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Mid-19th Century Guitar Replica
Product Description
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Today, people call such a guitar, with its small body, a parlor guitar. In the 1840s until well into the 20th Century, they were simply called guitars, as this size was the standard size for the time.
The guitar is a well-made modern guitar, modified to replicate a mid-19th century guitar such as the 1842-43 Martin “Spanish” model. The modifications include reshaping the headstock, replacing the head veneer and fitting with Wittner FineTune™ planetary flamenco (violin type) internally-geared pegs. These pegs look just like the ebony pegs used on many mid-19th Century guitars.
This is one of the types of guitar that would have been common during the American Civil War (early 1860s). It is a favorite of Minstrel Period enthusiasts, especially Civil War re-enactors.
The guitar is strung with John Pearse silk-and-bronze strings. It can be strung with Aquila Nylgut™ strings.
Key Specifications
- X-bracing
- Solid Sitka Spruce top
- Solid mahogany back and sides
- Mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Rosewood bridge
- Body binding: synthetic ivory
- Purfling: herringbone
- Soundhole rosette: classic mosaic
- Bone nut and saddle
- Tuning pegs: Wittner FineTune™ internally-geared planetary pegs for flamenco guitar (look just like ebony pegs)
- Frets: 18
- Scale: 24.4”
- Strings: John Pearse Silk-and-Bronze or Aquila Nylgut™
- Neck Dimensions
- Scale 620mm (24.4”)
- Width at Nut 42mm
- Width at 14th Fret 54mm
- Thickness at 1st 20mm
- Thickness at 7th 21mm
- Radius 250mmR
- Body Dimensions
- Length 18 1/4"
- Lower Bout Width 12"
- Max Depth 3 3/4"