THE ANGELO GILARDINO COLLECTION
GUITAR Lorenzo Bellafontana
Genoa 1952
Year: 1952
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Indian Rosewood
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
(Genoa, 15th of July 1906 – San Michele Mondovi, June 30th 1979)
The guitar presented here is a particularly representative instrument of this important Genoese author, who throughout his professional life has dealt with both plucked instruments and bowed instruments, reaching in both cases highly professional levels of work.
His guitars(over a hundred),however they are rare. Comes with original custom case.
GUITAR Louis Mozzani
no.36
Year: presumably 1936
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Indian Rosewood
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
It is a rare guitar produced by Luigi Mozzani, marked with the number 36, built according to the "Spanish model", used by this important and multifaceted character in the history of the Italian, European and international guitar.
Still all original, it has a beautiful and versatile sound that is very suitable for the most classic repertoire of the early 1900s.
GUITAR Nicholas De Bonis
Bisignano 1974
Year: 1974
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Indian Rosewood
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
The brothers Vincenzo and Nicola De Bonis carried on the historic family lutherie tradition of Bisignano (Cosenza) until a few years ago. Nicola has also built stringed instruments, which are very rare, but the guitar is the instrument in which he effectively expresses his understanding of the work of an excellent luthier. In this guitar of his, an instrument of great charm, with a complete and balanced sound, perfectly preserved today, we find all his qualitative characteristics as a craftsman-artist.
GUITAR Peter Gallinotti
Soleros 1939
Year: 1939
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Mahogany
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
Gallinotti was well known for his production of stringed instruments in which he reached remarkable levels. He began building guitars around 1915, in particular drawing inspiration from historical authors such as the Guadagninis. With an inversely proportional production of stringed instruments, it was after the 1930s that a more assiduous interest in the guitar began to show, which slowly became his only interest as a luthier and builder.
This slender and delicate, light and essential model very clearly expresses his vision of the guitar of the time.
GUITAR Peter Gallinotti
solero1942 - ex Benvenuto Terzi
Year: 1942
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Mahogany
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
Guitar strongly inspired by the historic Spanish models, from which he drew inspiration to experiment with the acoustic adoption of the "Tornavoz".
GUITAR Peter Gallinotti
Solero 1954 - ex Mario Gangi
Year: 1954
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Indian Rosewood
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
The guitar presented here is one of the instruments that best represented Gallinotti's qualitative production, thanks to the artistic collaboration of the guitarist Mario Gangi, one of the most important and representative Italian guitarists of the mid-1900s, who used it for most of the his artistic career. In fact, with Gangi, the guitar was able to make itself known to the general public also thanks to its repeated presence as a guest on RAI radio and television programs.
GUITAR Peter Gallinotti
Soleros 1966
Year: 2008
Soundboard: Italian fir
Bottom and Sides: Indian Rosewood
Tuning fork:650mm
Paintwork: Shellac
This guitar from the period of Gallinotti's full maturity (built at the age of 81, he lived to be 94), still denotes the ability and lucidity of a young luthier. An instrument of great aesthetic character with a choice of top quality materials, it strongly recalls the Spanish tradition school of the early 1900s from which it often drew inspiration.
A guitar that is still very current in terms of sound and balance.
