A piece of classical guitar history.

[Brad Little]

Francisco Tárrega is arguably the most important classical guitarist in its history, and Torres holds a similar place in the instrument's development. Quite a pairing.

https://www.guitarsalon.com/blog/gs...onio-de-torres-se-49-arrives-in-our-showroom/

 

[wileypickett]

I like that they were careful not to disturb the burn marks made by Tarrega's cigarettes when doing the restoration work.

I bet Tarrega never played it in his shorts, however.

 

[walrus]

Right! WTF? Why would you put that historical instrument on your bare leg? Not very respectful of the guitar or of the guitar's finish between the bouts.

walrus

 

[Nuuska]

Right! WTF? Why would you put that historical instrument on your bare leg? Not very respectful of the guitar or of the guitar's finish between the bouts.

walrus

Look again at the pictures - the guitar does not touch his legs skin - but his short sleeves - is that the right expression? - short sleeves?

EDIT - "shorts sleeves" ? "shorts legs" ?

 

[Westerly Wood]

hard to know if this is him playing or another who came later on doing a cover of one of his 78 compositions.
i doubt they had a lot of recording equipment back then.

 

[walrus]

Look again at the pictures - the guitar does not touch his legs skin - but his short sleeves - is that the right expression? - short sleeves?

"His shorts". But thanks, I see that now. Still not happy - he should be in a tux!

And FWIW, that is a beautiful guitar!

walrus

 

[silverfox103]

Thank you Brad for sharing that article! That is one beautiful guitar. One thing that will stick with me, is that in his lifetime, Francisco Tárrega only had 3 guitars.

Tom

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

One thing that will stick with me, is that in his lifetime, Francisco Tárrega only had 3 guitars.

Slacker!

 

[chazmo]

Have to agree... That is exquisitely beautiful.

 

[davismanLV]

It's beautiful. Some impressive work was done on that. Wow!!

 

[Brad Little]

Thank you Brad for sharing that article! That is one beautiful guitar. One thing that will stick with me, is that in his lifetime, Francisco Tárrega only had 3 guitars.

Tom

It's be interesting to see how many some other historical guitarists had, like Llobet, Pujol, Barrios or Luise Walker. Without the grind of international travel, their instruments were probably less likely to be damaged that way.