Yamaha CS80

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "wavecomputer360" 
<wavecomputer360@g...> wrote:
> But.... (boring old elitist alert) don´t rip this
> CS80 apart. What makes it what it is is the entity... and chopping 
up a
> synth that is rare and soughtafter seems sacriligeous to me. 
> I can very well understand the techie bit and the challenge to come 
up with these mods but...

Stephen,

You bring up a big, important issue, which I've been thinking a lot 
about.

Here's the main options:
1) minor repairs, tuning, etc (easiest)

2) restore to new (RL Music approach)

3) replace some boards with currently available parts, but same 
functionality (Crow's approach).

4) Keep the keyboard, ribbon, knobs, and voice cards.  Gut/rebuild 
everything else, making it lighter, repairable, and adding a lot of 
new functions without changing the sound or playability.  It should 
still sound and act like a CS80, but add more features.

Each of these requires very different amounts of work.  One issue 
that's hard to ignore is how each of these affects resale value.  
I've always had keyboards for a few years, play them (and tinkered), 
and then sold them to buy something else.  Is this a big concern for 
others?

As an engineer, option 4 would be my choice. I'd want to do it right 
and have it look great when done.  This would be a BIG project, which 
is why I wrote about working with other people to design and build a 
few (ok, 2 or 3) of these.  Not only would this ease the work, but it 
would give it a bit of stability if there were a few of these super 
CS80, with the same mod and multiple people who knew how they worked 
(and could fix them).

Everyone please add your thoughts:  I'd really like input on this.

 David