The smaller of the U-Series models, the U1 stands at 121cm, making it a nicely compact piano that is ideal for home use.
This piano was built in 1974 - 1975
One of the iconic models from the famed Yamaha U series, the U1 is the smallest of the range at 121cm in height, yet still packs an enormous level of sound in a compact, sleek design. This piano was built in 1974 - 1975
Its powerful, rich and resonant tone makes it a leading choice for educational institutions, professional musicians and home pianists.
With its warm, solid sound and consistently stable play-ability, the U series draws you in and lets you immerse yourself in the piano from the first time you play it. This model epitomizes the Yamaha upright piano, and embodies a standard in pianos that has matured over decades
Dimensions:
Height: 1210mm, Width: 1530mm, Depth: 620mm, Weight: 228 Kg
Main Features
- Height 121 cm
- Powerful, rich and resonant tone
- Yamaha use the best of their timbers to build their U series professional uprights
- Spruce Soundboard. Solid spruce, rather than laminated spruce or poplar, is the choice in all fine pianos for the best amplification of sound, best tone and sustain which is used to amplify the tone of the piano and produce the sound you hear
- Full Length Ribs. Yamaha reinforces the crown in its soundboards by using ribs that continue to the edge of the soundboard
- Metal Action Rails. Yamaha engineering developed a unique Extruded Aluminum Alloy Action Rail (bearing a Yamaha patent) that is one of the best innovations for improving a piano action in the last 100 years
- Balanced Action. Each key of a Yamaha piano is individually tested and measured for the corrections needed to obtain uniform “down weight” pressure
- Classically bright tone with fantastic level of expressiveness & touch response
- This particular piano has a tremendously balanced tone and would be ideal for an advanced player looking for a piano of the finest quality, or a beginning student looking to invest in a piano that will carry them through to Grade 8 and beyond
