Guitar Widow of Santos Hernández 1948
Vintage guitar by the widow Santos Hernández – 1948 – Spain
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- Country: Spain
- Year: 1948
- Tuning fork: 655 mm
- Top: spruce
- Back / sides: cypress
- Fingerboard: Indian rosewood – 52 mm wide
- Body length: 485 mm
- Body width: 370 mm
- Body depth: 95 mm
- Weight: 1 275 g
- String height: 2.8 mm
- Condition: restored, good condition
1948 Santos Hernández widow’s guitar
This guitar bears the label of Santos Hernández’s widow and was made by an unknown craftsman after the famous luthier’s death. An ideal classical guitar for lovers of vintage guitars.
The famous luthier Santos Hernández
Santos Hernández was born in Madrid in 1873. In 1905, he replaced the head of Manuel Ramírez’s guitar workshop, Enrique Garcia, who had left for Barcelona. In 1912, Manuel Ramírez gave Andrés Segovia a guitar that would become famous. Santos Hernández is said to be the creator of this famous instrument. After Ramírez’s death in 1916, Hernández continued to work for his widow until 1920. Then, in 1921, he opened his own workshop in the heart of Madrid. Great guitarists of the era played his instruments: Luis Sánchez Granada, Quintín Esquembre, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Ramón Montoya, Niño Ricardo, Sabicas, Esteban de Sanlúcar, Manolo de Huelva and Manolo de Badajoz…
He died in 1943, taking all his secrets to his grave. His widow took over the store and hired a new luthier: Marcelo Barbero. In the course of his life, Santos built some 300 guitars!
Guitar sound
The legacy of the Madrid school
The musicality of this magnificent guitar with its clear trebles is of great purity. The deep, low timbre of this instrument also adds to its charm, in the style of the old Madrid school.
