Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Yamaha CS80

One of the signature smells in a lot of Japanese instruments from the
60s & 70s comes from particles of smoke from the strong tobacco the
factory workers tended to light up during assembly shifts. The flux
traps these particles and then hardens as it absorbs moisture and slowly
glassifies over time. I get a roomful of tobacco odor every time I
re-chip a circuit board in a CS-80. Melt the flux during desoldering,
and the tobacco particles and released along with lead fumes, etc.

The other particular smell is that of aged wood. The chassis of the
CS machines, largely being wood, age over time and absorb all sorts of
odors in the process, the result of which is that "vintage" smell.

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