Antonio de Torres Classical Guitar 1867 - French Polish

458 mm Scale 50 mm. Original Bone Nut, Medium grain one piece Domed Spruce Soundboard and Cypress 3 pieces back and sides, Cedar Neck, Lute Bridge, 3 Fan Braces, Rosewood Fret Board. Original Brass Bar Frets. The body weighs 522 grams =18.19 ozs.= 1 lb. 2.2 ozs. 

All Original French Polish.

There is extensive wear on the fret board of the 1st 3 frets, showing it’s been played, 100s of hours or more, it hasn’t been played in decades. This was acquired from descendants of the family of Antonio de Torres Jurado. It had only 4 original pegs.

Updated Measurements 4-9-24 :
152.4 mm Headstock length = 6″
698.5 mm mm Neck and body length 27.5″. 
458 mm Scale = 18.03″
220 mm Lower bout width. 
167 mm Upper bout width.
135 mm Waist width. 
321 mm Body length  

63mm Soundhole 
67 mm Lower bout depth 
66 mm Upper bout depth 
68.5 mm Endblock depth 

Rosewood pegs. 

This is one of at least 6 guitars made in 1867, with only 2 more years of guitar fabrication in Sevilla, before he moved to Almeria.

Antonio was 50 years old when he fabricated this guitar.

Separate pieces attaching the top to the sides, a fine grain spruce widely spaced cut kerfing liner attaching the back to the sides. The construction of the rosette is very similar to a rosette on an 1877 Segunda Epoca Bandurria, which I have on file.

Primera Epoca means First Epoch.

Repaired and cleated top (8 – mostly small), side, back cracks (5).