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Rhodes Keyboard used by Sly Stone

1981

Fullerton, Orange County, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A Rhodes keyboard used by Sly Stone. The keyboard is 73 Key, Mark II Stage Piano. "Sly Stone" is written by hand, in ink three times on the white keys. The keyboard has the serial number: 783450. The exterior of the keyboard forms a carrying case when closed. The case is black with a Rhodes logo on the back and two handles along the front. There are several white stickers with orange text that read: [FRAGILE / Handle With Care] on the exterior of the case.

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Catalog reference: 2013.218.1

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