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Buying guide · silent piano

Silent piano: a real piano you can play in silence

By day, an acoustic piano with strings and hammers. At night you pull a lever, the hammers stop just before the strings, and you hear the piano in your headphones — with the same touch.

Kawai · Yamaha · Other brands · C. Bechstein

ZOZIZA has not tested every model. Specifications are the retailer’s or manufacturer’s.

Silent

A hammer-stop rail stops the hammers just before the strings. Sensors read the keys, and you hear a digital grand in your headphones.

TransAcoustic / AURES

The digital sound is played through the piano’s own soundboard. You can turn it down instead of off — and practise without headphones.

Will you feel a difference?

The keys feel slightly lighter in silent mode because the hammer does not hit the string. Most players adjust within a few days.

Kawai — AnyTimeX (ATX)

Kawai’s silent system is called AnyTimeX. ATX3 Light is the simple version; ATX4 has 90 voices, Bluetooth and sensors that measure the hammer’s movement instead of contacts under the keys. AURES 2 is Kawai’s hybrid that can send the sound through the piano’s own soundboard.

Silent piano · flat-friendly46.590 kr

Kawai K-15 ATX 3-L

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: The cheapest way to a new Kawai piano with silent.

See price at Thomann
Upright · satin black48.890 kr

Kawai E-200 ATX3-L

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For a satin-black finish and silent at a low price.

See price at Thomann
Upright · the popular Kawai56.400 kr

Kawai K-200 ATX4

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For most families: the full ATX4 system in a compact case.

See price at Thomann
Upright · black with chrome59.500 kr

Kawai K-200 ATX4 sort/krom

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: The same K-200 with silent, just with chrome hardware instead of brass.

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Upright · recommended63.900 kr

Kawai K-300 ATX4

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: ZOZIZA’s pick for the best balance of tone and price in Kawai’s silent range.

See price at Thomann
Upright · white polished63.900 kr

Kawai K-200 ATX4 hvid

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For a bright room: the K-200 with silent in white polish.

See price at Thomann
Upright · satin walnut63.900 kr

Kawai K-200 ATX4 valnød

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For a home with wood and warm colours: satin walnut instead of black.

See price at Thomann
Hybrid · cheapest AURES 269.200 kr

Kawai K-200 AURES 2

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: The cheapest way into Kawai’s hybrid, where you can turn the volume down instead of off.

See price at Thomann
Upright · white polished70.000 kr

Kawai K-300 ATX4 hvid

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For the K-300’s bigger sound in white.

See price at Thomann
Hybrid · classic black75.290 kr

Kawai K-300 AURES 2 sort

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: The K-300 AURES 2 in classic black polish.

See price at Thomann
Hybrid · sound through the soundboard81.300 kr

Kawai K-300 AURES 2

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For turning the volume down — not only off.

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Upright · 126 cm90.300 kr

Kawai K-400 ATX4

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For the advancing student who wants more tone than the K-300.

See price at Thomann
Upright · 130 cm97.900 kr

Kawai K-500 ATX4

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For the adult pianist who wants full bass and silent practice at night.

See price at Thomann
Hybrid · big bass105.400 kr

Kawai K-500 AURES 2

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For the adult pianist who wants a big bass and hybrid sound in one piano.

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Grand · cheapest Kawai silent grand128.000 kr

Kawai GL-10 ATX4 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For those with room for a grand but close neighbours.

See price at Thomann
Grand · 166 cm175.500 kr

Kawai GL-30 ATX4 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For the serious pianist who wants a larger grand with silent.

See price at Thomann
Grand · hybrid180.800 kr

Kawai GL-30 AURES 2 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For the grand-piano dream with hybrid: practise at low volume without headphones.

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Grand · the Shigeru legacy261.446 kr

Kawai GX-2 ATX4 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For the professional who practises at night.

See price at Thomann
Grand · GX series hybrid263.707 kr

Kawai GX-2 AURES 2 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For the professional who wants a GX grand with hybrid sound.

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Yamaha — Silent and TransAcoustic

Yamaha’s SC3 is the compact silent system with 12 voices. SH3 has 25 voices, including the CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial grands, and a USB recorder. TransAcoustic (TC3) can also play the digital sound through the soundboard at adjustable volume.

Silent piano · the classic108.700 kr

Yamaha U1 SH3 Silent

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: The standard piano in many music schools — with the full SH3 system.

See price at Thomann
Cheapest Yamaha silent piano44.990 kr

Yamaha b1 SC3

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: The cheapest way to a new Yamaha piano with silent.

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Upright · new B series49.690 kr

Yamaha B10 SC3

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: Yamaha’s new B series — a solid first piano with silent.

See price at Thomann
TransAcoustic · sound through the soundboard57.400 kr

Yamaha B10 TC3 TransAcoustic

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For practising at low volume without headphones.

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Upright · larger b model62.090 kr

Yamaha B3 SC3

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For a larger b-model upright with more tone.

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Upright · furniture model85.400 kr

Yamaha P121 M SH3

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For a living room where the piano is also furniture.

See price at Thomann
Grand · cheapest silent grand116.500 kr

Yamaha GB1 K SC3 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: A compact grand you can play silently.

See price at Thomann
Upright · the big U3124.200 kr

Yamaha U3 SH3

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For the advanced pianist: big tone and the SH3 system.

See price at Thomann
Upright · Yamaha's finest155.400 kr

Yamaha YUS5 SH3

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-10-05.

Best for: For Yamaha’s finest upright.

See price at Thomann
Grand · 161 cm214.400 kr

Yamaha GC1 SH3 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For the serious pianist with room for a 161 cm grand.

See price at Thomann
Grand · concert class310.808 kr

Yamaha C3X SH3 flygel

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: A concert-class grand you can still practise on at night.

See price at Thomann

Other brands

Germany’s Seiler has its own ADSilent system. Schimmel (TwinTone) and C. Bechstein (Vario) also make silent pianos, but Thomann does not sell them new — ask an authorised piano dealer.

German piano · ADSilent105.400 kr

Seiler 116 Ritmo ADSilent

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For a German piano with a silent function.

See price at Thomann

C. Bechstein

Thomann has no new C. Bechstein pianos with silent. But you can play Bechstein’s own concert grand as software from your silent piano via USB/MIDI.

A Bechstein grand in your computer1.890 kr

C. Bechstein Digital Grand (software)

Specifications according to the retailer. Price checked 2026-09-30.

Best for: For silent-piano owners who want a Bechstein grand in their headphones.

See price at Thomann

Questions

Silent piano or digital piano?

A digital piano is cheaper, lighter and never needs tuning. A silent piano is a real piano: strings, soundboard and an action that feels like the one at a conservatoire. If you practise seriously but live in a flat, silent is the best of both worlds.

Does a silent piano need tuning?

Yes, like any acoustic piano — usually once or twice a year. The digital sound in the headphones is always in tune.

Can my own piano get a silent system?

Many pianos can have a silent system retrofitted by a piano technician. Ask a local tuner whether your instrument is suitable.