Yamaha announces new CVP-1000!

Pete14

Del Vento

This in one of a few instruments which were actually used to made music for those cartoons with which some of us (certainly I) grew up. There is a wikipedia article on them, don't have time to dig it up now…

MacMacMac

I want one! Is there a VST version available?

CyberGene

LOL, finally got it that's how they produce circus music! 🤡

MacMacMac

It's a rather athletic activity, eh? Perhaps such instruments should be revived and turned into an Olympic sport.

Pete14

MacMacMac It's a rather athletic activity, eh? Perhaps such instruments should be revived and turned into an Olympic sport.

Mac, it has been ‘revived;’ it’s called the CVP!
The CVP, like the “orchestrion,” is a band in a box.

I’ve made it my mission to obliterate this outdated and overpriced monstrosity called the CVP. Shame on Yamaha for overcharging customers for a slightly slimmed down version of the orchestrion!

HZPiano

MacMacMac turned into an Olympic sport.

At the 2026 Musalympics.

🤠

Ralphiano

That reminds me of my kind uncle Vince. He owned his tavern just off the edge if Lambert Field in St. Louis.

He entertained his customers as a one man band with mandolin, drums, harmonica, voice, and other instruments I am surely forgetting.

When he got going, he was a small tornado of arms and legs. He was amazing, and very entertaining.

HZPiano

Ralphiano He was amazing, and very entertaining.

And that is how and where -- through a mysterious time-warp -- Charles Lindbergh mustered his much-needed courage just before his seriously overweight historical takeoff for Paris.

🛩️

Cheers and safe travels,

Ralphiano

Some of my long passed ancestors worked on his plane at Lambert.

HZPiano

Ralphiano Some of my long passed ancestors worked on his plane at Lambert.

Lovely heritage!

I must have his book The Spirit of st. Louis somewhere, in a Dutch translation. (Nowadays, I highly prefer to read books in English if that is their original language).

Cheers and happy armchair travels,