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Santos Hernandez - Madrid

• Year:

  1929

• Body:

  Brazilian rosewood - with very lovely grain figure and colours.
  Top bout width = 265mm
  Waist = 223mm
  Bottom bout width = 351mm

• Front:

  European spruce with a striking geometric rosette, very similar to those adopted by Marcelo Barbero in later years. The underneath of the front has the maker's full signature and date.

• Tuners:

  Unknown

• Scale:

  644 mm

• Neck Width:

  50mm at the nut

• Weight:

  1316 grams

• Condition:

  The front has some cracks, recently repaired by Christopher Dean to return it to handsome and very stable playing condition.
  The rest of the guitar; the sides, back, neck and head are in remarkably good and attractive condition. It is in full playing order without any sense of fragility.

• Comments:

  Many have said Santos was a guitar-building genius. He seemed to conjour up remarkable-sounding guitars, with varying proportions, made with fairly ordinary materials. This particular guitar is slightly smaller-bodied than many, yet it has remarkable depth and good balance. Obviously an old-world sound with great depth from its low air resonance down between E and F. Such a joy to have, to hold and to play. (Christopher Dean has recently completed to remarkable replicas of this instrument - see home page list for details.)

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• Price:
  Sold November 2011 - (:-(()
• AVAILABILITY
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