It's fairly well known, or easy to establish, that a lot of
the main honchos of the classic analog keyboard era (Tony Banks,
Rick Wakeman, you name them) are decidedly NOT nostalgic for the
vintage keys of yore.
I suppose that's reasonably understandable, but I'm surprised that
the overall community of filthy rich music makers doesn't absolutely
corner the market on the most valuable and rare of vintage keys.
TRANSLATION: Some bloke is trying to sell a GX-1 in Australia.
Apparently wants silly money, don't really know just what. But if
I was worth millions upon millions, I'd pay... hate to say it, but
something on the order of $1M doesn't seem unreasonable given the
rarity and coolness of a GX-1. Think about rare vintage cars as
a comparison (which aren't as fast and comfortable as current cars,
etc.). Yet I think an auction in Europe for a GX-1 went to $37k,
and Mark Glinsky told me that Hans Zimmer sold his GX-1 for less
than $25k.
So, yes, Coldplay should have every G0dd@mn super valuable and rare
vintage keyboard under the sun.
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, BlchrR@a... wrote:
> HI,
>
> FYI, Coldplay bought a Cs80 from RL Music...
> I spoke to Richard reasonably recently and he mentioned it to me.
> Apparently they were interested in an Elka Synthex and also a
Synthi AKS.
> Dont know if they stumpted up the money for the AKS and Synthex,
but they definately bought the Cs80.
> They sound like they have good taste in terms of synths : ) LOL!
> Sounds rather like a small portion of my setup ; )
>
> Best,
> Rob.