Yamaha KX1 Synthesizer, used by Herbie Hancock
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1983
name: label: user
content: Hancock, Herbie
label: manufacturer
content: Yamaha Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Used by Herbie Hancock on all live and televised performances of Rockit during the 1980's. The design and style lent itself to more movement around the stage and more animated performances.
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Shizuoka, Hamamatsu
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Electronic Musical Instruments
label: Exhibition
content: Sounding American Music
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Herbie Hancock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0055.03
label: accession number
content: 2004.0055
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0055.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Synthesizer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 cm x 125.5 cm x 25 cm; 4 5/16 in x 49 7/16 in x 9 13/16 in