YAMAHA CS80 POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER For Sale

via this auction

"This is the holy grail. And there's a good reason why they've been selling for $18,000. lately on eBay... this is the best synthesizer ever made. Used on hundreds of gold and platinum records and on many feature filmscores by the biggest names in the business. I've owned three of these over the past thirty-three years... in fact I purchased one of the very first ones in 1978 at Guitar Center in Hollywood,CA. MSRP was initially $6,800. and later was raised to $7,100. and if you were lucky enough to get one at all you paid retail for it. (BTW, using S. Morgan Friedman's internet Inflation Calculator that works out to $23,461.28 in today's dollars... so these used CS80s should really be selling for in excess of $20,000. today.) It is hands down the best sounding and most inspiring keyboard out there. Period. Nothing else even comes close. I used this one at a recording session last Saturday and everything works great on it. No issues.

Fat analog sound with 16 oscillators. That's like eight mini-Moogs at the same time!! (if you use the third oscillator on the mini as a control oscillator for vibrato like most players do). Velocity and pressure sensitive keyboard. Amazing glissando and portamento effects. A phenomenal ring modulator which can also emulate an arpeggiator. A wah-wah effect switch with a jack in the back for a pedal. And has the pitch ribbon bar which creates whammy-bar type subtle vibrato or soaring 8-octave dive bomb effects. Includes three different owner's manuals (pdf files). Has only been moved around twice in the past fifteen years. Front panel is very clean. See pictures."