# Yamaha CS-20M
“All keys are in good shape and have been removed and cleaned. All pivots lithium lubricated. Power supply fully recapped with Xicon capacitors and voltages adjusted. All pots cleaned, no noisy audio path. The VCO’s and pitch wheel have been carefully scaled so please leave them alone. Memory storage works fine. Did not test the cassette patch download/upload interface but no reason to think it would not work as everything else does. Someone left batteries in the holder underneath which corroded so it has a new 2xAA holder. The corrosion was not kind to the cover plate, but that and the holder was the only casualty of that oversight by someone.
There are a few nicks on the wood, but there is one nasty scratch, and one corner is dented as shown in the photos. Other than that, it’s in surprisingly good shape as the CS series wood panels didn’t take road abuse very well (I toured with a new CS-40M back in the day). Happy to send some close-ups if you wish. Honestly, the graphics and paint are in remarkably fine shape over the entire synth (other than the scratch, not done by me), as are the knobs and sliders. It really is a fine specimen in general.
And it sounds great!!! Ballsy, synthy goodness. Would love to keep it but I just can’t justify it with a recent Prophet purchase and the wife’s reaction to same. No power cord, but it’s just the usual 3-pin variety found on every computer and monitor ever made. Owner’s and tech manuals readily available on the web, will send you what I downloaded and printed out with the unit. ” Link