Yamaha CS80

Don¹t panic! :) The broken spring and the tuning were both pre-existing
problems, it¹s only the voice that¹s failed since the move.




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> 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...
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> Stephen
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> ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Matt Thomas
>  To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com <mailto:yamahacs80%40yahoogroups.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:35 PM
>  Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: My first CS80 :)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 2. Tuning is all over the place on synth I and a touch Ohonky-tonk¹ on synth
>  II
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> 3. Broken pitch ribbon
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> 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.
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>> >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.
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> Which leaves ­ point 1. Any thoughts?
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> 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@frontier.com <mailto:tim_s%40frontier.com>
>> <mailto:tim_s%40frontier.com>
>>  > Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:01:50 -0700
>>  > To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com <mailto:yamahacs80%40yahoogroups.com>
>> <mailto:yamahacs80%40yahoogroups.com>
>>  > Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: My first CS80 :)
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>>  > Heh... this reminds me... when I first purchased my CS80 back in '79,
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>>  > brought it home from the music store in the only car I had at the
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>>  > 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
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>>  > 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).
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>>>>  >> > station-wagon.
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