# How much is a Yamaha SY-77 worth these days?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 6, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-yamaha-sy-77-worth-these-days/466721 "2008-10-06T19:11:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-yamaha-sy-77-worth-these-days/466721/1 "2008-10-06T19:11:19Z")

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As part of the ongoing simplification of my life, I’m selling my [keyboard synth](http://www.sunspace.org/sy77.jpg). It’s a [Yamaha SY-77](http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/sy77.shtml). It has a stand, pedals, manual, and a demo disk.

It’s part of an old life possibility, when I was taking music lessons. I never learned to play, though, and if I was going to pick up music again, I’d probably go for building it in my computer rather than playing it.

I _think_ that I got it for around $650, used, around 10 years ago. What’s it worth these days?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-yamaha-sy-77-worth-these-days/466721/2 "2008-10-06T19:22:22Z")

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Bother. I meant to post this in IMHO. Could someone move it for me?

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-yamaha-sy-77-worth-these-days/466721/3 "2008-10-06T23:19:02Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> Bother. I meant to post this in IMHO. Could someone move it for me?

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Happy to oblige.

MPSIMS \> IMHO

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-yamaha-sy-77-worth-these-days/466721/4 "2008-10-06T23:27:13Z")

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And to answer your question, I found two on Ebay with Buy It Now prices of $300 - and one at [Legacy Sound Service](http://legacysoundservice.com/catalog1/product_info.php?cPath=41&products_id=897) for $525. Looks like you made a good buy - and it’s held its value.

Uh…wait a minute…I need a new keyboard…You know, uh, those old Yamahas never hold their value well at all. Yeah, that’s the ticket. You can sell it to me for, uh, say, $50 - and I’ll even pay for the shipping.

😃

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-yamaha-sy-77-worth-these-days/466721/5 "2008-10-07T01:24:59Z")

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Thanks, **Rico**.

I went looking on the Toronto pages of craigslist and found someone selling the same model for $470 with a hard case. I do not have a hard case, so I knocked off $75, made a flyer, and started emailing my friends. I already have several promises to send the message on to musician friends. Away we go!