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Jose Alegria Arrufat

$15,000

652 mm Scale 48 mm Nut. One piece Fine to Medium Spruce Soundboard and Rosewood back and sides. Rosewood Fret board. French polish. Ebony Pegs. 3 Fan Braces aimed at the 14th fret. Separate pieces attaching the Soundboard and the back to the sides. 18 frets. 1,223 grams.=2.696253 lbs., 2 lbs. 11.68 ozs.

Before he moved to Barcelona, Jose Alegria, worked in the city of Tarragona, southwest of Barcelona. In 1881 he was listed as a guitar maker in the "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración" on page 1,298 of 2,238 pages. See the image at the bottom of the listing, in column one. Added 12 - 28-23

Made in Barcelona, it is possible this maker worked in the Agustin Altimira (1805-1882) workshop, as the bridge and headstock are the same style, especially the bridge.

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