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Casa Gonzalez ~1915 – truly an amazing high end classical guitar by one of the most important and influential turn-of-the-century (19th/20th) Spanish workshops.
Nineteenth century Madrid-based builder Francisco Gonzalez was a near exact contemporary of Antonio de Torres but who built in his own style. Gonzalez was very celebrated in his own day – he was the winner of several prizes and medals in various exhibitions during his lifetime and is known to have been the teacher of both Jose Ramirez I and his brother Manuel Ramirez.
Gonzalez’ reputation in his own day is strongly suggests that he must have been a prolific builder, however, much like Vicente Arias, very few of his instruments survive to the present day. After his death in 1879, his work was carried on by his son-in-law Enrique Romans Papell at first under the name “Viuda e Hijos de Francisco González” and after 1901, “Casa Gonzalez” which remained active into the 1940s.
This particular guitar is a beautiful example from this shop, featuring some exquisite inlay work. It has a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. The scale length is 646 mm and the nut width 51 mm. We love its big body of this pguitar and the fine construction, which gives the sound a very noble and concert quality character.
Apart from a few old and stable repairs, the instrument is in extremely well-preserved condition and remains very original.
This guitar is a true master grade guitar that was certainly built at the time for a guitarist for professional use.
It has a strong and authoritative voice with exceptional balance between the singing highs and the deep lows. Huge dynamic range and just perfect playability.
The tone is thick yet clear and has an essential warm, mysterious and moody quality. The sound comes with controlled and balanced layers of overtones stacked on the crystal-clear fundamental. It has an almost cathedral-like presence, which gives it plenty of power for any concert hall.
This is by every standard a rare, historically important, well-preserved and for all matters, great sounding and playing guitar by one of the most important and influential turn-of-the-century (19th/20th) Spanish workshops.
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