Stefano Moccetti SP/IRW 8-string 1990

• Year: 1990
• No. 25
• Country: Switzerland
  
• Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
  
• Top: Spruce
  
• 8 Strings
  
• Finish: French Polish
• Case: Yes

This is a very rare instrument from the master. Made with 8 strings in the style of Romanillos guitars. With a truly exceptional quality Spruce Top, typical of Moccetti guitars.  Back and sides are made of beautifully grained Indian rosewood.  This instrument is effortless to play for both the right and left hand. The guitar has been played intensively in recent years and has developed a beautiful tone. This instrument was featured in many concerts, in churches and concert halls. 

Stefano Moccetti works in southern Switzerland, where the culture and language is Italian. Several top concert players (notably the Italian guitarists Andrea Diecci and Massimo Laura) are already playing his guitars, and we expect to see many more international guitarists playing these in the future. Moccetti has studied extensively with the great luthier Jose Romanillos both privately and in masterclasses and was one of his first students. 

Stefano Moccetti’s passion for the luthier’s craft was born after many years of studying classical guitar.

Due to early influence of the Romanillos, Moccetti’s guitars have a natural, woody sound with a sweetness and delicacy that is typical of those made by Romanillos. The development of his own style has earned him top prizes in guitar-building competitions in Europe and his instruments are gaining favor with many young European concert artists.

Moccetti considers the opportunity of having frequented José Romanillos and having profitted from his teachings to be among his most important professional experiences.

This experience of being near one of the greatest and most able guitar makers, as Romanillos was, has undoubtedly transmitted unto Moccetti an inestimable amount of knowledge and given him valuable solutions in the construction of guitars of the highest quality.

Stefano Moccetti’s guitars are entirely handmade using traditional methods which he has developed over the years while examing and restoring many fine, older instruments built by the great luthiers of the past.

In order to ensure the correct brilliance and “depth” to his woods, Moccetti finishes his instruments with the flake shellac French polishing technique. His materials are selected for their aesthectic as well as acoustical properties. In choosing his spruce tops, he extracts raw boards from spruce nearly 300 years old grown in the Swiss Alps.