EditorialGuitar, 1797, Madrid, Spain, Spanish, Spruce or fir top, cypress back and ribs, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard and frets, ebony nut, gut strings, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Benito Sanchez de Aguilera (Spanish, Madrid, active 1790?1800), Thi...
EditorialVioloncello, mid-19th century, Paris, France, French, Spruce and maple, Body L.: 75.5 cm (29-1/2 in.); Upper bouts: 34.2 cm (13-1/2 in.) Middle bouts; 23.6 cm (9-1/2 in.; Lower bouts: 43.9 cm (17-1/2 in.), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Jean Baptist...
EditorialGuitar, ca. 1630?50, Venice, Italy, Italian, Spruce, bone, parchment, snakewood, ivory, Height: 37 5/8 in. (95.6 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Attributed to Matteo Sellas (German, F?ssen ca. 1599?1654 Venice), During the 17th century, amateurs...
EditorialLyre Guitar, ca. 1805, Paris, France, French, Mahogany, spruce, ebony, brass, nickel-silver, gilding, Height: 34 1/4 in. (87 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Possibly Joseph Pons (French, born 1776) (probably a son of C?sar Pons), This form of th...