Yamaha CS80

It gives me pain to see (again) someone offering a CS60 in good condition,
which he is willing to slaughter for parts. The CS60 is a rare and
desirable musical instruments in it's own right; I would never even
considerer selling my CS60 if I didn't know that it would be embraced for
what it is. If you slaughter it, you're just going for the money and make
the world lose a valuable heritage that's more than 30 years old along the
way.
I recently saw a video from an Ebay seller, demonstrating a fully working
CS60, while telling us he was selling it for parts! Incredible, I have no
words for it. Where is the love?

Please sell it as a whole, working beauty.

--
My music: http://www.soundcloud.com/planeshifter


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Rainer,

+1 on this.

I don't think i will ever let my CS60 go... It is such a nice
instrument to play and experiment with. Now that i restored all of the
electronics it is also very reliable and stays in better tune than my
Pianola.

I have it complete with original chrome legs and case lid. I want to
get the music stand as well (if anyone happens to be selling one from
a butchered CS60). I am also considering having the legs and all
chrome parts restored as they have some small rust spots however it is
very hard to find a company to do this work here in Australia.

At the end of the day we are all custodians of these instruments. If
properly cared for they will outlive us and the next generation.


Andrew Kirkby
Sydney, Australia

On 24/05/2012, at 9:35 PM, Rainer Keizer wrote:

> It gives me pain to see (again) someone offering a CS60 in good
> condition,
> which he is willing to slaughter for parts. The CS60 is a rare and
> desirable musical instruments in it's own right; I would never even
> considerer selling my CS60 if I didn't know that it would be
> embraced for
> what it is. If you slaughter it, you're just going for the money and
> make
> the world lose a valuable heritage that's more than 30 years old
> along the
> way.
> I recently saw a video from an Ebay seller, demonstrating a fully
> working
> CS60, while telling us he was selling it for parts! Incredible, I
> have no
> words for it. Where is the love?
>
> Please sell it as a whole, working beauty.
>
> --
> My music: http://www.soundcloud.com/planeshifter
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

Andrew Kirkby
(e) kirkbyte@...
(m) 0416 0000 70
(abn) 81 548 161 010



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so what is a complete CS60 in almost perfect condition worth?
what price would you sell yours for if you had to?
that's the question...

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, Andrew Kirkby <kirkbyte@...> wrote:
>
> Rainer,
>
> +1 on this.
>
> I don't think i will ever let my CS60 go... It is such a nice
> instrument to play and experiment with. Now that i restored all of the
> electronics it is also very reliable and stays in better tune than my
> Pianola.
>
> I have it complete with original chrome legs and case lid. I want to
> get the music stand as well (if anyone happens to be selling one from
> a butchered CS60). I am also considering having the legs and all
> chrome parts restored as they have some small rust spots however it is
> very hard to find a company to do this work here in Australia.
>
> At the end of the day we are all custodians of these instruments. If
> properly cared for they will outlive us and the next generation.
>
>
> Andrew Kirkby
> Sydney, Australia
>
>
> On 24/05/2012, at 9:35 PM, Rainer Keizer wrote:
>
> > It gives me pain to see (again) someone offering a CS60 in good
> > condition,
> > which he is willing to slaughter for parts. The CS60 is a rare and
> > desirable musical instruments in it's own right; I would never even
> > considerer selling my CS60 if I didn't know that it would be
> > embraced for
> > what it is. If you slaughter it, you're just going for the money and
> > make
> > the world lose a valuable heritage that's more than 30 years old
> > along the
> > way.
> > I recently saw a video from an Ebay seller, demonstrating a fully
> > working
> > CS60, while telling us he was selling it for parts! Incredible, I
> > have no
> > words for it. Where is the love?
> >
> > Please sell it as a whole, working beauty.
> >
> > --
> > My music: http://www.soundcloud.com/planeshifter
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
>
> Andrew Kirkby
> (e) kirkbyte@...
> (m) 0416 0000 70
> (abn) 81 548 161 010
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

well said

--- On Thu, 5/24/12, Rainer Keizer <rainer.keizer@...> wrote:

From: Rainer Keizer <rainer.keizer@...>
Subject: [yamahacs80] CS60 slaughter...
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 4:35 AM
















 









It gives me pain to see (again) someone offering a CS60 in good condition,

which he is willing to slaughter for parts. The CS60 is a rare and

desirable musical instruments in it's own right; I would never even

considerer selling my CS60 if I didn't know that it would be embraced for

what it is. If you slaughter it, you're just going for the money and make

the world lose a valuable heritage that's more than 30 years old along the

way.

I recently saw a video from an Ebay seller, demonstrating a fully working

CS60, while telling us he was selling it for parts! Incredible, I have no

words for it. Where is the love?



Please sell it as a whole, working beauty.



--

My music: http://www.soundcloud.com/planeshifter



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Here in The Netherlands I've seen two or three sold last year for around EUR 3500 (+- USD 4400) within max 2 weeks of advertising it on a site dedicated to synth enthusiasts. The MIDI kit might make it even more desirable, although not everyone would like to have one built-in apparantly (I would though ^^). The cost of the kit and fitting it can easily be EUR 600 to 1000.

Unless you try to sell it like this guy does, there *should* be people interested in a real classic:
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/360263099079?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

(he's had in for sale for probably a year now - with no description whatsoever and two crappy pictures)

Kind regards,
Rainer

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Jared Tauben" <spaceman_west@...> wrote:
>
> so what is a complete CS60 in almost perfect condition worth?
> what price would you sell yours for if you had to?
> that's the question...

While we're at it praising the CS60: check out these improvisations to see what I mean, I performed them solely on a CS60:
http://soundcloud.com/planeshifter/sets/improvisations/

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Rainer" <rainer.keizer@...> wrote:
>
> Here in The Netherlands I've seen two or three sold last year for around EUR 3500 (+- USD 4400) within max 2 weeks of advertising it on a site dedicated to synth enthusiasts. The MIDI kit might make it even more desirable, although not everyone would like to have one built-in apparantly (I would though ^^). The cost of the kit and fitting it can easily be EUR 600 to 1000.
>
> Unless you try to sell it like this guy does, there *should* be people interested in a real classic:
> http://www.ebay.nl/itm/360263099079?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
>
> (he's had in for sale for probably a year now - with no description whatsoever and two crappy pictures)
>
> Kind regards,
> Rainer
>
> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Jared Tauben" <spaceman_west@> wrote:
> >
> > so what is a complete CS60 in almost perfect condition worth?
> > what price would you sell yours for if you had to?
> > that's the question...
>