ABOUT FRENCH GUITARS
With the celebrated makers of France known around
the world, like Robert Bouchet and Daniel Friederich, a long and rich
tradition of guitar making has gone on virtually ignored by American
guitarists up until now. That vital tradition is available to American
players today. Names like Delarue, Audirac, Raifort, Castelluccia,
Quinson, Sardin, Lesueur, Mercier, Bedikian and Perrin are becoming more
and more recognized as among the greatest luthiers of our time.
When you realize that the Spanish virtuoso guitarist and composer
Fernando Sor himself bought his concert guitar in 1800 from Parisian
luthier Rene Lacote, you must acknowledge the long and great tradition
of French guitar making. I present these French instruments today in the
certainty that they deserve a place of high esteem in the American
guitar world.
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