Yamaha CS80

--- On Wed, 1/7/09, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
From: David Rogoff <david@...>
Subject: [yamahacs80] OT - Polymoog
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 2:26 PM











Hi all.



As some you know, I'm taking a short CS80 break and picked up a

Polymoog (the older 203a, which is the synth version but labelled

Keyboard) a week ago. It's in very good cosmetic condition and mostly

working. I should have it at 99% in about a week. I used to own one

about 20 years ago, back when I had my first CS80 (and I owned a

station wagon!).



You can follow my repairs and see the guts here:

http://flickr. com/photos/ 22421713@ N04/sets/ 7215761203158016 3



I had some questions for the group. First, I've found a couple of

service manuals online (all 300 pages of it!), but I can't find an

owner's manual. Anyone have one I can copy/scan? The Poly has a

really weird architecture, which is very flexible, but not very intuitive.



Next, I'm building new legs for it, but can someone tell me how long

the stock legs are?



Finally, the Polymoog has CV/swtich-gate outputs to drive a Moog mono

synth. You can choose to drive it from the upper half, lower-half, or

whole keyboard for cool splits with the built-in sounds. When I had

one years ago I used it drive control a Micromoog that happened to

have a broken keyboard. Anyway, I'd like to test this, so I was

wondering if there was some local (L.A./O.C.) person with a

Minimoog/Micromoog/ other switch-gate mono that would be willing to

bring it by to try them out together.



Thanks,



David





























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--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, rj krohn <r_j_d_2.phila@...> wrote:
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> congrats, david. you are much more the tech than i am, but i did
some restoration work
> on a polymoog 203 this year, so i may(or may not) be able to offer
any help.. feel free to
> shoot questions out here in the off-chance we know anything at
all......good luck-rj
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> --- On Wed, 1/7/09, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
> From: David Rogoff <david@...>
> Subject: [yamahacs80] OT - Polymoog
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 2:26 PM
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> Hi all.
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> As some you know, I'm taking a short CS80 break and picked up a
>
> Polymoog (the older 203a, which is the synth version but labelled
>
> Keyboard) a week ago. It's in very good cosmetic condition and mostly
>
> working. I should have it at 99% in about a week. I used to own one
>
> about 20 years ago, back when I had my first CS80 (and I owned a
>
> station wagon!).
>
>
>
> You can follow my repairs and see the guts here:
>
> http://flickr. com/photos/ 22421713@ N04/sets/ 7215761203158016 3
>
>
>
> I had some questions for the group. First, I've found a couple of
>
> service manuals online (all 300 pages of it!), but I can't find an
>
> owner's manual. Anyone have one I can copy/scan? The Poly has a
>
> really weird architecture, which is very flexible, but not very
intuitive.
>
>
>
> Next, I'm building new legs for it, but can someone tell me how long
>
> the stock legs are?
>
>
>
> Finally, the Polymoog has CV/swtich-gate outputs to drive a Moog mono
>
> synth. You can choose to drive it from the upper half, lower-half, or
>
> whole keyboard for cool splits with the built-in sounds. When I had
>
> one years ago I used it drive control a Micromoog that happened to
>
> have a broken keyboard. Anyway, I'd like to test this, so I was
>
> wondering if there was some local (L.A./O.C.) person with a
>
> Minimoog/Micromoog/ other switch-gate mono that would be willing to
>
> bring it by to try them out together.
>
>
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> Thanks,
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> David
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> However, I found that a standard 3/4" bolt from the hardware store fits
> perfectly in the leg mounting holes. I also found some nice aluminum
> Ikea table legs sitting around in my garage. Tomorrow, using a hacksaw
> and a lot of epoxy, I will introduce them to each other and have a nice
> set of legs for under $20.
>
> David
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--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
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> galaxiesmerge wrote:
> > Here are some Polymoog legs:
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http://cgi.ebay.com/moog-polymoog-legs_W0QQitemZ170042253701QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116
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> > Cheers
> > --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, rj krohn <r_j_d_2.phila@> wrote:
> >
> Thanks ofr the link. I saw those, but for the legs and the other
> auctions for the braces and knob and shipping, it's over $500! I paid
> far less than that for original CS80 legs.
>
> However, I found that a standard 3/4" bolt from the hardware store fits
> perfectly in the leg mounting holes. I also found some nice aluminum
> Ikea table legs sitting around in my garage. Tomorrow, using a hacksaw
> and a lot of epoxy, I will introduce them to each other and have a nice
> set of legs for under $20.
>
> David
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> My original CS80 Legs were thrown out by "accident" (by well meaning
> parents) many years ago when I parked my 80 at their home - I've been
> looking for some every since...
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On 11/01/2009, at 2:33 AM, Quazimodo wrote:

> I suppose you were lucky they didn't throw the actual synth out, eh..?
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> TOM
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> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "galaxiesmerge" <galaxiesmerge@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > My original CS80 Legs were thrown out by "accident" (by well meaning
> > parents) many years ago when I parked my 80 at their home - I've
> been
> > looking for some every since...
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