tuned regularly and kept in a room with a constant temperature (not too hot!).

Regards,
Graham Howard
UK Pianos

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“Yamaha black polished ebony upright”

I’m interested in renting a Yamaha upright piano in black polished ebony.
Do you have any Yamaha black polished ebony upright pianos for rent?
How much is the rental charge?
Is there a minimum rental period.
Other piano rental sites say you have to pay 6 months rental plus the delivery free all upfront before the piano gets delivered.
Do you just pay the first monthly pay and the delivery charge then the piano gets delivered?
Please let me know. I would love to rent a upright piano.

Thank you
Ravinder

Reply/ Dear Ravinder

We don’t have any Yamaha pianos available at the moment,
but we do have two other really good pianos in polished ebony:

Kaiser (made in Japan)
Classent UP112

You can see them both on this page

The Classenti has a beautiful, warm tone to it.
The Kaiser excels in its superior responsive key touch.
Both pianos are suitable for any level of playing.

We do require a 20% security deposit (of the vale of the piano).
You get this back at the end of the rental.

Let me know if you would like try them in our Enfield shop.

Yours pianistically,

Graham Howard

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Yamaha YUA50 Review

This is a second-hand piano, which I think was only available in the US and Japan, so something of a rarity in the UK, unlike the U1s and the U3s. And it is in the U3 category of instrument, as opposed to the B series, which is more affordable. I believe selling second-hand items in Japan is hard; my daughter bought a nearly new car shipped from Japan to New Zealand that was available in NZ for the same reason.

It’s a splendid instrument. Massively structured at the back, and the cabinet is flawless, to my eyes. The music stand pulls out, which allows more sound to escape and places the music at a good angle. Theoretically, closing this makes the instrument quieter, but in practice, it makes very little difference. And, since there are no holders on the stand, sheet music tends to fall off the stand when it is closed. Therefore, I have it open all the time. But it is the payability and sound that is the most interesting.

All pianos ‘throw’ the hammer at the strings from a distance of a few millimetres. The closer this is, the more control the pianist has over the sound. Too much, and when playing softly, there is a risk of the hammer never reaching the strings; too close and other problems arise. So, it is a compromise, and I believe this is one of the advantages of a grand piano.

When this piano arrived, the stand-off was about 8mm. I had the tuner reduce this to less than 5mm. This was as far as he was happy to go, and it has made a considerable improvement in the playability.

Even with my level of incompetence, I can play very quietly and rarely press a key without the note playing. And it is just as loud in the FF parts.

As is common with upright pianos, the quiet peddle does very little. It moves the whole hammer assembly forward, so it is possible to play quieter, but as my piano tuner said, they are never much use on an upright.

It plays Cole Porter’s classics and Herman Hupfield’s – As Time Goes By well enough that I can almost hear Rick talking about all the bars in all the towns, etc. The is mp, which is pretty quiet. At the other end of the spectrum, bits from Mozart’s Requiem will fill the house. The final cord of the Lacrimosa is a couple of low Ds, F sharp, and the upper D sounds very full-bodied. And with the peddle down will carry on for a full 30 seconds.

On the downside, it can pay silently. This is an old instrument, probably made in 2004, and electronics have progressed a long way since then. As it is, as soon as you press the middle peddle and plug the headphones in, you could be playing a toy instrument. It is referred to as MIDI, and there is a MIDI output. But the natural sound from the internal system is so poor that I am amazed that a company like Yamaha installed it on a piano of this quality. I can’t imagine

what the instrument cost when new, but I would have wanted something better than a toy piano sound when running in silent mode. So, it is currently unplugged.

What was interesting was linking the MIDI to my computer and downloading some samples. And it was bizarre to hear it sounding like a Hammond Organ. With the Steinway sample, we were back to the toy piano sound again. I believe modern implementations of this are much better.

The keyboard is heavy. Heavier than it should be, possibly due to the silent mechanism, I believe. I watched a pianist run her fingers across the keys in a local concert, a glissando without any pain. I wouldn’t want to have to do that too often on the Yamaha. When I touched the keys of a Yamaha C3 (grand piano), I had to shut the lid before I slipped and bought the instrument!

It’s a lovely piano, and I believe the sound is very much the same as the U3: rich and full-bodied and not at all strident. I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Review by Chris Hillman

 

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