Yamaha CS80

Hi Gang.

I'm relatively new here, but we all are really aren't we?
My names Tom, from the UK.

I own CS-80 #1585. Bought it around 1986 for £250 UKP....;^)
It is pure sex on chrome legs. It stays in my bedroom and has been in 
tune ever since I went through the procedure shortly after getting 
it... was it really 18 years ago? (Managed to get hold of the service 
manual from Japan as well)

I've only ever had the one problem with it. About a year after 
getting this baby, it just blew a fuse and went silent ever now and 
then. A strange fault that was quite hard to track down. Eventually, 
(after a few hundred fuses) I found that whenever I pressed the 
highest Bb - POOF - off it went.

There is a cct board right underneath the keyboard assembly, and it 
has a row of those little blue 'tantalum' capacitors - one associated 
with every key. Well, the top Bb one was short circuit. If ever yours 
has a similar fault, and it's quite un-nerving I can tell you, you'll 
know where to look.

Cheers for now.

TOM