Yamaha C3: The World’s Most Popular Grand Piano

[@haviskam]

Im a classical guitar player. Yamaha instruments never let you down. Precision and high quality are trademark features.

[@mikelifemarketing]

Simply Amazing. Skilled player on a great piano.

[@shilloshillos]

Dear Robert, I envy you, life is what it is of course, but to be surrounded by pianos, trying them , playing them, repairing them and selling, and then others coming in, always in for surprises, doing what you love....it must be heaven. Keep up the great videos!

[@dibaldgyfm9933]

Yes such a gorgeous piece, and well illustrated. The piano sounds so great. ☺

[@andymccormick6809]

K. 283 is the Kochel number for the Mozart Sonata No. 5 in G Major (for anyone looking up the first piece). I discovered this when searching imslp for the sheet music and found the Eb Sonata K. 282 instead. (I'm sure it was a minor mistake!) Great video as always Robert!

[@mark6360]

Loved the sound on this C3, the voicing has a warm tone and not too bright, and still has enough strike tone as well. Good voicing!

[@AsherMandrake]

Beautiful piano. It has a very nice sound. I appreciate and enjoy that you demonstrate so many pianos.

[@tjazzinc]

thanks for your comments about voicing - I think Yamaha pianos are known to be bright.... I am a jazz player - I like the tone , timbre, resonance of this piano.... (beautiful playing by the way - very cool - ) thank you!

[@kennethteo7974]

Beautiful tone.

[@javixo1997]

So painful to see such a beautiful piano at that price and not being able to buy it! It's a very nice deal

[@ClaudKaKeiYeung]

I got a great deal in Como, Italy, restored 2nd hand from the 70s (one of the first made) and plays like a magical poem.

[@someuser4166]

Yamaha is by far my favorite piano manufacturer. Their pianos are always really responsive and the keys move back up a lot faster / don't lag

[@MariaTrotter-w9f]

Wonderful. I love my Yamaha grand

[@robertrenk7074]

Sounds very nice

[@HermanSyah-oc7fo]

Yamaha sound so power full 😮

[@tomjones2348]

Wow. Well played! I love that piano.

[@kibu2008]

I enjoyed so many educational videos from LivingPianoVideos. Mr. Estrin is so passionate about music and it sends this great feeling of music loving to his audience, me. Please continue to stay that way, I love your enthusiasm. The playing is beautiful, across many brands that I have to conclude it's the pianist as a factor. The playing make me want to own whatever piano is presented. By the way, I just realized yesterday that the store is in Santa Ana, just a couple hours driving from me. I don't know how I didn't know that for a while. Maybe you could put that info somewhere on the back ground or intro/ending (?) so people know. Thank you for all the great info.

[@josephjamison183]

You can't go wrong with most C3's Your getting a top quality piano that just doesn't have the hand-made price tag like a Steinway, Mason or Bosendorfer

[@benjaminsmith2287]

I don't know how well known this is, and Robert brought this up in another Yamaha C-series presentation, but Yamaha's tone is refined and made less bright with the C-series as it goes in the 2000s. This is a C3 B, so it did need some "toning down" in terms of voicing. The C3 L or C3 M is a warmer version of the C, some aren't particularly bright. The M is the last of the C-series. I don't consider the CX-series as C-series pianos. I consider them replacements for the C-series because so much was changed in their construction and resulting tone. However, they still say C1, C2, C3, etc. on their badge but have an X before their serial numbers.

[@russmaleartist]

Do people, who own these lovely pianos, keep the lip closed to keep out the dust from the interior . . . and if dust does build up, do they ever vacuum them or must this be done professionally?

