Silent Piano.
Play beautifully. Anytime.
The real acoustic piano experience — with headphones.
A Silent Piano gives you the touch, action and beauty of a real acoustic piano. Flip a switch, put on headphones, and practice day or night without disturbing your family, neighbors or anyone else.
Two pianos in one.
Acoustic when you want it. Silent when you need it. In normal mode, you are playing a real acoustic piano with strings, hammers and a soundboard. Engage silent mode and the hammers are stopped before they reach the strings while optical sensors capture your performance and send a premium piano sound to your headphones.
You do not have to choose between a “real piano” and headphones. A silent system lets the same acoustic piano do both.
Your piano stays a real acoustic piano.
Nothing replaces the reason you chose an acoustic piano in the first place: genuine hammer action, vibrating strings, a resonant soundboard and the natural response of the instrument in the room.
- Real acoustic action and touch
- Real strings and soundboard
- Normal acoustic playing whenever you want it
- The piano remains an acoustic instrument first
Flip a switch. Put on headphones. Keep playing.
When silent mode is engaged, the hammer stop prevents the hammers from striking the strings. Optical sensing follows your playing so the system can reproduce your performance privately through headphones.
- Practice without disturbing anyone nearby
- Early-morning and late-night freedom
- Excellent for apartments, condos and shared homes
- More available practice time for serious students and professionals
Three ways to add silent piano technology.
You do not have to buy a special factory silent piano. We can help you choose the piano first and then choose the technology and installation path that makes sense.
Factory-Installed on a New Piano
Order a new acoustic piano with silent technology installed at the factory. QU2 is available factory-installed on select new acoustic pianos.
Add It Before Delivery
Choose the new acoustic piano you want, then have QU2, Kioshi or QuietTime professionally installed before the piano comes home.
Retrofit the Piano You Already Own
Already love your piano? In many cases QU2, Kioshi or QuietTime can be professionally added to your existing upright or grand.
Two featured choices. One premium alternative.
QU2 and Kioshi are the systems we lead with because they offer strong features and excellent value. PianoDisc QuietTime remains an excellent premium option for customers who want that system and are comfortable with the higher investment.
The big-screen silent piano experience.
QU2 stands out because of its large LED touch screen and its combination of acoustic-piano authenticity with modern digital features. It can be factory-installed or added afterward to an acoustic piano.
Sophisticated silent technology, beautifully integrated.
Kioshi is an excellent retrofit choice when you want to make the acoustic piano you already love smarter, quieter and more connected.
- Optical sensing with no key contact
- Dual headphone outputs
- Recording and playback
- Bluetooth and USB-C MIDI
- 129 additional instrument sounds
- Compatible with learning apps
- Discreet installation
PianoDisc QuietTime
QuietTime is an excellent silent system with advanced optical sensing, recording capabilities and a long-established name in piano technology. It is a terrific choice, although its higher cost makes QU2 or Kioshi the better value for many customers.
For customers who specifically want PianoDisc technology, QuietTime gives an acoustic piano private headphone practice plus recording, MIDI and additional digital functions.
Silent Piano Benefits
Practice Anytime
Early mornings and late nights become available practice time without disturbing anyone else.
Apartments & Condos
Keep a real acoustic piano while dramatically reducing the sound others hear during practice.
Families
Your child can practice while others watch television, work, read or sleep nearby.
Serious Students
More available practice hours without giving up the touch and action of an acoustic piano.
Professionals
Practice privately, record performances and connect compatible systems to apps, MIDI and music software.
Peace of Mind
Keep the piano you love and make it work better with the schedule and people in your home.
Hear the acoustic piano. Then hear nothing but the headphones.
The easiest way to understand a Silent Piano is to play one. Visit Hollywood Piano in Pasadena and compare QU2, Kioshi and other silent options with a piano specialist.
