Yamaha CP70

[Jim Johnson]

Yamaha CP70Just to give a different opinion, I always enjoyed working on the CP70 and the CP80 pianos and the were fun to play.  They have a very unique electronic sound quality (like a FenderRhodes piano on steroids) and a grand action.  The bass was a little hard to tune, but the pianos held their tuning very well, even after being transported from place to place.  I used to tune one regularly for Tom Coster, the keyboard man for Santana back in the 70's.  I wouldn't mind having one now.  Since they are usually located in bars, nightclubs and Rock venues, I used to use headphones for tuning so that I could hear over all the background noise.  I still have the service manuals if you need any technical information.
Jim Johnson (40 years in PTG coming up next year)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie Bartlett 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:07 PM
  Subject: Yamaha CP70


  I'm scheduled to tune a Yamaha CP70 in a week. I've never seen one of these things. I'll have an hour and a half, and it's supposed to be a "clean up" tuning.   Can anyone give me any info on these things?

  les bartlett 
  houston 
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