Description
‘Sanah’ – Grand Parlor – Opus Magnum
Sanah is a one-of-a-kind, handcrafted Grand Parlor acoustic guitar created for Polish artist Sanah (Zuzanna Grabowska). Conceived as a compact and exceptionally comfortable stadium instrument, it combines an X-WAVE Ancient Kauri / old-growth Redwood double top with Ancient Kauri back, sides and neck.
The instrument’s visual identity is built around an elaborate floral composition. Roses, sharp thorned branches, leaves, petals and one wilted rose flow across the fingerboard and surround the soundhole. The artwork is made from carefully selected pieces of natural Baltic amber in multiple colours. At the lower end of the fingerboard sits a large clock with a brass frame and a mammoth-bone dial, its hands permanently set to 02:00.
A sculptural amber rose illuminates the centre of the soundhole, while the back carries a matching rose surrounded by twelve leaves arranged like the hours of a clock. The semi-transparent amber headstock, amber purfling and 24-carat gold dust in the high-gloss finish complete the design.
Specification
| Model | Opus Magnum |
| Type | Steel-string acoustic guitar, Grand Parlor / custom small body |
| Guitar no. | 757 |
| Artist | sanah (Zuzanna Grabowska) |
| Character | Compact, highly comfortable custom stadium instrument |
| Body depth | Thin-body |
| Top construction | X-WAVE double top |
| Double top | Ancient Kauri, approximately 50,000 years old with a certificate of authenticity / old-growth Redwood |
| Back and sides | Ancient Kauri, approximately 50,000 years old with a certificate of authenticity |
| Neck | Ancient Kauri, comfortable Turkowiak profile adapted to the compact Grand Parlor body |
| Soundhole | Central soundhole with a custom floral rosette and a Black Walnut Burl tornavoz |
| Front rosette | Flowers, thorned rose branches, leaves and petals made from multicoloured natural Baltic amber |
| Back artwork | Transparent amber rose visible partly through the soundhole, surrounded by twelve leaves arranged like a clock face |
| Fingerboard artwork | Amber roses, branches, leaves, falling petals and one wilted rose; the flowers also serve as position markers |
| Clock inlay | Large clock at the lower fingerboard with a brass frame, engraved mammoth-bone dial and hands set to 02:00 |
| Side markers | Flower-shaped mammoth bone and coloured amber markers, approximately 3 x 3 mm, at frets 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 |
| Headstock | Semi-transparent natural Baltic amber HeadLight |
| Scale | 600 mm |
| Nut | 43 mm, dark mammoth bone |
| Fingerboard radius | Compound radius, 14 inches at the first fret |
| Frets | Nickel-free EVO-GOLD ArcFrets |
| String action | Low and comfortable |
| Mammoth package | Mammoth bone nut, saddle and bridge details in complementary cream and darker shades |
| Binding and purfling | African ebony binding with natural Baltic amber purfling on the front and back |
| Finish | Highly resonant, antistatic, hand-polished high gloss with 24-carat gold dust |
| Tuners | Handmade gold Turkowiak ARTuners, 18:1 ratio, ebony buttons and bearing rollers |
| Electronics | K&K Pure Mini with an ebony strap button |
| Playing comfort | African ebony armrest and ribrest |
Opus Magnum innovations
- X-WAVE double top
- X-A.R.S. back and sides
- ACOUSTIC TUBES
- SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the guitar sides
- AMBER HEADLIGHT
- AMBER BACKLIGHT ROSETTE
- BRIDGE WITH DRILLED HOLES
- ARCFRETS
- K&K PURE MINI sound system
Other
| Hardcase | Premium fitted carbon-fibre hardcase |
| Warranty | Limited lifetime warranty for the first owner |
| Status | One-of-a-kind artist instrument, preserved in the Turkowiak Guitars Museum and Masterpiece Archive |