1964 Hernández y Aguado SP/CSAR

Year	1964
Top	Spruce
Back & Sides	CSA Rosewood
Scale Length	655 mm
Nut width	52 mm
Finish	French Polish
Country	Spain
Luthier	Hernández y Aguado

This guitar is no longer available in our inventory. If it interests you, click the ”notify me when available” button to be notified in the event that we re-acquire this guitar for re-sale.

Inquire

The heel and back binding of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The soundboard of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The headstock and tuners of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The bridge, tie-block and saddle of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The back and sides at the foot of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The front of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The side of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The back of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The rosette of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The headstock of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

The label of a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado classical guitar made of spruce and CSA rosewood

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "June: Barcarolle" played by Lovro Peretić on a 1964 Hernandez y Aguado

Description

This 1964 Hernández y Aguado is a spruce and CSA rosewood classical guitar made in Madrid, No. 280, with its label signed by the makers.

No. 280: No Cracks, No Repairs

This is a particularly beautiful example in amazing condition with no cracks, no repairs – absolutely stunning. The original machines have been replaced with an elegant set of Rodgers tuners, first-class. Apart from some mild wear in the finish, the guitar is incredibly preserved.

The Classic "HyA" Voice

Its sound is as expected from a great "HyA" – as distinctive as its appearance. A crisp, "snappy" attack, almost like a snare drum, opens each note, and an airy, lightweight body follows. Quick, busy music comes across with great clarity and precision, and slower music is very expressive and lyrical.

Background

Hernández y Aguado: From Pianos to Guitars in Madrid

Manuel Hernández (1895–1975) and Victoriano Aguado (1897–1982) met and became friends while working together in a piano factory. They eventually formed a partnership and set up their own piano (and furniture) repair shop in Madrid. As legend has it, their great interest in the art of guitar making was secured sometime in the 1940s, when they leased out some space in their shop to Modesto Borreguero (one of the famed Manuel Ramírez workers) and became intrigued with his guitar making skills.

A Unique Shape and Sound

Hernández y Aguado instruments remain unique in the canon of great makers – they have an almost pear-like shape (or as we say, the plantilla is "pregnant at the hips"), the interior is typically varnished just like the exterior, and they are decorated with unusually thin rosettes and ornately carved headstocks. Very responsive and musical, these guitars have been played throughout the decades by such greats as Regino Sainz de la Maza, John Williams, Julian Bream and, in more recent years, Graham Anthony Devine.