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samoaleather
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 Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject: Yamaha U1 (Silent) or U3/5? |
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I'm looking to buy a new piano and these are the approximate prices i've been quoted:
- Yamaha U1 (Silent) - USD5,400
- Yamaha M112T (Silent) - USD4,225
- Yamaha U3 - USD6,015
- Yamaha U5 - USD7,130
I've tried them out at the showroom and love the sound of the U3 & U5, but the U1's silent function would be useful for practising at night (I stay in a flat). Can anyone who uses the U1 (silent) comment on it? I'm rather afraid the internal electronics may suffer over time.
Appreciate your advice! |
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heidi34
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| I'm curious where you live. I've been shopping for a piano in Los Angeles and those prices sound pretty good to me, especially the U3 and U5. |
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samoaleather
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 8:38 am Post subject: |
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| I'm from singapore. Yamaha's having a mid-year sale and the U1 (Silent) now costs the same as the original U1. There's not much of a price reduction for the U3 and U5 though. |
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Barrie Heaton
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Yamaha U1 (Silent) or U3/5? |
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| samoaleather wrote: |
I've tried them out at the showroom and love the sound of the U3 & U5, but the U1's silent function would be useful for practising at night (I stay in a flat). Can anyone who uses the U1 (silent) comment on it? I'm rather afraid the internal electronics may suffer over time.
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They suffer less then the retro fitted ones as they have less moving parts on the Yamaha I have a few on my tuning round the oldest is about 5 years and to date no problems on some of the retro fitted ones like the Technics one you get clicking on the keys after a few years of hard playing, but no problems with the electronics. Yamaha do give a 2 year Guarantee on the electronics part, the other advantage is the Midi you can connect your piano to your PC
Barrie,
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samoaleather
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, Barrie. Is the clicking very obvious? Does it affect the entire keyboard or only a few keys? |
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Barrie Heaton
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Please note this in not the Yamaha that has this problem as they use inferred to detect movement of keys, were the other systems such as Technics one use a rocker to detect movement of keys.
The clicking can be very prominent on some keys However, this all depends on the player. The piano I have in mind there are 2 grade 8 players and two kids doing grade 6 so the piano gets above average home use but it is getting worse.
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