The Silent Piano™ Function; What Is The Silent Piano™ Function; Quiet Mode And Headphone Mode - Yamaha Disklavier E3 Operation Manual

The Silent Piano™ Function
Chapter
6
This chapter describes useful functions for piano playing, silencing the acoustic piano.
(Only for models equipped with the Silent Piano™ function)
What is the Silent Piano™ Function?
The Disklavier incorporates Yamaha's innovative Silent Piano™ function
that keeps the hammers from striking the strings, effectively silencing the
acoustic piano. Sound information is sent to the digital piano tone
generator, and output through the monitor speakers* or stereo
headphones. Additionally, the optical sensor system registers every
nuance of a player's performance with no interference whatsoever to the
player's touch of the keys.
When you play back songs in normal mode, the acoustic piano plays the
piano parts, providing live piano performance, and the accompanying
sounds are output through the monitor speakers*. When you engage the
Silent Piano™ function, the acoustic piano is silenced and the piano parts
are played by the digital piano tone generator. This enables you to adjust
the volume of not only the accompanying sounds but of the piano as well
as that you can enjoy listening to songs quietly through the monitor
speakers* or silently through stereo headphones.

Quiet Mode and Headphone Mode

There are two modes to the Silent Piano™ function; quiet mode and
headphone mode. You can select either mode to suit your surroundings.
Quiet Mode
In the quiet mode, sound is output through the monitor speakers*. By
adjusting the volume, you can listen to songs or play the keyboard more
quietly than on the acoustic piano.
Headphone Mode
In the headphone mode, sound is output through the stereo headphones.
Using headphones allows you to listen to songs or play the piano privately
at any time, day or night.
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* Only for models supplied with
the monitor speakers.
* Only for models supplied with
the monitor speakers.
Note:
For grand pianos, connecting
headphones to the Silent Piano™
control box activates the headphone
mode. For upright pianos,
connecting headphones in the quiet
mode activates the headphone mode.