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Vintage 1808 Mazarand Early Romantic Guitar / Mirecourt, Restored by Lucio Nuñez

Estimated price for orientation: 3 999 $

Category: Classical Guitars
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Description
Brand: Mazarand String Configuration: 6 String
Model: Classical Guitar Country/Region of Manufacture: France
MPN: Does Not Apply UPC: Does not apply


Up for consideration is an 1808 Mazarand classical guitar, a museum-quality Early Romantic guitar, restored and ready to play. This guitar has a very sweet sounding voice, and has beautifully balanced bass and treble registers, and is nicely resonant. Recently restored by San Antonio luthier, Lucio Nuñez, this guitar is perfect for playing Romantic period rep, and also for collectors, and/or museums. Some of the restored Mirecourt guitars can cost up to $10k, so here is a very rare chance to get this wonderful, restored 1808 Mirecourt guitar at a tremendous discount!!!

HI -RES PHOTOS:
for additional 1270 DPI Hi-Res photos of this 1808 Mazarand, and here are some links about the Mirecourt Guitars, as well as some info on the restorer, San Antonio, TX luthier Lucio Nuñez:
[ | | | | | | ].MAZARAND SOUND FILES
Here are 11 quick sound files to give you an idea of the sound quality of the Mazarand guitar. I used a pair of prototype Cathedral Guitars OA-1 (Oliver Archut) tube mics into a Trident 88 recording console, using Metric Halo ULN-8 converters: | Intonation Test (Harmonic /
fretted note @ the 7th fret) | Resonance Test (Stopped scales / chords showing sympathetic resonance) | Packington's Pound (English
Renaissance, before 1596) | Corn Yards (Scottish
Renaissance, 1596-1657) | Kemp's Jig
(English Renaissance) | The Third Tune
(Thomas Tallis, Renaissance) | Love Song
(Machaut, 14C France) | Prelude in Dm
(J.S. Bach, Baroque) | Brian Boru's March (Anon.,
Irish, Ca. 1200) | Pavan #1 (Luis Milan,
Spanish Renaissance) | Bouree in Em
(J.S. Bach, Baroque)

ABOUT LUCIO NUÑEZ
San Antonio, TX-based luthier Lucio Nuñez has been building and restoring classical guitars for several decades, and has built over 1,000 classical guitars, entirely by hand. He painstakingly restored this guitar, and it is now structurally stable and perfectly playable once again.

MAZARAND SPECS

* Made in 1808
* Signed + Dated
on the inside of the top
* Mazarand Signature also
on the inside of the back
* Spruce Top
* Flamed Maple Back/Sides
* Flamed Maple Neck
* Ebony Fingerboard
* w/Bone Frets
* Ebony Veneer Peghead
* Metal saddle
* Ebony Bridge
* Straight Neck
* Total Length = 89.9 cm
* Scale Length = 65.2 cm
* Body length = 44.2 cm
* Upper Bout = 20.3 cm
* Waist = 17.3 cm
* Lower Bout = 26.3 cm
* Sides at Neck = 8.5 cm
* Sides at Endpin = 9.7 cm
* Nut Width = 4.7 cm
* Solid mahogany case
* Made in Mirecourt, France SHIPPING & TERMS
USA shipping is $50.00 via FedEx Ground, with tracking, Insurance and Signature Confirmation. Satisfaction Guaranteed, with a 3-day return, buyer pays shipping, so please ask questions first. This auction is for a restored 1808 Mazarand classical and unrestored case. No other accessories are included. PLEASE CHECK OUT my other pro audio gear and Classical Harp Guitars for sale in , and check out some of my vintage Neumann and Schoeps mics that have .