A beautiful original 19th Century guitar in excellent condition.
A professional grade instrument, it is fully restored to optimal condition. The set-up on this guitar is as perfect as it gets. Currently in ideal playing condition - With perfect string action (about 3-3.2mm), solid ebony fingerboard, and frets in perfect order, clean across with no buzzes. It is rare to come across a guitar of this vintage with such a perfect performance/playing set-up.
A beautiful sweet crystalline sound with superb projection, warm and rich yet poised and singing. Well balanced across all registers, with excellent intonation.
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Exemplifying top level craftsmanship, premium grade materials have been used. Spruce soundboard, stunning flaming maple sides and back. A beautiful rosette with mother of pearl inlay, checkered purfling, beautiful original antique tuners with bone buttons in perfect working order. Ebony bridge pins with mother of pearl dot.
An anonymous instrument with no label, the exact year and maker are not known, but the latter part of the 19th century would be a safe estimate.
An ideal guitar for historically informed performance practice technique of the 19th century - classical/romantic repertoire.
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