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Three Viennese Guitars
Three early romantic Viennese guitars for sale:
Anonymous Viennese (ca. 1820)
Johann Bucher (ca. 1850)
Gustav Stiasny (ca. 1910)
All three guitars are restored by Croatian luthier Mirko Hotko.
All cracks are repaired, they all have a new fingerboard, saddle and nut.
They are all playable and I performed on them in public.
For more photos go to: Early Guitar Ning
For more information contact me on e-mail: luka.vlasic@ymail.com
1912 Ludwig Reisinger
For sale: a Viennese guitar by Ludwig Reisinger. The label says:
"Ludwig Reisinger, Meisterwerkstätte Wien, 1912, Seidengasse 42". The
guitar has a floating fingerboard, but the neck cannot be adjusted. The
guitar is playable as it is. Seller can send pictures and will answer all
questions. The Reisinger guitar seems to be a copy of a
Stauffer guitar. The copying of the "great masters" obviously began very
early. And Ludwig Reisinger was among the most famous guitar makers of his
time himself.
Ulrich Sommerrock, Germany. e-mail: sommerrock@arcor.de
German guitar
Lawrence Brown (editor's note: luthier listed in the luthier page of this web site) offers for sale a German guitar:
"It has some early features and some late ones. The bridge and the rose are early designs,
and are original to the guitar, but the binding and the tuner buttons
are celluloid, and it has t-frets which appear to be original. I would
guess it to be anywhere from 1880-1930. There is no label. The back and
sides are beautiful solid flamed maple, and the back is one piece 33 cm
across. The string length is 62 cm. It sounds very good, with ladder
barring and close grained European spruce top. I am now attending to
the setup, and blending in the scratches on the back with French
polish. The price is only $950, which is very cheap for an interesting
early guitar."
Additional photos on request. Contact Lawrence Brown, at email larryandrobin@charter.net or call 828-484-9675.
Web site: lkbrownviolins.com
Copy of 1838 Jose Pernas guitar
I'm a luthier from Granada (Spain) and I've made a close copy of an 1838 Jose Pernas guitar (Prats says Pernas was the Torres teacher). The price isn't expensive; the sound is warm and compressed compared to modern classical guitars.
You can see my Pernas copy in Youtube: YouTube Video
I've changed only a bit the string length to coincide the 12th fret with union ribs and neck, and minor reinforcement inside. The price is 1250€. I can make these models with other woods or antiquing finish (like a facsimile), or with Planetary (gear) pegs.
Aaron Garcia Ruiz
escareador@gmail.com
Jerome Thibouville guitar
Label:
SANGERFREUD GESETZL-GESCH
1906 MILAN GRAND PRIX
1902 HANOI GRAND PRIX
FABRICATION GARANTIE
JEROME THIBOVILLE - LAMY & Cie
LUTHIERS & PARIS
Includes case. Photos, more information on request.
Scott Van Zen
615-673-9315
zencitrus@mac.com
Guitar - 1830's - London
The paper at the inside of the guitar says "Dale, Cockerill & Co. music sellers" and it seems this was likely a shop in the mid 1830s in London.
I'm selling the guitar, because I have so much work with playing the lute and not enough time for playing guitar too.
The guitar sounds fantastic and the wood of the body looks gorgeous (probably made of rio rosewood).
The guitar is at Bernhard Kresse's workshop in Cologne, Germany.
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Sale price 2900 Euro
Sören Leupold
http://www.myspace.com/soerenleupold
Contact: lutes@email.de
For sale: German or Austrian guitar
Maker unknown, ca. 1850-1900, maybe Zimmermann or Klimitz.
Professionally restored.
61 cm stringlength.
Top of very fine spruce, back and sides of striped maple. Thin ebony fingerboard.
Very beautiful and interesting original 'embedded' tuners. Mother-of-pearl decoration aroud soundhole.
Bridge maybe not original.
Sound: crisp, clear, projective and sweet.
High-resolution pictures available.
