Luis Arostegui Granados Flamenco with Tuners 1960 - French Polish

655 mm. Scale 54 mm Nut. French Polish. Original engraved Fustero Gears. Original Bone Nut and saddle. Domed very Fine to Fine grain Spruce soundboard (Antonio de Torres style) and Solid Cypress back and sides. 7 finely sanded fan braces. Closely placed separate kerfing pieces attaching the Soundboard to the sides and a single band attaching the back to the sides. Ebony Fret board. Brazilian Rosewood Bridge, Head stock overlay and front and back edge binding. Deluxe Rosette and Deluxe Purfling on the top. Original Hard Shell Case and old Capo purchased in Spain.

No Cracks. Made in Madrid, by a student of Manuel de la Chica.

Luis Arostegui Granados - Born in Granada in 1932. Now located in Madrid. Started as cabinet maker. He studied with Manuel de la Chica and others. Settled in Madrid in 1960 and since then has been influenced by the Madrid school of builders. Builds more classical guitars than flamencos. Now he is the treasurer of the Spanish Society of the Guitar.

I put the above biographical text on the internet in Mid February 1995. It was one biographical sketch of 30 Granada guitar makers published that day. This information was translated from Spanish February 10 -11, 1995. We thank Eusebio Rioja for his insightful book "Inventario de Guitarreros Granadinos 1875-1983". It was first published in 1976. My copy is a 3rd edition.