Kemble Silent Upright Pianos

Finally - a piano created without compromise to incorporate the best of both the acoustic and digital worlds. Our hand crafted acoustic piano, built with the finest traditional materials, allows you, at the flick of a pedal, to block the hammers from hitting the strings and to turn on a state of the art stereo sound generator that will digitally reproduce your performance and transmit it to you through stereo headphones. This will allow you to confidently practice in total privacy, without fear of disturbing either the neighbours, the rest of the family or a fellow student. Whilst the two headphone sockets will allow your teacher, friend or parent to listen in when required, or to play a duet with you.

The Touch
Incorporating the most sophisticated optical fibre key sensor system yet developed, which measures each key separately at four different points, without interfering at all with the feel of the keyboard, our Silent piano registers every detail of your playing in its digital mode. Whilst our precision engineered real piano action gives you a sensitivity of touch and a control to your performance that is unequalled by any standard digital piano.

The Sound
The AWM stereo sampled piano voice is based on the real sound of a concert grand piano from the world's leading grand piano manufacturer and offers 16 note stereo polyphony (32 in mono); whilst you have a choice of our 110cm, 116cm and 121cm acoustic pianos.

The Performance
The acoustic piano offers you an instrument with a beauty and naturalness of sound that digital pianos can only attempt to replicate. In the digital mode you can control the reverb to provide you with a selection of venues for your performance, ranging from a room up to a choice of two concert halls and avoiding the "dead" feel so common with electronic instruments. Whereas, if you wish to give a live performance you can play it all through your own hi-fi system.

The MIDI
The MIDI IN/Out facility allows you, whether in the acoustic or digital mode to perform with other MIDI compatible instruments for a full range of sound, or to link up to a PC. The Finale So, whether you feel like playing Mozart at midnight or Gershwin at dawn, our Silent Series is in tune with your lifestyle.

• Grey scale, optical fibre key sensor system for all 88 notes that offers a precision of measurement of playing style unavailable on a standard digital piano and does not effect the touch of the piano
• Pedal sensor system: sustain pedal continuous (allows half-pedalling). Soft pedal: On/Off
• Digital piano tone generator AWM stereo sampling
• Built-in 16 note polyphonic stereo, 32 note polyphonic mono
• Full size precision built piano action that offers a sensitivity of touch and control of performance unequalled by a standard digital piano
• Reverb control that allows you the choice of 3 different room or concert hall settings with 4 different levels within each setting
• Volume control: continuous
• Pitch control: set at A=440, tunable ±50 cents in 1.2 cent stops
• Can be played through your Hi-fi system
• Power supply: 15V DC, 70OmA supplied with AC adaptor
• Terminals: headphones x 2, MIDI In/Out. AUX In/Out, DC In
• Hammer shank stopping silent system operated by middle pedal
• 50 demo songs