The UX is a full-height instrument. Long bass strings, big soundboard, and a moving job to match.
Tell us the room, the floor and whether there is a lift. We will say whether this one works before you make the trip.
Yamaha
In the price, not added at the end.
Worth reading the right-hand column properly. Most of the pianos that come back are access problems, not taste problems.
This is as close as an upright gets to a grand in the bass. It also needs a room that can take that much sound. Same case as the Yamaha UX30A, 5 kg heavier.
Set against the Yamaha U1H, the most commonly sold used Yamaha here, it is 10 cm taller and 33 kg heavier. Near the top of the weight range, which runs from 180 kg up to 254 kg.
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. There is no right answer here. Both are on the floor, so try them back to back.
At 250 kg we want to see the route before quoting a staircase carry. The case is 65 cm deep, which is more than most. Measure the doorway rather than assuming it will turn.
Yamaha built several at 131 cm tall: the U3A, U3D, U3E, U3F and 15 others. They differ in weight and case rather than in size. If the UX is not on the floor when you ask, the table below is where we would send you next.
| Model | Height | Weight | Width |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamaha UX This model | 131 cm | 250 kg | 154 cm |
| Yamaha W102 | 131 cm | 250 kg | 153 cm |
| Yamaha U3A | 131 cm | 248 kg | 154 cm |
| Yamaha U3D | 131 cm | 248 kg | 154 cm |
The risk with any used piano is buying somebody else's problem: polished case, fine for a month, then it will not hold a tuning. Ours are rebuilt twice before you see them, once in Japan and again in our own workshop here, and the second pass happens after the instrument has crossed the equator and shown us how it reacts to this climate.
Keep it off an outside wall if you can, out of the sun, and away from the air conditioning. Those three things do more damage here than a child practising ever will.
For families not yet sure the lessons will stick. Rent a restored piano monthly, and if you keep it, everything paid comes off the price.
X-braced backs and heavier build than the U line at the same height. More power than the dimensions suggest, and still an upright.
131 cm tall, 154 cm wide, 65 cm deep, and about 250 kg. Height sets the tone, weight sets what delivery day looks like.
You need about 1.6 m of wall and roughly 1.1 m². At 250 kg we want to see the route before quoting a staircase carry. Give us the measurements and the access and we will be straight about whether it works.
The risk with any used piano is buying somebody else's problem: polished case, fine for a month, then it will not hold a tuning. Ours are rebuilt twice before you see them, once in Japan and again in our own workshop here, and the second pass happens after the instrument has crossed the equator and shown us how it reacts to this climate. If something goes wrong in the first five years, it is our workshop that fixes it.
Rent-to-own runs on a separate pool that changes weekly, so we cannot promise a UX specifically. Ask what is free now. Buy the one you have been renting and the rent already paid comes off the price.
Ask, because it changes week to week. If nothing suits, we will tell you that too.
Twice a year. Keep it off an outside wall if you can, out of the sun, and away from the air conditioning. Those three things do more damage here than a child practising ever will. Two free tunings in the first fortnight come with the piano.
Stock changes weekly. Message us and we will tell you whether a UX is on the floor, send photos and the serial number, and say if something else suits you better.