![]() Yamaha is revered as one of the largest piano makers in the world, trendsetting in manufacturing and musical technology. ![]() These humble beginnings have developed into a multinational manufacturing operation with sales into the billions annually, a work force of nearly 20,000 and product lines ranging from motors to electronics to musical instruments. By 1899 he traveled to the USA to learn how to build pianos and started making grand and upright pianos under the name Nippon Gakki meaning “Japanese Musical Instrument”. In 1887 a watchmaker by the name of Torakusu Yamaha founded Japan’s first reed organ company. Yamaha has built over 6 million pianos! Obviously Yamaha has struck a chord with the world musically. Eclipsing 50 years, the Yamaha U3 upright piano has been subtly improved over the years but the inherent standard of quality remains the same. The touch on the U3 leans towards the firmer side which enables a wide expression range. Arturia VST The Piano V now brings to the V Collection the king of all instruments, including a studio full of faithful models of various pianos, plus the ability to shape your piano sounds for a whole new level of control. This is very satisfying as a performer when you can anticipate that a certain pressure on any key will translate into the desired sound. From one note to the next, you can feel every graduation of dynamic response to your fingers. If you’re a proficient player, you’ll recognize that Yamaha is known for touch even more than tone. The Yamaha U3 has been known throughout the world for consistency. This made an affordable piano accessible and subsequently popular. What makes this model so appealing? Historically, when the approach to high quality piano manufacturing was to custom build them one at a time, Yamaha devised a way to build high quality in mass production. ![]() Consumers come into stores saying “We’re interested in looking at a U1 or a U3”. I guess the moral of the story is-you have to find your piano. I can only imagine that maybe we had a Yamaha piano all those years in school when I was in choir. but in my head, I was hearing a Yamaha C7. They have become so popular that people ask for them by model. The problem was that all the piano libarries I had demo-ed were Steinways. Over the last few decades I’ve had the opportunity to play hundreds of Yamaha U3 pianos.
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