Yamaha CS80

Just from reading your report I´m even more terrified of turning my 80 on after having moved house... it was handled like a raw egg, like the proverbial box of China, but...

Stephen

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matt Thomas 
  To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:35 PM
  Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: My first CS80 :)


    
  Thanks for all the feedback, the CS80 is now installed at my studio. I say
  Onow¹, what I really mean is Osince yesterday¹ but I haven¹t had much time
  for the internet in the last 24 hours ;) Managed a reasonably careful move
  (despite ice on the pavements ­ incurred a few grey hairs there) and after a
  day of acclimatization the synth seems to be in very good shape with only
  three issues that need addressing.

  1. Dead oscillator on one of the voices of synth II. No waveform output at
  all, but the noise source still works and VCA, VCF are functioning as they
  should.

  2. Tuning is all over the place on synth I and a touch Ohonky-tonk¹ on synth
  II

  3. Broken pitch ribbon

  I¹ve been in touch with Kent Spong about repairing the pitch ribbon (which
  can be done by simply posting the ribbon assembly to him for anyone who¹s
  interested) so point 3 is in hand.

  >From reading the archives it seems that point 2 is probably something I
  could achieve on my own with lots of patience and a good OSX tuner program ­
  anyone have any recommendations?
  And before I go any further - how fiddly/delicate a job is this from the
  point of view of someone who doesn¹t do much in the way of synth servicing?
  I¹d hate to jump in there and end up damaging the machine in any way.

  Which leaves ­ point 1. Any thoughts?

  Cheers,
  Matt
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  > I have always enjoyed the same luck with both my 84corrola and
  > 89camry....
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  > the back of the back seat will come off with a couple of bolts....
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  > The CS80 slides into the trunk of the  4 door sedans perfectly.....
  > -----Original message-----
  > From: Tim Siefkes tim_s@... <mailto:tim_s%40frontier.com>
  > Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:01:50 -0700
  > To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com <mailto:yamahacs80%40yahoogroups.com>
  > Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: My first CS80 :)
  > 
  > Heh... this reminds me... when I first purchased my CS80 back in '79,
  > I 
  > brought it home from the music store in the only car I had at the
  > time, 
  > in the back seat of a '72 VW Beetle. I kid you not, and I still don't
  > know how we accomplished it. But there must have been a strong will to
  > 
  > do it! Of course, that was before I got the matching anvil case for
  > it. 
  > (Then it had to go on the truck with the PA and lights gear).
  > 
  > Quazimodo wrote:
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  >> > Putting a CS80 into a car will be tricky,unless it is an estate or
  >> > station-wagon.
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