Antique Anonimus Italy, +/- 1900?

This beauty will only be shipped in a hard case and insurance is included!

It is the first time I have a guitar like this. A remarkable instrument of which the identity is not sure. According to a reaction off a collector it could be build by Paolo Guadagnini. Definitely not Geatano Guadagnini that was 100 years earlier. An unusual solution to compensate the thickness of the strings and to be able to intonate the guitar very well, the frats are put under an angle !! The ivory pins on the back could be a sine that it is build in sicily because the luthiers used nails to glue the back in the right position. The pins are maybe used for covering the little nail holes. The endpin should be of ivory too but this is partially missing yet. This guitar is well restored and the result is very good. The sound of this beauty with a body of only 6 to 6,5 cm height is very surprising. The chosen woods are old beautiful walnut, spruce, pear, ebony and rosewood. The mechanics are of an unusual size solid brass and ivory buttons. The bridge has an ivory saddle and ivory decorations and has a (moustache) size. On this guitar Bruunari polish is used. Buy this very well playable guitar which sounds not all that loud but very bright and with a great volume and sustain for a guitar this size. It is a really beautiful looking and very warm transparent sounding collectors item.

Mensuur; (Scale) 64cm.
Wood all solid: top; spruce, back and sides; nut, neck; round, pear, black stained, fretboard, rosewood,bridge pear?, inlays and bindings; ebony, ivory and mother of pearl.
Nut and saddle ivoty.
Fingerboard; 47 - 57 mm.
Frets; brass ,19.
Strings; D'Addario special ball end, normal tension
Tuners; nickel and brass, original, restored, they work allright now.
Distance; from the top of the 12 th fret to the bottom of the strings,3,5 mm
Price: € 2000 or best offer