The Silent Piano is the perfect blend of a true acoustic piano with the features every musician desires from a Digital Piano. The Silent Piano allows the Pianist to play a fully acoustic piano, or a fully digital piano or both at the same time! Would you like to have a digital recording of your Performance? No Problem the Silent Piano records in .wav or midi! Do you like to play at night and Don’t Want to wake up the whole house? Just Put on the Head Phones! Do you want to Amplify your piano? The Silent Piano has you Covered. Finally would you love to have a real piano as a controller for PC or Midi applications? Then you have found the right piano!
The Technology Behind the Silent Piano
Yamaha’s Patented Gray Scale Sensor
Yamaha’s Patented Gray Scale Sensor
The secret to a great piano is in the nuances. All Yamaha Silent Series pianos utilize a non-contact optical sensor system that conttinuously measure the nimble movements if you fingers and the detailed nuances of your pedaling. This in house Patented technology delivers unrivaled accuracy and performance with out ever changing the feel of a traditional acoustic piano.
Binaural Sampling

When Playing the Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano with headphones the piano player is hearing a Binaural Sample. Which is an exacting sampling technique that mimics the interaural characteristics of the human ear, This unique approach allows SILENT pianos to recreate the natural, all encompassing sound only experienced when seated in front of a concert grand piano.
Patented Quick Escape System

When Playing the Yamaha CFX Concert Grand Piano with headphones the piano player is hearing a Binaural Sample. Which is an exacting sampling technique that mimics the interaural characteristics of the human ear, This unique approach allows SILENT pianos to recreate the natural, all encompassing sound only experienced when seated in front of a concert grand piano.
Patented Quick Escape System
Grand piano with SILENT Piano SC2 and SH2type features a quick escape system that allows the sound muting mechanism to be fitted to a grand piano without sacrificing any of the playability or musical expression demanded of such instruments in an acoustic performance. This system allows optimal separation to be obtained between the hammers and strings by adjusting the distance between the hammers and strings, ensuring that the feel of the keyboard stays in the best possible condition whether playing acoustically or with the sound muted.
Hammer Sensors
Grand piano with SILENT Piano SH2 type are fitted with hammer sensors that allow even slow keystrokes or rapid trills. To ensure that they do not affect the feel of the keyboard in any way, Yamaha uses non-contact sensors. -Only available on the Cx Series of silent Pianos –
Smart Pianist App Integration
The smart device app “Smart Pianist” (available as a free download) enables you to use the functions such as selecting Voices, controlling the metronome intuitively with the visualized interface, or display the score on your smart device.

The UD-WL01 USB Wireless LAN Adaptor (sold separately) is required to use Smart Pianist over a wireless connection.
Factory Installed for a Reason.
Yamaha Silent Pianos are available for sale as a new piano only. This system cannot be retrofitted to a piano for a number of painstaking reasons. When you purchase a Yamaha SILENT Piano you can be reassured that you own one of the very best Acouctic/Digital Pianos on the Market.