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I think it was Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail where you came across that number. Im quite sure most of them still exist one form or the other, but -- alas -- some might in fact have been taken to the dumpsters (my former tech took loads of Farfisas to a local dumpster, and one day he even threw away a small synthesizer in a suitcase). As for Vangelis, he had nine CS-80s, if I remember correctly what Raphael Preston told me. Vangelis used to have studios in London (which was later defunc(that Glass House on top of his house which some neighbours disliked), Rome (Hotel), Athens and New York. If you take into considethat Vangelis got himself one of the first production models and shipped from JApan through Russia (Transsib) you can be sure that he at least one, if not more CS-80s that were in no way temperature-stabilized. He sure replaced them with more reliable ones later on as soon as those were available. Somewhere on the net, theres a nice picture with Vangelis playing two CS-80s stacked on top of each other. I sure wouldnt hesitate to gut a 50 or 60 for spares. Stephen "Human beings are a disease, the cancer of this planet, youre a plague. And we are the cure." (Agent Smith / Matrix) Visit the official [ramp] website at www.doombient.com ----- Original Message -----
From: <enmach@...> To: <yamahacs80@...> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] New tables in Database David,(like the Jupiter 8). I can no longer remember where I came by this info, sorry. For whatever reason, it seems like Yamaha is determinedly mum on the subject of their obsolete lines. hundred of them have fallen victim to 'dumpster' syndrome (too old/too heavy/too expensive/acting too flakey to be worth moving and repairing). I once read that Vangelis bought an additional half dozen for spare parts. I think this is somewhat exaggerated - he may have had residences/studios in a few cities/countries, far apart, and wanted access to the -80 in each. Maybe one or two were for spares. Maybe this is completely apocryphal. Would be great if someone who actually knew would speak up. has specified a dodgy -50 or -60 as 'organ donor'. "unfrostedpoptart" <david@...> writes: I'm figuring out what you can do in a Yahoo Group. I created a table |
