Guitar

Mauchant frères French

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Technical description: Six-string guitar; pine soundboard with binding of laminated unequally sized strips of ebony and ivory (from edge in) pattern of b/w/b/w/b/b/b/w/b that continues around body and fingerboard; soundhole diameter of 80.47 mm with binding (inside out) of b/w/b/w/b/b/b/b/b/w/b/w/b/b; ebony pin bridge with mother-of-pearl inlaid dots; burl (burr) maple veneer on pine wood back with ivory binding with a black inked line; ribs of burl (burr) maple; ebonized hardwood back (glossy black veneer); headstock replaced; ebony fingerboard with matching binding as body and seventeen nickel-silver frets (twelve on body, five on soundboard); slotted brass worm gear tuning mechanism with bone buttons and rollers (old, but not original) (Daniel Wheeldon 2016)

#Filippo Gragnani (1767-1812?) Notturno in C major, Movement 1 Dennis Cinelli mandolin, Darren O'Neill, guitar Darren O'Neill, engineer Musical Instrument East (India) Galleries, June 11, 2007

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  1. Filippo Gragnani (1767-1812?) Notturno in C major, Movement 1 Dennis Cinelli mandolin, Darren O'Neill, guitar Darren O'Neill, engineer Musical Instrument East (India) Galleries, June 11, 2007
  2. Etude Op. 60, No. 6 by Fernando Sor, performed by John Dowdall
  3. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) March, Music for Flute Clock John Dowdall, guitar, Amy and Jan Boland, Flute. " Crystal to Gold: Precious Flutes and Guitars from The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Fleur de son classics FDS57932
  4. Allegretto from Sérénade No. 4 in G Major Pierre-Joseph Plouvier performed by Jan Boland, flute, and John Dowdall, guitar
  5. Sicilienne from Sérénade No. 4 in G Major by Pierre-Joseph Plouvier, performed by Jan Boland, flute, and John Dowdall, guitar
Guitar, Mauchant frères, Wood, French

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The front profile detailing the internal barring structure; one above the sound-hole and two below.