fe=First Epoch, se=Second Epoch, seu=Second Epoch Unlisted Updated 8/14/24 with the 1997 Romanillos Edition.
The fe series only relates to known information in 1987 when the "Antonio de Torres" biography was published, by our late indefatigable colleague, Jose Romanillos. Several Torres guitars have come to light since then, including some with a duplicate number 35 from the Segunda Epoca, according to my colleague, Richard Brune, who knows that Julio Sagreras' Torres guitar had that duplicate number, as he wrote a Vintage Guitar magazine article, about that very guitar many years ago.
The photo of the Soundboard and Rosette from the 1858 Torres Guitar, fe8 are from the archive of Ricardo Muñoz, author of "Historia de la Guitarra" published in Buenos Aires in 1930. This is from page 91 from my book "ANNOTATIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL GUITAR IN ARGENTINA" 1822-2000, 4 VOLS.: go to the bottom of the home page to get to the link to make a purchase of this 2,630 page book, that weighs 21 lbs. My book contains a complete set of actual size photos of this guitar, these photos may be the oldest photos ever taken of this instrument, but now there are color photos of this guitar in books, some of them out of print.
I have owned the award winning 1858 Torres Guitar photos since December 1999, preceding the color photos being published, and now out of print. That archive of Ricardo Muñoz contained: besides the 7 scrapbooks of the career of Ricardo Muñoz, over 650 rare photos, of guitars, guitarists from all over the world and autographed books, by Dionisio Aguado, etc. Almost all of these photos found their way into my 4 volume book, which has over 3,200 photos and images.
1854 fe1
1854 fe2
1856 fe3
1856 fe4
1857 fe5
1857 fe6
1857 fe7
1858 fe8
1859 fe9
1859 fe10
1859 fe 10 a
1860 fe11
1860 fe12
1860 fe13
1862 fe14
1863 fe15
1863 fe16
1864 fe17
1864 fe18
1864 fe19
1864 fe20
1864 fe21
1864 fe21 a
1864 fe21 b
1864 fe21 c
1864 fe21 d
1865 fe 21 x
1865 This lone known 1865 guitar belonged to the Francisco Tarrega student, Daniel Fortea, who also owned a 1904 Enrique Garcia guitar among his collection of fine instruments. It was not known at the time of the Antonio de Torres Jose Romanillos biography published in 1987, from which all this data is drawn from.
1866 fe22
1867 fe23
1867 fe24
1867 fe25
1867 fe26
1867 fe27
1867 fe27 a
1867 fe27 b
1867 fe27 c
Also to be included is the 1867 small guitar our shop has for sale listed under classical guitars 462 mm scale, 50 mm Nut.
1868 fe28
1868 fe29
1869 fe30
1875 se2
1876 se7
1877 se 9
1877 se10
1877 seu1
18xxs seu2
1882 se28
1882 se29
1882 se31
1882 se33
1882 se37
1883 se43
1883 se49
1883 seu 05 illegible date on the label
1884 se60 18 or more produced this year
1884 se67
1884 se70
1884 se71
1884 se72
1884 se77
1885 se83
1885 seu3
1886 se87 at least 12 or more produced this year
1886 se88
1886 se92
1886 se98
1886 se99
Jose Lopez Beltran began sometime in 1887, he was involved in the last 50 guitars, and sold Torres guitars with ads in Almeria newspapers after Antonio's death, these newspaper images are on my website. Added 2 7 24: Jose Lopez Beltran and Antonio de Torres spent 5 weeks, 2 Days average on each guitar of the Segunda Epoca number 103 to number 155. Enrique Garcia spent 5 1/2 weeks on each guitar from the period time of 1900 onward until he had the Simplicio family, Francisco and Miguel, working with him.
1887 se100
1887 seu 06
1887 se103
1887 se104
1887 se105
1887 se107
1888 se112
1888 se113
1888 se114
1888 se115
1888 se117
1889 se127 13 or more produced this year
1889 se129
1889 se133
1889 se139
1890 se141
1890 se142
1891 seu4
1892 se151
1892 se151 a
1892 se153
1892 se155
seu 06