Yamaha CP-80-D

Immensely Popular Transportable Electromechanical Keyboard of the 1970s and 1980s

Yamaha CP-80-D

Yamaha CP-80-D, Yamaha Corporation, ab Mitte der 1970er-Jahre, From the collection of: EBOARDMUSEUM
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A transportable semi-acoustic grand piano with 88 keys and a real mechanism and strings built from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. Despite its incredibly high acquisition price at the time, the instrument was hugely popular as it can be transported easily when disassembled into two parts.

The CP-60/70/80 series models are tuned like real pianos.

Yamaha CP-80-D - Detail (ab Mitte der 1970er-Jahre) by Yamaha CorporationEBOARDMUSEUM

Photo: The Graphic Equalizer of the CP-80-D

There are three variants of the Yamaha CP-80:

CP-80: Three-band sound control
CP-80-D: Graphic equalizer
CP-80-M: Graphic equalizer plus MIDI

The best-preserved instrument of the EBOARDMUSEUM shown here made Austrian pop history thanks to Maria Bill.

This CP-80-D remains one of the undisputed absolute favorites of the EBOARDMUSEUM, and not just with experts. Its elegant design and grandiose sound regularly attract enthusiastic comments.

Yamaha CP80 - Musikbeispiel (Billy Joel - All for Leyna) by Billy JoelEBOARDMUSEUM

Billy Joel: All for Leyna

Official Video, 1980

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