Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Christopher Dean of Kingham, Oxfordshire

• Year:

  1989 - number 98. Labelled, numbered, dated and signed by the maker.

• Body:

  Brazilian rosewood - with recently-granted, CITES certificate. The timber is very attractive with reddish-brown hues and dark stipes; particularly in the sides, with double-line purfling and rosewood bindings.
  Body length:- 487mm.
  Top bout:- 278 mm wide & 97 mm deep.
  Waist:- 240 mm & 99 mm deep.
  Bottom bout:- 367 mm wide & 98 mm deep.

• Front:

  European spruce - of lovely silky quality, well quarter-sawn and with an aged, ambered colour, carrying the maker's hand-made rosette and rosewood bridge with bone-framed tie-block capping.
  The top has 9 fan-struts with a second, diagonal harmonic bar - like some Ramirez and some Fleta guitars, with a bridge plate and closing bars.

• Tuners:

  Irving Sloane tuning machines with patterned brass side-plates, white rollers and perloid buttons.

• Scale:

  65cm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard - and 20th fret for the 1st string.

• Neck Width:

  52mm at the nut with 43.5 mm string spacing.

• Weight:

  1724 grams

• Condition:

  The guitar is in good condition. The Brazilian rosewood back has one repaired, natural grain-line crack.
  The front has some handling marks either side of the fingerboard and there are string slip marks below the 1st & 2nd string tie points; otherwise in tidy state.

• Comments:

  Although an earlier guitar from Christopher, it shows the refinement of build and sound that his later instruments would be known for. The air resonance is just above G and has a warm, velvety sound combined with a clear, bright treble that sustains well.

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