Nylon / No. 287
the Queen of Guitars with Double Offset Soundholes
An archival concert classical guitar with a solid Spruce soundboard, Vavona Burl back and sides and a rare diagonal double-offset soundhole layout. One soundhole carries an African ebony wing-shaped directional brace.
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The story
Model: the Queen of Guitars
An archival concert classical guitar with a solid Spruce soundboard, Vavona Burl back and sides and a rare diagonal double-offset soundhole layout. One soundhole carries an African ebony wing-shaped directional brace.
First in the World luthier guitar introduces the following innovations:
- DOUBLE OFFSET SOUNDHOLES arranged diagonally instead of a central soundhole
- WING-SHAPED DIRECTIONAL BRACING in African ebony at one soundhole
Specifications
- Model
- the Queen of Guitars
- Type
- Concert classical guitar
- Guitar no.
- 287
- Top
- Solid Spruce
- Back and sides
- Vavona Burl
- Scale
- 650 mm
- Nut width
- 52 mm
- Soundholes
- Two diagonal offset soundholes; one fitted with an African ebony wing-shaped directional brace
- Frets
- EVO-GOLD fretwire
- Varnish
- Highly resonant, antistatic, hand-polished high-gloss finish
- Status
- Sold – preserved in the Turkowiak Guitars Museum archive