1800 EUR exclusive of shipping, or offer. Can be tried in Amsterdam, Holland.
Jelma van Amersfoort
00 31 20 6160078
jmvanamersfoort@yahoo.com
For Sale - Kenny Hill “Masters Series” Copy of Luis Panormo 2004
Built in the style of Luis Panormo, an Italian born luthier working in London in the 1830's, this guitar is nicknamed "Cacahuate" or peanut, because of its distinctive shape. The volume and projection of this small guitar are quite astonishing, and the ease of playing is pure pleasure, attributable to the relatively short string length. This style of guitar construction is really the last evolutionary link leading up to Antonio de Torres and the emergence of the modern classical guitar. This is the top-end "master's series" instrument made in Kenny Hill's custom workshop under his direct supervision, and a bargain at only $ 2,700 US Dollars.
Guitar Description:
Sound board: Englemann spruce
Back & sides: Indian rosewood
Neck: Spanish cedar
Fingerboard: ebony
String length: 632mm
Nut Length: 48mm
Tuners: Sloane
Finish: French polish
Strings: D’ addario J.46
Sale Price: $2,700
Includes custom case and shipping
Contact: bbozonelos@msjc.edu
For Sale: Jose Recio, 1853
This guitar is for sale and requires restoration by a professional luthier to be playable. It is an important guitar of the Spanish school, with the original case intact. After restoration, this guitar would be a fine addition to an historic guitar collection.
The inside label reads: "Hecha en Cadiz por Jose Recio, calle de Sta Elena, n. 330; 1853."
Besides the 6 tuners, the headstock has a 7th hole near the top (looks like it was for an additional peg or for hanging the instrument on display).
Contact Frank Siegel for more information and photos at: fsiegel@comcast.net
** SOLD **
For Sale - 1835 Juan Perfumo
** SOLD **
8-string Ries copy by Bernhard Kresse
** SOLD **
"The Flower" - attributed to Jerome Thibouville Lamy (JTL), circa 1890
** SOLD **
LOUIS PANORMO guitar, 1834
** SOLD **
Gary Southwell Lacote Model Guitar
** SOLD **
Bernhard Kresse Terz Guitar, Stauffer model
** SOLD **
Lacote, Paris, 1868
** SOLD **
Nicolaus Georg Ries, Luigi Legnani model, Vienna, circa 1840
** SOLD **
Two 19th century guitar copies by Mikhail Fedchenko
** SOLD **
2004 Panormo replica by Michael Thames
** SOLD **
Joseph Lagarenne - circa 1850
** SOLD **
Louis Panormo guitar, dated 1831
** SOLD **
Antique guitar, Restored and Playable.
** SOLD **
Hans Van Loben Sels copy of Panormo
** SOLD **
Markus Dietrich copy of Thomas Furst (Fuerst) 1812 - Terz or normal guitar
** SOLD **
Serafino Casini, Florence-Italy 1889, ex Doug James
** SOLD **
Jose Guerra 1842 Terz Guitar, Cadiz, Spain
** SOLD **
Lacote-style original 19th-century guitar
** SOLD **
Panormo copy by Simon Ambridge
** SOLD **
19th Century French School Guitar - "The Flower"
** SOLD **
Bernhard Kresse Stauffer / Legnani Model.
** SOLD **
Antique 19th Century Viennese Stauffer Style Guitar - Restored
** SOLD **
19th Century Guitar, Lacote School
** SOLD **
Antique Guitar, Restored: "No 5. Lacote, Paris 1828"
** SOLD **
Lacote style antique guitar
** SOLD **
Kenny Hill London Model 1999: Guitar after Panormo.
** SOLD **
Gary Southwell: 10-string Guitar after Scherzer
** Warning: Nigerian Scam Alert **
Several people from Nigeria or West Africa have contacted people who advertise on this list, asking to buy a guitar with a check for thousands of dollars over the price of the instrument and have the seller wire the remaining money to Nigeria. Don't do it - the check will bounce - this is a way to steal your money! Thanks for this tip about the Nigerian scam from the Dartmouth lute site
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Do not reply to anyone from Africa wanting to buy a guitar. This is a known scam. Usually they want to send you a check for more than the purchase amount, from someone else who owes them money, and they ask you to send them the remainder. Regarding the Nigerians, I imagine the scam works several ways. First, they hope you will send the instrument before the check arrives so they can steal it. Second, they hope you will send the instrument after the phony check arrives AND you send them a good check, stealing both the instrument and the money. They're out nothing but an email (no cost), and postage for a phony check. If they send you a check, it will bounce. If one out of 300 people falls for this scam they've made a good return. This scam in various forms is one of the top 5 industries in Nigeria, possibly conducted by corrupt government officials.
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