5-course guitar after an anonymous Spanish model of the late 17th. C.
Made in 1998 by Clive Titmuss
$6,500 CAD
$4,840 USD
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This instrument is modelled after a Spanish instrument made in the late 17th. C., in Cadiz, Spain.
Body and back are built up from a panel with Asian rosewood and yew-wood ribs, veneered walnut head, heraldic inlays in rosewood on soundboard, Spanish cedar slipper foot neck and block, rosewood pegs and bridge, fine-grained Euro spruce soundboard, expanded ebony fingerboard.
Comes with a heavy-duty, lined and fitted case with locking brass hardware.
The guitar’s model dates from the later period of five-course instruments, having a large and deep body and minimal but very deep bars. It’s ideally suited to the music of the Sanz and Guerau guitar books. Made from the best available material, a precious and rare instrument in nearly perfect playing condition.
Currently strung in gut (e’, b/b, g/g’,d/d, a/a).
total length: 96 cm
upper bout: 23.5 cm
lower bout: 27 cm
string length: 67.5 cm
nut width: 50 mm
bridge spacing 12.5 on centre
Ship by air, truck or trained beaver to any point in Canada.
A little GUITAR HISTORY for you:
Since many of you won’t have heard about the early guitar — and it’s very interesting — here is a list of the great players who were shredding it a long time ago. Don’t mention it, my pleasure!
And if you are interested, you can download their music for free at IMSLP, just search by name and download: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:For_guitar
FIVE-COURSE GUITAR COMPOSERS
1600s to early 1700s, dated by publication:
Italy:
Foscarini 1629, 40, 47
Calvi 1646
Granata 1646, 50, 51, 59, 74, 80
Corbetta 1639, 43, 48 (continued to publish and work in France, below)
Bottazzarri 1663
Roncalli 1692
Spain:
Sanz 1674, 1697
Guerau 1694
De Murcia 1714, 1732 (to Mexico)
de Santa Cruz 1670s
France:
Corbette (Corbetta) 1671, 1674
Derosier 1688, 94, 99
de Vise 1682, 86
Campion 1705
Le Cocq 1729
Bohemia: Losy (late 17th C.)
England: Matteis 1690
All instruments built by Clive Titmuss come with custom-fitted cases.
Prices do not include shipping and insurance.
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