Yamaha YUS5-SH3 Professional Silent Hybrid Upright

Yamaha’s U Series is the most popular vertical piano line in the world, selected by topflight music institutions, teachers, churches, and serious individual pianists.  For decades these instruments have proven to be reliable, resilient, and very musical, with a wide tonal and dynamic range, and Yamaha’s famous precision action.

The YUS series steps things up a notch, elevating the standard U series models to even higher performance levels with European hand-wound strings, improved hammer felts, higher grade spruce in the soundboards, and extensive voicing and regulation in the factory.

The 52” YUS5 upright has the equivalent soundboard area of a mid-size grand.  The depth of tone, especially in the bass, is impressive and very satisfying, rivaling many conservatory grands.  And like most grand pianos, the YUS5 has a true sostenuto middle pedal – rarely found on vertical pianos.

But there is more…

This is one of Yamaha’s Silent Series — an acoustic hybrid piano.  It gives the player both a high-quality acoustic piano and the additional features of a modern digital piano, in a single instrument.

When needed, you can play/practice in complete privacy using the built-in digital piano tone module.  When you activate the SILENT Piano feature, the hammers are prevented from hitting the strings and optical sensors take over, sending your key movements to the digital piano which you can hear through headphones.  When playing silently, you still have the benefit and pleasure of playing the real mechanical acoustic action — not a digital facsimile.

This piano contains the latest, current SH3 Silent technology and is in excellent condition.  It’s ideal for a dedicated player from beginner to advanced, for a composer using MIDI, and anyone that desires playing silently from time to time on a fantastic professional-level upright piano.

Compare to MSRP of $28,399 for a new YUS5-SH3.

• Acoustic and digital piano in one instrument
• SILENT technology for private playing
• Performance grade professional 52” upright
• Made in Japan
• Multiple digital voices
• MIDI recording is built in for capturing musical ideas and as a practice assistant
• Connect to iPad or computer
• Includes original matching padded bench
• 5-year warranty on acoustic piano
• 2-year warranty on SILENT system
• 70% Lifetime Trade Guarantee
• 1 free in-home tuning after delivery

Please contact the store to check availability and find out more details about this Hybrid technology.