Manouk Papazzian 1959
One of the great master builders from NYC, Manouk Papazzian moved to his own facility in NY around 1956, where he began building his master level instruments. The records indicate that he only used the best of materials available to him at all times. He was most definitely an “old world” artisan, demanding the best of everything and of himself, whether he was building lutes, violins or classical guitars.
This guitar he built in his early New York years. Beautifully grained, old growth rosewood back and sides , selected german spruce top , mahagony-neck with ebony fingerboard, rosewood bridge and headstock veneer and typical marcetry inlays around the sound-hole.
This very lightly built guitar(1,5kg) sounds very balanced and warm, and has opened up all over in 60 years of intensive playing. Projection and sustain are faboulos. There is one long repaired and stable crack on the top , from the soundhole to the buttom of the guitars. Have a look at the „cats eyes“ on the buttom of the guitar. The guitar comes in a stable, well fitting modern hardcase. Listen to soundfile and email for further informations.
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We ship from Germany to nearly every place in the world and prefer to ship your valuable and fragile vintage acoustic by Express shipping , carrier of your choice , fully insured against loss and damage. Normally all costs for and connected with shipping(like custom fees , taxes)are payed by the buyer. shipping costs for returned items are also fully payed by buyer. We are open to any inclusive (shipping included in the buying price) offers. Just let us know.
We offer a 48 hour return-policy. If the instrument is not like described and you wish to send it back , please send an email to inform us and ship back the guitar in the box and on the way you received it (insured,express). As soon as the guitar has arrived back in the shape it was sent out by us, we refund the full buying price, same way you payed it.