We are Brokering this instrument for and on behalf of our EU client.<\/p>\n
Came into stock:<\/strong> Available from RL Music as at 28th June 2018, and this CS80 is currently located at our restoration partners – KSR in Surrey, UK.<\/p>\n Servicing Status:<\/strong> A full health-check by KSR has already been carried out (June 2018), so this CS80 is ready for sale now. <\/p>\n Remarks: <\/strong>This CS80 is an exemplary condition example that we sold to our client, the owner, in 2015 when the instrument was subjected to what we term a \u2018Total Restoration.\u2019<\/p>\n This CS80 we are offering for sale can be considered among the very finest examples in the world. It is still a 40-year-old instrument with its original keys & buttons etc., but the restoration work invested into it, plus the modifications listed below, mean this is a very special machine, and we have produced only a small number of these very high-level restored examples in the last 16 years for discerning customers around the world.<\/p>\n The CS80 has already been fully cosmetically and operationally restored (Level 2) by KSR. Only RL Music get the \u2018\u2019Level 2\u2019 restoration as this includes a much higher level of detailed restoration by KSR, including a full key-bed restoration and point-to-point cabling\/solder-contacts integrity checking for the entire loom etc. The Level 2 operational restoration normally costs \u00a34000 GBP (in 2018). We\u2019re pleased to confirm this CS80 already had this work applied of course and is included in the sale price.<\/p>\n The following work has been implemented:<\/strong><\/p>\n The restoration comprises (not limited to) the total replacement of all the old CMOS Logic IC’s, all of the dual op-amps, voice card, and power supply capacitors & transistors.\u00a0In addition to this the TKC circuit board, which controls the polyphonic aftertouch of the CS80, is fitted with a set of bypass\/decoupling capacitors for each IC to greatly reduce the chance of failure of\u00a0the touch response circuit. To cap this off, a full calibration is then performed (voltages to within 3 decimal places). The actual list of work is huge, and changes out several hundred components,\u00a0\u00a0and includes a 7 day burn-in test period\/stress testing.
\nAll the RL Music supplied CS80s are serviced\/restored by the world renown CS80 expert Kent Spong of KSR (Kent Spong Restorations) in London. Sound on Sound magazine (SOS) did an interview article on Kent, which you can find here:<\/p>\n