Yamaha YUS Series

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The production know-how of the SU7 has created a piano with superior voicing: a superbly crafted instrument with inspiringly rich sound and delicate balance. The simplicity of the cabinet gives superb acoustics to the subtlest note, and specially designed hammers provide rich tone. And the simple, meticulous design rounds out a piano that enhances the performance of professional and home pianists alike.

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Features

New Super U Series

– Full length ribs into a notched liner

– Solid spruce soundboard and ribs

– Acoustibars

– Solid copper wound bass strings

– Hard maple bridges

– Aluminum alloy action rails

– Yamaha balanced action

– Beveled music rack

– Spruce keys with hardwood buttons

– Grand piano key travel

– Cut thread tuning pins

– Sostenuto pedal and mute lever

– Yamaha designed hammers with T-fasteners

– Vacuum Shield Mold Process (V-Pro) plate

– Seasoned for destination

Seasoned for Destination

Yamaha specifically seasons this piano for the U.S. market. The tuning stability, finish and overall musical integrity are enhanced over the long life expected of a fine piano.

Spruce Soundboard

At the Yamaha lumber mill and wood processing facility, the finest spruce is quarter sawn; and less than 10% of the total is selected and reserved for Yamaha piano soundboards. 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.

Full Length Ribs

Yamaha reinforces the crown in its soundboards by using ribs that continue to the edge of the soundboard, and are glued into the notched liner (or inner rim on the grand piano). Reinforcing the crown ensures that the tone quality will remain for years and years and improves tuning stability.

V-Pro Plate

Yamaha uses V-Pro (Vacuum Shield Mold Process) in casting the iron frame (plate). V-Pro plates are stronger and visually more appealing. Critical dimensions are produced more accurately than before.

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. The usual fluctuations in wood rails that effect touch, caused by periodic weather changes, are eliminated allowing stable, long-lasting action regulation.

Balanced Action

Each key of a Yamaha piano is individually tested and measured for the corrections needed to obtain uniform “down weight” pressure. Yamaha actions play correctly and uniformly. This balancing helps ensure a lifetime of superior touch and control across the keyboard.

Uniform Key Travel

Yamaha designs all grand and vertical pianos to have the same key travel. Regardless of size, type or model of Yamaha piano, the keyboards will always feel the same.

Spruce Keys

Yamaha uses Spruce for the keys on all models of pianos. Spruce is very light and possesses a very high ratio of strength to weight. It is ideal for key construction, even though its cost is greater than either sugar pine or bass wood. Yamaha keyboards respond quickly providing fast repetition for the most intricate piece of music. Yamaha keyboards withstand heavy use over years of fortissimo passages.

Finishes

Polished Ebony

Specs/Models

Models:
YUS1
YUS3
YUS5
Soundboard Material Spruce Spruce Spruce
Back Post Material Spruce Spruce Spruce
V-Pro Plate Yes Yes Yes
Bridge Material Hard Maple Hard Maple Hard Maple
Pinblock Material Hard Maple Hard Maple Hard Maple
Tuning Pins Cut thread Cut thread Cut thread
Center Pedal Mute Mute Sosutenuto
Metal Action Rail Yes Yes Yes
Seasoned for Destination Yes Yes Yes
Soft-Close Fallboard Yes Yes Yes
Keyboard 88 keys 88 keys 88 keys
Pedals Soft Pedal, Mute Pedal, Damper Pedal Soft Pedal, Mute Pedal, Damper Pedal Soft Pedal, Sostenuto Pedal, Damper Pedal
Key Surfaces White: Acrylic Resin; Black: Phenolic Resin White: Acrylic Resin; Black: Phenolic Resin Ivorite/WPC (Wood Process Composite)
Finishes YUS1 PE 48″ Polished Ebony YUS3 PE 52″ Polished Ebony Upright Piano (shown above) YUS3 PM 52″ Polished Mahogany Upright Piano Polished Ebony
Also available as Silent Series: YUS1SG Silent Series: YUS3SG Silent Series: YUS5SG
Hammer Moldings Walnut
Width 60″ 60″ 60″
Height 48″ 52″ 52″
Length 24″ 26″ 26″
Weight 502 lbs. 517 lbs. 530 lbs.