Yamaha electric grand of mid 70's to mid 80's origin

[Kenneth W. Burton]

	Tom,

	My memories of this electric piano are that it didn't sound too
bad except for the lower bass. I found the sounds very distorted down
there and extremely difficult to tune. No, there is no soundboard.

	Ken Burton "Doctor Piano" Calgary Alberta

On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, Martin, Thomas N (MARTITN5) wrote:

> 
> Hi List,
> 	Does anyone on this list have experience with the Yamaha electric
> Grand (CP70?)?  I played on one on a cruse ship about 8 years ago but,
> didn't pay it much attention - I don't remember it sounding bad though.
> What are your experiences with this instrument?  Apparently it can be put
> into two cases and transported?  How practical is this?  How well do these
> things hold a tuning?  Are they of anywhere near the quality of Yamaha's
> other acoustic instruments?  Are their actions special or standard?  Also
> what are their dimensions.  I have a Clavinova in my apartment now but, I
> would like to have something better (it isn't practical to move a C3 around
> much though - and it's pretty loud in small spaces) I'd like to use this for
> practicing and perhaps small-time home recording for family and friends.  I
> also read one ad that said they had a soundboard - they don't do they? 
> Thanks,
> Tom Martin
>