Classical Guitars - Kent Guitar Classics

Daniel Friederich of Paris - Rue Sergent Bauchat

• Year:

  1969 - number 256. Concert model - labelled, numbered and dated by the maker.

• Body:

  East Indian rosewood - straight-grained with very fine purfling lines to back and sides. All shellac french-polished.

• Front:

  European spruce carrying an earlier version of Daniel Friederich's much-admired rosette and matching decoration to the top of the bone-framed bridge tie-block.

• Tuners:

  Fustero having lyre ends, engraved black and brass sideplates, shaped edges and transparent, perloid buttons.

• Scale:

  65cm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard

• Neck Width:

  51mm at the nut with 43 mm string spacing.

• Weight:

  1577 grams

• Condition:

  All original condition with no repairs, no cracks and no re-polishing - with the possible exception of a polish touch-in just on the treble side of the playing area - so well blended in, that if so, it is likely done by Daniel Friederich. This is a guitar that has been lovingly cared for yet played quite a lot but has only modest playing wear. The polish has worn a bit thin in some small areas but there are no bad marks or scars; only what could be expected with a guitar that was loved and regularly played.

• Comments:

  This instrument has been in the same Parisien family since originally bought from Daniel Friederich in 1969 and has been regularly played until a few years ago.
  Made in a period before Daniel Friederich produced heavier guitars with doubled sides and with generally a heavier sound, this is characteristic of this limited and sought-after period. Whilst not having a particularly low air resonance (around F# - G), the bass notes are very profound and sonorous - the bottom octave of the note is very steady and this seems to give a solid, focussed and sustaining sound. The treble is rounded, sweet and lyrical - a very fine guitar.
  Good condition Daniel Friederich guitars are hard to come by these days and are very much in increasing demand. This is a fine example.

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• Price:
  Sold March 2013.
• AVAILABILITY
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