Yamaha CS80

> Kevin Lightner may probably cringe when you ask him... :-)

LOL! Kevin would laugh in your face if you mentioned CS80 service to him, i 
doubt he would go near one...
I hear he is also solidly booked up now till the year 2045 too... 

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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: cuari7 
>   To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:16 PM
>   Subject: [yamahacs80] love hurts 
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> 
>   I know I'm going to sound silly and corny as hell for saying (writing)
>   this, but it's been a really long time since I felt so excited about a 
>   synthesizer as I feel with my CS80.
>   Not since I bought my first synth, a Juno-6, way back in 1983, did I 
>   feel this infatuated with an innanimate object.
>   That is why, knowing how fickle and temperamental a beast this baby is, 
>   I already foresee periods of painful anguish when it starts 
>   malfunctioning (I guess it's not an issue of "if" but of "when", huh?). 
> 
>   If any of you guys has read the Pinch/Trocco book "Analog Days", you 
>   may recall the brief section about Suzanne Ciani and the painful 
>   experience of owning her Buchla modular, and how she suffered when it 
>   broke down. Shit, I'm gonna get a lot of grey hair from this thing, but 
>   it's just that this thing is so damn AWESOME! 
> 
>   That is why, I want to ask you guys: who, in your opinion, is the best 
>   technician for CS80 repairs in the continental USA?
>   I guess if it breaks down badly, I'll be willing to lug it around the 
>   country in a rented van, as long as I can keep its beautiful analog 
>   heart beating... 
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>   OK, enough cheesy BS......;-P 
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>   Thanks, guys! 
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