Editing Keith Emerson (section)

===Yamaha Electone GX-1 synthesiser===
After founder Robert Moog left Moog Music in the late 1970s, Emerson began to consider using synthesisers made by other companies.<ref name=reid /> Emerson became one of the few buyers of the [[Yamaha GX-1]] polyphonic synthesiser, which reportedly cost almost $50,000. The GX-1 was subsequently used on the ELP album ''[[Works Volume 1]]'', particularly on the song "[[Fanfare for the Common Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer song)|Fanfare for the Common Man]]", and on tour.<ref name=reidCS80>{{cite web |url=http://www.gordonreid.co.uk/vintage/cs80.html |title=The Yamaha CS80 |last1=Reid |first1=Gordon |date=18 May 2013 |website=gordonreid.co.uk |publisher=Gordon Reid |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917022815/http://www.gordonreid.co.uk/vintage/cs80.html |archive-date=17 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It can be seen in ELP's ''Works Orchestral Tour'' video<ref name=reidCS80 /> and in promotional photos and videos from 1977 featuring the band playing "Fanfare" outdoors during a snowstorm in [[Montreal]]'s [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]].<ref>Macan, ''Endless Enigma'', p. 385.</ref> Emerson later bought a second GX-1 from [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] of [[Led Zeppelin]], and used parts from it to repair his original GX-1, which was damaged by a tractor crashing into Emerson's home studio.<ref name=reid /><ref name=achilles>{{cite web |url=http://led-zeppelin.org/current-news/1901-that-one-time-that-keith-emerson-bough-john-paul-jones-yamaha-gx-1-synth |title=That One Time That Keith Emerson Bought John Paul Jones' Yamaha GX-1 Synth |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 March 2016 |website=led-zeppelin.org |publisher=Achilles Last Stand |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312162138/http://led-zeppelin.org/current-news/1901-that-one-time-that-keith-emerson-bough-john-paul-jones-yamaha-gx-1-synth |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}</ref>

Emerson sold much of his keyboard equipment in the 1990s when he relocated from England to [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=reid /> The John Paul Jones GX-1 was sold to film composer [[Hans Zimmer]], while Emerson's original GX-1 was sold to Italian keyboardist Riccardo Grotto.<ref name=achilles /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixsynth.com/2011/06/john-paul-jones-yamaha-gx-1-with.html |title=John Paul Jones Yamaha GX-1 with Programmer Up for Auction? |author=Matrix, via John |date=13 June 2011 |website=Matrixsynth.com |publisher=Matrixsynth: Everything Synth |access-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312161708/http://www.matrixsynth.com/2011/06/john-paul-jones-yamaha-gx-1-with.html |archive-date=12 March 2016 }}</ref>