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My name is Ruben Gonzalez
Fontanells
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I was born in Santa Clara,
in 1919
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At the age of nine, I started
playing the piano
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My family had bought a piano
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It was a fine one, a John Stowers
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It was also a pianola.
It sounded lovely
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When I saw that instrument,
I went crazy
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I really liked it
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So I began practising
all the time
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When my mother saw I had talent
and could become a great pianist...
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...she arranged for me to study
with a teacher in Cienfuegos
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I studied with her until
the eighth grade
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She'd say to me "Ruben, you'll be
a good pianist
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"You have great skill
with your hands"