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Ray Charles' Keyboard

May 1

This Yamaha KX88 keyboard was used by American musician and composer Ray Charles (1930-2004). 

Keyboard owned by Ray Charles

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Keyboard owned by Ray Charles
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John Hasse, PhD, Curator of American Music at the National Museum of American History, presents a Yamaha KX88 keyboard used by Ray Charles and discusses Ray's comments on playing the piano. Visit / subscribe to the Smithsonian Music Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SmithsonianMusic?sub_confirmation=1 Visit the Smithsonian Music website: https://music.si.edu Follow Smithsonian Music on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MusicAtSI
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2016-07-15T16:09:54.000Z
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