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Record Model (CS80, CS60, etc) Serial Number Year purchased Cosmetic condition Electronic Condition Accessories (pedal, stand, etc) Modifications Location (as specific or vague as you want) Owner Other Comments2
1 CS80 ??? 1986 (sold 1989) Very Good. Minor tolex scuffs Very good. Needed a couple of minor op-amp replacements & tuning. All: Stand, Gig Bag, Music Stand, Expression Pedal, Sustain Pedal. Albany/Troy (then - don't remember who I sold it to) ??? supposedly belonged to Stevie Wonder before I had it.
2 CS60 ??? 1981 (sold 1984) Excellent Excellent All: Stand, Gig Bag, Music Stand, Expression Pedal, Sustain Pedal. Painted all colored knobs and wood black. Rewired filter EGs as ADSR. Added note-on LEDs under keyboard (makes tuning easier!), added casters to case, like CS80 bought NYC, Boston for awhile, sold in Troy, NY ???
3 CS80 ??? 1995 (sold a few months later) Very Good. Minor tolex scuffs Very good. Needed some minor repair on modulation routing. All: Stand, Gig Bag, Music Stand, Expression Pedal, Sustain Pedal. Bought & sold San Fernando Valley/L.A. ??? why did I sell it!?!?!
4 CS80 1408 2001 Very good condition as the machine was studio-kept and never roaded 100% functional; all non-custom chips replaced & power supply overhauled, full calibration performed Instrument stand with carrying bag, music easel, set of 4 casters, original owner's manual & service maual None at this time Fairmont, WV, USA Scott Rider I've reverse-engineered the IG00153 VCO and the IG00156 filter chip. A modular version of the filter pairing is available as the MOTM-480 from www.synthtech.com
5 CS80 1995 Good Great None None Project Studio, Chester County, PA, US Scott L Holmes Traded an EMU MPS+ Orchestra for it.
6 CS80 1646 2004 Very Good All works. Full CMOS/cap refurb legs, expression pedal none (yet!) Irvine, California RL went off to London end of 2005
7 CS60 2002 (had another 1978-1983) Excellent Needs tuning/calibration No pedal or stand- have case heavily modified with CV i/o, touch switch In my garage until I move to bigger digs Rory McDonald Also have a SY-1, Yamaha's first synth!
8 CS50 2714 2004 Very good Very good, one voice of sine wave is not working. Legs, music stand Factory installed tuning mod Georgia, USA Jim Combs I bought this from Doug Chandler in KC, Kansas. He bought it for the price of a gas bill from the daughter of a music store owner in Colorado. This unit was evidently a store demo that wound up with the daughter, who moved to KC. Doug said it didn't look like it had ever been opened much less played. The tolex is immaculate and with a minor tuning, plays like new..
9 CS-50 2263 2001? Very good Has one problematic voice card that I can't get to match the others, two dead keys Legs none Pittsburgh PA Mark Gaudio Semi retired since I acquired a CS-60, due to my love of the ribbon on the 60. Previous owner was in Wisconsin.
10 CS-60 plate missing 2003 Good, missing lid, has some chips on wood paneling, including one large gouge on the side. Very good, the only issue is power caqble is very short, and I'm not motivated enough to disassemble it enough to attach a longer one. none none Pittsburgh, PA Mark Gaudio
11 CS80 1423 2004 Very good Won't power up, blows fuses. none Previous owner updated chips on the aftertouch board, power issue started after this. Pittsburgh PA Mark Gaudio
12 CS50 2306 2004 Good Great none none California Ben Kessler
13 CS80 1480 07/01/05 Poor Poor None None Marietta, GA Wayne Griffin Dormant for 15 years in a Louisiana basement- heavy soil and wear =$500… future uncertain.
14 CS80 1048 1982, second owner; Roy Orbison, Sherman Oaks, CA. Original Owner Pretty good. One set of M cards doesn't transmit/play aftertouch signal. Strange twang occurs if sustain is too long. Pitch bend ribbon doesn't bend the note up a complete octave from F#4 to C6. The carrying case for the accessories was pretty well clapped out. Have replaced the Exp. and Sustain pedals. Plexi-music stand was missing when purchased Kenton retrofit midi. Stable oscillators, so it doesn't need tuning too often Memphis, TN Tommy Priakos Hope to get it refurbed this summer/fall ('05)
15 CS-80 1246 2005 good good no temp. mod from service bulitin Germany
16 CS80 1512 1979 A few scuffs & scrapes Excellent: restored & calibrated August 2005 pedals, stand, plexi music rack is round here somewhere..., Factory service manual none Minneapolis, MN Tim Siefkes missing thumb knobs for attaching legs
17 CS80 1225 2005 excellent a voice need to be fixed and the synth need to be restored sustain pedal+volume not yet france georges poropat
18 CS80 1470 2005 Good: few bent sliders, scratch on rolodex here and there. Great: everything is in great working order have stand, and manual. Missing: rolodex top and everything else. none Santa Monica, CA USA Scott Metzger This cs80 has never been gigged. Scott Page from PinkFlyd, Toto owned this synth prior to me, and was the only owner. This CS80 never left his studio, and it will never leave mine. :)
19 CS80 1194 2000 excellent, minor tolex scuffs but the main panel is pristine Pretty good, just need to take my time and do a complete callibration the original stand with pedalsand the top lid replaced a good portion of the CMOS IC's, but not all (yet) The Netherlands Bought it from a lady who had in sitting in her living room for the longest time.
