A later 127 cm U2, and at 226 kg the lightest of the line by a couple of kilos. The youngest U2s reaching Malaysia tend to be these.
Photos of the actual piano on request. Tell us your room and floor and we will say if it fits.
Yamaha
In the price, not added at the end.
The pick if you want the newest mid size Yamaha you can find.
The U2 middle with a slightly firmer, later action feel. Clear rather than warm, which suits exam preparation more than it suits background playing.
Late in the U2 run, so examples are generally younger than the D or E instruments. That usually shows in the cabinet more than in the tone.
Yamaha is the brighter and quicker of the two, which is why exam candidates keep asking for one. Some players find the treble tiring over long sessions. It is a preference, not a ranking. Come and sit at both.
226 kg, marginally the lightest U2. Not enough to change your access plan. At 61 cm front to back it is one of the shallower cases in the range, which is worth knowing if the hallway it has to pass through is narrow.
Yamaha built several at 127 cm tall: the U2D, U2E, U2F, U2G and 2 others. They differ in weight and case rather than in size. If the U2M is not on the floor when you ask, the table below is where we would send you next.
| Model | Height | Weight | Width |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaha U2M This model | 127 cm | 226 kg | 150 cm |
| Yamaha U2D | 127 cm | 228 kg | 150 cm |
| Yamaha U2E | 127 cm | 228 kg | 150 cm |
| Yamaha U2F | 127 cm | 228 kg | 150 cm |
Younger does not mean unused. Ask how it was stored, because a piano that sat closed in a damp room can be in worse shape than an older one that was played weekly.
Tune it twice a year. Not because it gets played hard, but because the soundboard moves with the weather and takes the tuning with it.
If you are not ready to commit, rent one by the month. Decide to keep it and the rent you have paid comes off the purchase price.
127 cm, six centimetres taller than a U1, and the difference lands in the bass rather than the touch.
127 cm tall, 150 cm wide, 61 cm deep, and about 226 kg. Height sets the tone, weight sets what delivery day looks like.
You need about 1.6 m of wall and roughly 1.0 m². 226 kg, marginally the lightest U2. Not enough to change your access plan. Tell us the building and we will tell you whether this one can get in.
Younger does not mean unused. Ask how it was stored, because a piano that sat closed in a damp room can be in worse shape than an older one that was played weekly. It carries a five-year warranty on parts and labour, honoured by the workshop that did the work.
Rent-to-own runs on a separate pool that changes weekly, so we cannot promise a U2M specifically. Ask what is free now. Rent for six months, buy it, and those six months come off the price.
Ask, because it changes week to week. If nothing suits, we will tell you that too.
Twice a year. Tune it twice a year. Not because it gets played hard, but because the soundboard moves with the weather and takes the tuning with it. The first two tunings are on us, once it has settled in.
Ask what is actually in the shop today. We will send photos of the specific piano, tell you what was replaced in the rebuild, and be honest if another model fits you better.