1921 ENRIQUE GARCIA (1868-1922) NO. 244

645 mm Scale, 50 mm Nut. Very very fine to Medium grain Spruce Soundboard (42 grains to the inch see the photo taken August 25, 2022, supported by 9 fine braces and two bottom chevrons. verified today) and Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. Original French Polish on the Soundboard, with at least a single swipe of French Polish touchup on the rest of the instrument. A single cut kerfing piece attaching the top and back to the sides. New Deluxe Gold Plated Ebony Tuners. The restoration was carried out in 1954 by Paris Banchetti. (1930-2019). There were only 28 more guitars made by Enrique Garcia before he passed away on October 31, 1922. The last numbered guitar was No. 272, but when we include the rarest guitars, the unnumbered ones from the 1890’s, I believe he made between 340-360 guitars with his name on it.

Ex – Collection: Cédar Viglietti Viscaints (1908-1978) Guitarist and author of the following books, “Origen e historia de la guitarra” (Ediciones Albatros. Buenos Aires, 1973 was cited for its very valuable information on 16 pages (see the image from the index) in my book ANNOTATIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL GUITAR IN ARGENTINA 1822-2000, 4 VOLS.

It has one crack in the Brazilian Rosewood back on the treble side half the length of the body, 9 cracks on the top, this was restored by Paris Banchetti in 1954.  Many videos on Youtube of this guitar.