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Yamaha U1TA3 TransAcoustic

Yamaha U1TA3 TransAcoustic 121cm Upright Piano - Polished Ebony

Yamaha U1TA3 TransAcoustic 121cm Upright Piano - Polished Ebony

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$17,199.00 - $17,199.00
$17,199.00
$17,199.00 - $17,199.00
$17,199.00

The TransAcoustic is the absolute choice for the modern professional musician, unwilling to sacrifice any of the true touch of the piano, while enjoying the convenience of digital reproduction with a warmth and realism as never heard before, utilising the resonance of the piano soundboard to project the digital sound.

The most popular upright piano in the world, the Yamaha U1 is the ideal choice for schools, studios, and beginner students looking for a piano that they can grow into as a musician, carrying them all the way through their studies. At 121cm, it is the first upright piano in Yamaha's range that we would consider a professional standard. It is a reliable and brilliant design of piano that has proven its quality for generations.

On this page you will find a demo video of the U1, specially recorded in our showroom, and some more information regarding the features and construction methods unique to the U series and TransAcoustic pianos.
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Have a Trade In?

If you have an existing piano that you would like to trade in towards this instrument, feel free to contact us via our Trade In Form.

Warranty

Comprehensive Yamaha 10 Years Parts and Labour Warranty (Acoustics)

Comprehensive Yamaha 5 Years Parts and Labour Warranty (Digital)

Delivery

Delivery by professional piano movers to the Canberra region is included in the price of this piano, and we seek to provide competitive pricing for delivery nationwide. Contact us for more details.

Two Tunings

The sale of any Yamaha piano comes with a free tuning voucher from the manufacturer, to be completed soon after delivery. We also include a complimentary tuning with your purchase, giving you two free tunings in total.

Matching Bench

A comfortable piano bench to match the colour of your chosen piano.

What is a TransAcoustic piano?

What is a TransAcoustic piano?

In the TransAcoustic piano Yamaha have designed an ingenious instrument that allows pianists to enjoy all of the convenience of Yamaha’s SILENT technology without a reliance on the less authentic speaker driven digital piano sound. Instead, when the TransAcoustic technology is engaged, transducers convert audio signals into vibrations, and then relay them to the soundboard of the piano. The soundboard amplifies the vibrations and the entire piano vibrates sympathetically, meaning the sound that reaches the ear is as rich as that of the acoustic piano.

In TransAcoustic mode, you can easily control the volume of the piano while still maintaining the richness of sound from the soundboard, making quiet practice far more natural and satisfying.

For practicing in complete silence, the SILENT piano technology is built into every TransAcoustic piano, allowing for silent practice and playing on headphones. As with the SILENT pianos, the digital sample sound heard has been expertly recorded using Binaural Sampling and Grand Expression modelling, meaning even with headphones on the piano playing experience retains authenticity.

An often unutilised but truly superb feature of the TransAcoustic pianos, is the ability to blend the digital instrument sounds with the true acoustic sound of the piano. When blending the acoustic piano sound with the digital CFX concert grand piano sound for example, the power and dynamics of the piano is majestically transformed to the level of a piano far larger than what you are actually playing. Furthermore, blending other interesting instrument sounds like strings and pads, can add an emotional depth of sound previously unavailable for recording and performance.

Enjoy the TransAcoustic piano even when you’re not playing it! By casting music from your smart device via the built in Bluetooth connectivity, you can transform your piano into a state of the art hifi system and enjoy your favourite recorded music through the resonance of the piano soundboard. When music is playing, you can also still play the piano at the same time, allowing for effective practice and maintaining of collaborative skills, which can often be lacking when piano is its nature a relatively unportable and solitary instrument.

This built in Bluetooth can also used for midi connectivity, meaning the TransAcoustic piano can be connected wirelessly to the Yamaha Smart Pianist app, making navigation through the piano's features even easier via a smart device. The Midi and Line Outs also available, mean that the piano has all connectivity necessary for plugging into teaching apps, audio interfaces and notation software, making it the ultimate recording and compositional tool.

Features of the Yamaha U1

Features of the Yamaha U1

Without doubt our biggest seller in upright pianos, the Yamaha U1 design is likely the best performing 121cm piano in the world. With sufficient string length and soundboard to handle quite advanced repertoir, it will carry students all the way through the grading system.

Quality materials in the solid spruce wood soundboard, hammer felt and strings combine to produce the tonal qualities that have made Yamaha the piano industry leaders.

Sturdy construction and unrivalled durability make the U series the first choice of instrument for institutions and professionals alike, being able to easily withstand heavy use and large repertoire for many decades.

Manufactured in Japan in the traditional method with no synthetic materials.