[@peterwinterton4342]

Hi. I bought a new Yamaha C3 grand piano in 2002 which, owing to great care still looks as new. With the main lid closed I keep it totally covered when not in use and this almost completely resolves any dust issues either externally or internally. My average playing time per day is 2 hours so here now in 2019 the piano has matured beautifully and has developed a really gorgeous singing tone which is so rewarding to play. I have it tuned 4 times every year and once a year my tuner/technician brings out the full action block to check for cleaning and any required adjustments. best wishes Peter

[@saraleetaiwan1572]

@@peterwinterton4342 hello, I'm buying a 2nd hand Yamaha C3 for my kids and we now have a Kawai 2D. I'm wondering how I could tell and verify the conditions of the piano... You play two hours a day and you tune so many times a year? Wow. Why? We do once a year only as the runner makes very little adjustment only. Kids play like 2 hours a day as well. 😚

[@z48723888]

You can clean it with a towel under nearth the strings and use a stick to move it by yourself. Piano out of tune slowly after the tuning, the speed depend on how often you play it, the quality of the piano, and how old is the piano. If you play more, the piano is newer, then you need to tune it more often. I tune my piano every 2 weeks by myself. You need to keep the piano in tune, not fix the tune problem after it is out of tune.

[@diabl2master]

Great video, thanks

[@smrozhanmarib6660]

I have a grand piano like that . That why I have given this video a like . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@liamreyes3040]

Can you review Yamaha C7?

[@lucasmartin7845]

Yamaha C7 video please!!!

[@ikuon5617]

うまいな〜いい音だな

[@asylumofnightmares8250]

is the action light?

[@nolongerslave153]

At this price point, I will go for Shigeru Kawai.

[@jacobaddison4638]

I wish he would mic the piano in these videos instead of allowing so much room noise. While the piano sounds nice, it's difficult to tell if it's brightness is room reflection.

[@sammcbride2149]

I wonder why it had very little play in almost 30 years. Just a random thought, not a criticism. It sounds very nice.

[@mark6360]

I tuned pianos for a while and there are many people who have money who buy pianos for decoration pieces. More commonly they buy pianos for their children and they either stop playing or move out, and the piano sits unplayed (and more often than not, untuned).

[@vito_keys]

Most Yamaha digital pianos contains samples of the C3 and similar models

[@benjaminsmith2287]

They actually sample the concert grands like CFIIIS or CFX. They also sample the hand-built S6 and the C-series C7 and SU7 uprights. The C3 has been sampled by other companies.

[@peterwinterton4342]

I am sure this is true but owning both the C3 and a decent Yamaha digital model I have to say that the two products offer a totally different experience. It is simply not true as many claim, that digital models come close to even the C3 grand, which is not a particularly expensive piano, in terms of the entire musical experience and joy of playing one. I also have the opportunity to play top make grans like Bosendorfer, Bluthner and Steinway and despite all the claims about 'sampling' I have yet to find any digital model that comes any where near them.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

The lion kingdom's last accoustic piano. It was too loud to play with anyone else in the house & suffered from too many broken strings. Part of the problem may have been the bright voicing.

[@pninamanley5027]

boy longed to play on Yamaha piano so took him to the Yamaha piano store and he was in complete awe. Please share like and subscribe 😊 it will make his day

[@Hodeh000]

I have that at home LOL

[@bigandbadgolf5669]

your point is...

[@kevindigo22]

You had another C3 in a video about 11 years ago, it was described as a "Conservatory" model. I this video, you don't describe this piano as a "Conservatory" model. Is there a difference? Are not all C3's considered the Conservatory model?

[@slawexsdz]

W życiu nie słyszałem tak kulawego wykonania.

[@NEDWHITE1337]

To znaczy?

[@toastedbutter9760]

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[@RobertOrgRobert]

A little on the bright side , The bass is quite shallow giving out more of a thud rather than that really deep down sinking tone that we're used to ! Just saying for a friend ! Great playing though.

[@poplarboydavid]

K283 not K282 😊😊

[@revivalofthefittestonlythe2757]

Starts to move away from the sound i enjoy. Too plastic and superficial in comparison to the great grands. Imo

[@HodGabriel]

such a dry sound. hate yamaha.

[@benjaminsmith2287]

Listen to the CX, SX, or CF series. Not dry. Yamaha changed the tone to more singing and colorful on these pianos.