20 CS80 1466 2006 Good Everyting works (at least for now!) Stand and expression pedal None Istanbul, Turkey Mert Topel www.merttopel.com
21 CS-50 2600 1998 Good KAS is not working, so the keyboard is non working, I'm using the synth with CV Stand I inserted CV control for the 4 voices, and I'm going to add the Keton retrofit to control some parameters. Buenos Aires, Argentina Sebastian Cordoves
22 CS80 1013 1999 Good Good, needs callibration and wants renovation and modifications All, Owners Manual, Service Manual Not yet Gifu, Japan Daniel Forro, Forrotronics Bought in Bratislava, Slovakia, from christian radio TWR, it was probably a gift from the West after changes in Eastern Europe in 1989. Nobody understood, what it is, and it was so heavy, so it was not used.
23 CS80 1507 2005 9/10 100%:CMOS replaced Kentin midi Phila.,Pa Ron Joseph Bought from Chicago area off of Ebay
24 CS80 1507 2005 9/10 100%:CMOS replaced Kenton midi Phila.,Pa Ron Joseph Bought from Chicago area off of Ebay
25 CS80 1449 2005 scuffs on Tolex around the bottom line very good, cmos replaced stand, lid, expression pedal none the Netherlands Erik original owner Rick van der Linden (Ekseption), got it for free after winning a contest in Japan
26 CS80 1589 2005 very good excellent, cmos replaced stand, lid none the Netherlands Erik after powering up, immidiatly in tune, allthough the vco's have temp.codes on them
27 CS80 1025 2006 Good, minor tolex scuffs. Everything works but the unit needs to be callibrated. The electronics is also in need of complete electronic overhaul since nothing has been done to the ubit in years ... Original stand, expression pedal and sustain pedal. None Sweden Niklas Eriksson
28 CS80 1536 1995 Pretty good 90% Lid- That's it None North West England Ade Crane The ribbon is missing and I'm having trouble with every 7th note on the second synth- apart from that it's unbelievable- it's doing all my album at the moment.
29 CS80 1978 2004 Very good Restored Original service manual and spare boards Kenton midi Hampshire, UK Rob Belcher Full KSR80 restoration all CMOS replaced
30 CS40M 1546 1990 Very good working No No Argentina Guillermo Grinovero
31 CS80 1284 1990 Very good Out of tune Volume and sustain pedals, stand No Argentina Guillermo Grinovero
32 CS80 138* 2007 very good - tolex worn a little good - stock other then supply caps changed Sustain Pedal,Legs, Owner Manual, Brochure none Canada purchased from original owner - been stored since 1981
33 CS80 1055 On sale via Ebay 02/08 8/10 8/10 none none Ca, USA Remains anonymous
34 CS-80 1585 1986 Immaculate/Pristine 100% Stand & Bag, Volume & Sustain Pedals, Music Stand, Castors None UK Tom Szakaly Bought for £250
35 CS-80 1663 2008 Decent/Fair. Will be better when I repair a few Tolex scuffs. 100% Volume & Sustain. Had a Cannon mains socket installed in side near PSU. Have replaced mains lead, but hole in casing remains. Will patch with Tolex off-cut. UK Tom Szakaly Bought for £1300 as a 'spare' with a few faults but fixed her up. Slightly tatty as it has been gigged heavily. Used to belong to Barclay James Harvest..!
36 CS 60 1070 2003 excellent very good stand Kenton midi retrofit in fall 2004 Moscow, RUSSIA Tolmachev Oleg E.
37 CS80 1703 1980 Excellent Excellent None None Alexandria, VA Arun Majumdar aka GalaxiesMerge on YouTube - video of the CS80 being played is online
38 CS80 1096 2010 Very good Very good, refurbished n.a. Kenton MIDI, unison mod Finland Jussi Kulomaa RL Music
39 CS80 1277 2007 From hillbilly in Wisconsin. Says he buddy got it from a professor's estate sale. Fucking hillbillies burned it with cigarettes Fully!!! Restored July 2010 Stand, Pedal, Legs, Leg Bag, Lid, Music Stand None Chicago, IL Mike Borish All new electrolytics, CMOS, Op-Amps, Precision Trimmers, Yeah!
40 CS80 1670 2013 Tolex worn out in some places. One faulty printed resistor under one key. stand led according kit France Joachim Milson
41 CS-80 1458 2013 Dec Very Good Working perfect Case Doing a Kenton Midi Retro Fit BRISBANE, Australia It's going into a Studio to be Loved

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