Yamaha CS80

Having invested in getting my CS80 restored last year, I've only gotten 
to use it once outside the basement studio here. So, I just thought I'd 
mention that I've now gotten the "king of instruments" out for another 
public display. I play a regular Sunday morning church gig at a 
contemporary and progressive church here in Minnesota. This weekend, in 
observance of Palm Sunday we have put together a selection of songs from 
the Webber/Rice rock opera "Jesus Christ, Superstar". When I first heard 
that we were doing this, I thought what a great opportunity to use the 
CS80. The music calls for a BIG sound, with some menacing growling bass 
tones, and I decided to forego using the church's instruments and bring 
in my own for the occasion. After our rehearsal last night, I'm really 
pumped about doing this. The sound of the CS80 fit in perfectly. It's 
rather like using a "Period Instrument" from the time this music was 
written. This will not be a slick and professional production by any 
means... just our small band of musicians and singers having some fun 
with it. None of them had ever seen/heard of a synth like this before so 
it was fun to show it off a bit last night.

This church, while not huge, does have a decent enough sound system, in 
stereo, with a subwoofer. I had asked the sound engineer to come in for 
the rehearsal to help me sound check the CS80 and he got very excited 
when he saw and heard what I was doing with this. The sound in there was 
quite stunning last night, and really filled up the room. (The engineer 
especially got a big kick out of the ribbon controller effects!) It was 
a perfect place to play and hear this marvelous piece of musical history 
in action. Just thought I'd share this bit of fun with the group!

-Tim S.
<Minneapolis>