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The Yamaha buyer's guide
Every Yamaha upright and grand from 1970 to today, in one guide: which model is which, how to date a piano from its serial number, and what to check before you buy.
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What’s inside
33 pages · PDF
Which Yamaha is which
The U1 and U3, the X series, YU10 to YU33, YUS1 to YUS5, and the G, C and CX grands, generation by generation.
How to date a piano
Reading the model name and the serial number, with Yamaha’s own year-by-year chart.
Choosing well
Room sizes, a ten-point viewing checklist, and what to budget for each era.
From Signature Pianos in Mount Waverley. Every pre-loved Yamaha and Kawai we sell is hand-picked in Japan, checked in our Melbourne workshop, and comes with white-glove delivery and a 10-year warranty.