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Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] CS-80 on CP-70?

From: "Laurie Curry" <laurie@...>
Date: 2008-03-21

wow.....
I have never played mine sitting down....lol
couldn't imagine it....
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From: rj krohn r_j_d_2.phila@...
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:36:45 -0700
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] CS-80 on CP-70?

> as an owner, i cant imagine having mine on anything other than a stand like the original(im lucky to have the original). itll probably make sense when you get yours-its the most playable synth ive ever had. standing up would really blow, IMO. best of luck.
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> alt-mode <yahoo@...> wrote: Hi,
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> I'm new to the group and I'm dealing with the rather weighty (pun
> intended) decision to get a CS-80. With any beast like this, fitting
> it into the right place in the studio is a heavy (OK, I'll stop with
> the puns now) decision.
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> I'm considering setting the CS-80 on top of a Yamaha CP-70 electric
> grand. Eddie Jobson had his on top of a CP-70 back in the day but I
> don't know if he had some special stand made for the CP-70 to deal
> with the extra weight. There is also the issue of making sure that
> there is air circulation underneath the CS-80. I think this can be
> handled by raising the CS up on blocks or angling it a bit forward.
> I'm less concerned about this than I am with just the weight on the
> CP-70.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with putting a CS-80 on a CP-70? Am I
> crazy to be considering this arrangement?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
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