Name: Yamaha U3 SH2 Silent Upright Piano
Brand: Yamaha
SKU: U3SH2-PE
Price: 11789.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

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The industry standard acoustic upright, 131cm tall in a traditional cabinet
88 keys and three pedals, including full sostenuto as found on a grand
Specially designed Floating soundboard for enhanced resonance
Fitted with Yamaha SH2 Silent System for private practice via headphones
20 instrument voices including Yamaha CFX and Bosendorfer Imperial concert grands
Bluetooth audio playback - play along with your favourite artists!

Introducing the Yamaha U3 SH2 Silent Upright Piano

The industry standard upright piano for practice and performance and perhaps the most well known and recognised of all upright pianos.

Offering outstanding musical performance, the U3 is 10cm taller than the U1 and benefits from enhanced features such as a floating soundboard for improved resonance and a sostenuto pedal.

Fitted with the latest Silent Technology, the U3 SH2 allows the piano to not only be played acoustically, but also with headphones making it completely silent to everyone but the pianist!

Dominic Barnett – Chamberlain Pianos

Practice in complete silence!

Activate the silent mode and a rail moves between the hammers and the strings to 'switch off' the acoustic piano. Highly sophisticated optical sensor technology captures the precise movement of each key and you can hear the beautiful sound of a Yamaha CFX concert grand through your headphones.

SH2 Silent system

Select from a pallet of 20 high quality instrument voices to suit your musical genre. SH2 also features a metronome, 10 song on-board record facility and a USB audio recorder, all of which can be controlled via the sleek and intuitive control panel. MIDI IN/OUT and USB to HOST enables the SH2 piano to be used as a controller, or for the player to control the sound engine via an external source. Connect to your Smart device via Bluetooth and play along with your favourite songs.

Binaural Sampling

The sound of the Yamaha CFX concert grand has been captured from the perspective of the pianist to create a truly spacial and immersive sound. The piano sounds like it is in front of you rather than in your ears, which also reduces fatigue and enables you to practice for longer!

Virtual Resonance Modelling technology

Virtual Resonance Modelling technology reproduces the resonance produced by the frame, rim and strings of an acoustic piano and brings the sound of the fabulous Yamaha CFX concert grand piano to life.

Download the Smart Pianist app

Smart Pianist connects your iOS or Android device to the piano, either via USB or via the optional UD-WL01 wireless LAN adaptor to remotely control the instrument's sounds, control the record facility and metronome and even display music notation on screen. The app will also scan your iTunes library and produce a basic score so you can learn to play your favourite songs!

Installation at the Yamaha factory

Unlike most silent systems, Yamaha's SC2 and SH2 Silent systems are installed during the manufacturing process. Yamaha piano actions are designed to accomodate Silent systems, so you can be sure of the highest quality performance and reliability. Nothing has been compromised!

More useful information

SH2 owners' manual How to care for your Yamaha Piano

Width	153cm (60 1/4")
Height	131cm (51 1/2")
Depth	65cm (25 1/2")
Weight	250kg (550lbs)

Number of keys	88
White key surfaces	Acrylic resin
Black key surfaces	Phenolic resin
Hammer type	U series special
Pedal type	Damper / Muffler / Soft

Caster type	Double caster

Lid/fallboard locks	Yes
Soft-close fallboard	Yes

Key sensors	Non-contact continuous detection optical sensor
Damper pedal	Continuous detection sensor
Soft/shift pedal	On/off detection sensor

Silencing mechanism	Hammer shank stopper operated by center pedal

Piano sound	Yamaha CFX, Bösendorfer Imperial
Binaural sampling	Yes (CFX Grand Voice only)
VRM	Yes
Key-off samples	Yes
Smooth release	Yes
Polyphony (max.)	256
Preset number of voices	20
Voices for song playback	480 XG Voices + 12 Drum/SFX Kits

Reverb effects	Yes
Brilliance effects	Yes
Stereophonic optimiser	Yes (Piano Voices other than CFX Grand)

MIDI number of preset songs	20 Voice Demo Songs, 50 Classics
Recording number of songs	10
Data capacity	Approx. 550 KB/Song
Playback format (MIDI songs)	SMF (Format 0, Format 1)
Recording format (MIDI songs)	SMF (Format 0)

Recording time (max.)	80 minutes/Song
Audio playback format	WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)
Audio recording format	WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)

Metronome	Yes
Tempo range	5 - 500
Transpose	-12 - 0 - +12
Tuning	414.8 - 440.0 - 466.8 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments)
Bluetooth	Yes (Audio)

Internal memory storage	Approx. 1.3 MB
External drives	USB flash drive
DC IN	16 V
Headphones connectivity	Stereo mini jack (x2)
MIDI	IN/OUT
AUX IN	Stereo mini jack
AUX OUT	[L/L+R][R] (Standard phone jack)
USB TO DEVICE	Yes
USB TO HOST	Yes

AC adaptor	PA-300C (or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha)
Power consumption	12 W (When using PA-300C AC adaptor)
Auto power off	Yes

Included accessories	AC adaptor, power cord, headphones, headphone hanger, attachment screws for headphone hanger, â€œ50 Classical Music Masterpiecesâ€ music book, Ownerâ€™s Manual
Separately sold accessories	USB wireless LAN adaptor (UD-WL01), wireless MIDI adaptor (UD-BT01/MD-BT01)

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