by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
GUITAR by L. DELANNOY in LILLE. 1828 Inside label: “Made by Delannoy / in Lille, in 1828. No. 155”. Back in one piece of blond maple, bordered by a wide net of rosewood. Fishplates of the same species. Spruce soundboard lined with ebony and ivory binding....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
ROMANTIC GUITAR Jean-Nicolas GROBERT. (1794 – 1866) Iron mark of the maker on the neck heel as well as on one of the cleats of the soundboard. The back is in maple veneer on spruce, typical of the romantic guitar. The sides are curly maple. The spruce soundboard is...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
GUITAR – HARP USA, c. 1900. Back, sides and soundboard entirely in brass. A varnished wooden resonance table is fixed inside the body. It has eight sympathetic strings that cross the side to be tuned on a lyre-shaped pegbox at the bottom of the instrument…...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
HEPTACORDE – GUITAR Pierre René PARINAUD known as LACOTE: (Bellac 1785- Paris 1871) Lemonwood back and sides. Inner lining of the spruce back, according to the practice of the time. Spruce soundboard with ebony and ivory binding. Maple necks. Ebony veneered head...
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
HURDY GURDY Gilbert NIGOUT in JENZAT. (1837-1921) Spruce soundboard decorated with a red varnished wavy frieze, typical of the Jenzat style. Perimeter in marquetry of bone and ebony. Nine-rib lute body of maple and walnut. Peg carved with a woman’s head....
by mreichstadt | Aug 16, 2023 | Cordes-en
MANDOLIN Lombard mandolin, 19th century. Lute body composed of thirteen alternating rosewood and fruitwood ribs. Spruce top. Maple neck finished with a pegbox in the butt. (traces of black varnish) Fruit touch. Six wooden pegs. Scale: 29.6cm Total length: 52.4cm Read...
