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This was an instrument that seized the moment in a way that rivals had missed, and once again scored an unmitigated "},"link":[{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/3654941450436168478"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/4485063470815328574\/posts\/default\/3654941450436168478"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/planetbotch.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/the-yamaha-cs1x-control-synth-of-1996.html","title":"The Yamaha CS1x Control Synth of 1996"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhBDdOm0joVeHZIrKyY6qKywRDjDCtiH3-tpX06Ny2uUlruWQBPyvGPsbNRKKl2gaVEyZnLsLtcFWY1kiTO0S3aBfv5Pz7EnFdk3Hqqw5zq8PMGMeXoN_9rxWmpdjwyrYVQmFTgkaHNgJ8\/s72-c\/Yamaha+CS1x+ad+1996.png","height":"72","width":"72"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485063470815328574.post-3147377639650062716"},"published":{"$t":"2011-12-13T19:52:00.001+01:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2022-08-12T17:56:29.282+01:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1982"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A55"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Electone"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"home organ"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"musictech"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"organ"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yamaha"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"1982 Yamaha A55 Electone Home Organ"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"What did people do before they had computers? 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