EditorialEd Sheeran donates unique prototype customised = (equals) guitar and signed Ipswich Town FC shirts to charity raffle in aid of hometown school
EditorialJoachim Tielke, Hamburger Cithrinchen, Cypress, Maple, Total: Length: 655 mm (total length); Length: 275 mm (top length); Length: 373 mm (string length); Height: 48 mm (max. rib height); Width: 239 mm (max. back width), Engraving: on the bass side of t...
EditorialCittern, Spanish, 19th century, Spain, Spanish, Wood and various materials., Total length 52.7 cm., Fingerboard length 20.4 cm, Fingerboard width, top/bottom 5.4/5.4 cm., Body length 27.7 cm., Body width--widest/narrowest 20.5/5.3 cm., Body depth--neck...
EditorialGenkin, Japanese, 19th century, Japan, Japanese, Wood, Total L. 89 cm (35-1/16 in.); L. of soundbox: 26.3 cm (10-5/16 in.); W. 27 cm (10-5/8 in.); Fingerboard W. 3 cm (1-3/16 in.); D. 4 cm (1-9/16 in.), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted.
EditorialMandolin, European, 19th century, European, Wood, metal, Total length 44.5 cm., Length of fingerboard (nut to end) 19.4 cm., Width of fingerboard at base 3.9 cm., Length of body +/- 20.7 cm., Width of body at widest 20.4 cm., Depth of body at greatest ...
EditorialQuwaytara, Moroccan, late 19th century, Morocco, Moroccan, Wood, mother-of-pearl, W. 9 13/16 ? D. 7 ? L. 32 1/2 in. (25 ? 17.8 ? 82.5 cm), Body L. 17 in. (43.2 cm.) fingerboard to nut 9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm), String length: 23 9/16 in. (59.8 cm), Chordopho...
EditorialArch Cittern, French, late 18th century, Paris?, France, French, wood and various materials, Overall: W. 33 x D. 10.5 x L. 116cm (13 x 4 1/8 x 45 11/16in.), Detail: Total L. 116 cm.; Fingerboard length: 32.6 cm; Fingerboard width - top/bottom: 5.7/7cm;...
EditorialGuitar, ca. 1755?60, Barcelona, Spain, Spanish, Pine top, figured maple back and sides, rosewood binding, ivory nut, rosewood, mastic, and mother-of-pearl inlaid decoration, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Jos? Massague (Spanish, Barcelona 1690?1764 ...
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...
EditorialGuitar, ca. 1755?60, Barcelona, Spain, Spanish, Pine top, figured maple back and sides, rosewood binding, ivory nut, rosewood, mastic, and mother-of-pearl inlaid decoration, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Jos? Massague (Spanish, Barcelona 1690?1764 ...
EditorialGuitar with inlaid ivory plaques, engraved fingerboard, mother-of-pearl vase beneath the bridge, and back of ebony and ivory. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Ada...