Romantic Guitars

     6 string pre-classical ladder-barred guitar after Rene Lacote, pre 1850.  Lacote was the most successful French guitar maker of his day. He built instruments for Carulli, Ferranti, and Sor.  Birdseye maple sides and back, black stained maple neck, raised ebony fingerboard,spruce top, ebony and holly binding.  High quality garnet French polish.  Figure- of- eight peghead with friction pegs ,or classical machines.  Mensur 63cm. Ebony moustache pin bridge.  Price $3,500

     I also make this as a terz guitar, considerably smaller as the comparison photo shows, with a mensur of 56.4 cm.  The full width nut and bridge spacing is retained.  It is tuned to g, and used with the larger guitar in duets.  Also excellent for smaller persons!  Same woods and quality as above.  Price $3,500

     An antique French guitar by Derazay That I restored for Dr. Douglas James of Appalachian State University.  This came to me in about 50 pieces and was missing much of its pearl border, which is engraved and stained with green and red ink.  It sounds great, and Dr. James has recorded with it numerous times.

Lawrence K. Brown, Luthier    13 Sunset Lane    Asheville, NC    28804    USA    828-254-5828    larryandrobin@charter.net