Yamaha's Affordable Professional Upright: The U3 

The more I play digital pianos, the more I love the sound of an acoustic. I could really use this piano even if I do live in an apartment.

When the power goes out, the acoustic piano starts playing. (As well as other acoustic instruments) The piano isn't as easy to carry with you as a guitar, but it certainly is one of the best sounding acoustic instruments that was ever made. Thanks again for your experience and wisdom when it comes to pianos, James. Of all your channels, this one remains my favorite and probably always will.

"Affordable" but not so much, it's more expensive than a decent car here in Brazil.

The U3 is indeed a perfect workhorse. That type of piano that never fails and most of the time is affordable but it is not my most favorite one. O, I played on them a lot. But they don’t have that much karakter. They are good. Yes, but standard good. If you know what I mean. On the other site they are easy to play and take everything. But besides my humble opinion, thank you for sharing and playing.

I’m of the generation when these instruments were just pianos (keyboards were not really very good because there had been no advances in electronics) I have use both and there is a huge difference between the action of a mechanical piano to a keyboard. Yamaha are coming close to it but in my opinion nothing compares to the tone and amount of expression that is produced by different pianists on a real piano. I think all virtuoso pianists use ‘real’ pianos as opposed to the electronic keyboards. Certainly electronic keyboards imitate the sound well enough plus, as the reviewer rightly says, they are more compact and can produce many effects and voices and are more compact to fit in smaller homes but for my money, nothing beats playing a real piano.

Wow, some coincidence - that's the same store where I bought my first piano years ago! I knew I recognized that place haha.

Isn't under 1000 $ so isn't affordable for me lol

Please suggest best acoustic piano under 6000 usd for advanced players!

Really enjoyed your review on this lovely Yamaha. My U3 is from 1976.🙋

After piano, keyboard and toy piano reviews midi controllers reviews would complete the circle!

I just purchased a Yamaha U3 and it is a very nice addition to our home. We had an inexpensive spinet type piano we bought over 40 years ago. It served our family well and my wife used it to teach piano lessons for over 25 years. It was not a high quality piano, but it encouraged two of our children to get music degrees, our oldest daughter has seriously studied the piano for the past twenty five years.

I'm super fan of Yamaha piano and have watched your videos for 2 years, thanks very much for your review. Great job!

Excellent video! It's always nice to hear you playing and commenting on pianos.

So nice to hear that test piece again.

Superb playing. Exquisite touch. Light years beyond the same performance from a few years ago. Hell of an upright piano at its price point. Good enough for most recordings of pop music.

I have our U3A for a month or so and I love the tone and touch very much. Warm bright yet full rich tone. Placement of the piano is also important, 3 inch away from the wall sounds just nice for me, clear and warm at the same time. And my wife and son love it too.

Nice to see these piano store reviews return again.

That's the same piano my teacher had! A great sounding instrument and the mechanics was superb!

great review, thank you.

I love your videos! So much key info for such a big deal (what will be MY piano?)