2004 Daryl Perry SP/IN

This 2004 Daryl Perry is a spruce and Indian rosewood classical guitar inspired by Antonio de Torres, with mother-of-pearl in the bridge.

Torres Details

Not a reproduction, it draws on Torres in structure and looks: banded purfling, a classic rosette with herringbone on green in the central area usually reserved for mosaics, mother-of-pearl inlays in the bridge and a rounded heel cap. The signed label reads “Winnipeg 2004 Canada”.

Sound

Lush, warm and loose, like a great Torres that has been well played and aged, with impressive volume and great balance. Saro Babikian plays Komitas’s “Gakavig” and Brouwer’s “Tres Apuntes” No. 1 on it in the videos above.

Daryl Perry: Canada’s Master of the Torres Tradition

Canadian luthier Daryl Perry has been a full-time guitar maker in Winnipeg since 1982, and his son Jesse now works with him in the workshop. Early in his career he was introduced to the ideas of the Torres–Hauser school through José Luis Romanillos, and he has worked with them ever since, building concert guitars and historical reproductions with no carbon fiber, one sound hole and one soundboard.

Lutes, Research and Concert Artists

Grants for his work allowed him to do historical research in Europe and North America, and he has also built Renaissance and Baroque lutes. In 1994 two of his guitars were shown at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec. Fábio Zanon, Marcin Dylla, Johan Fostier, Jérôme Ducharme and Paolo Pegoraro have performed on Perry guitars, and Roland Dyens recorded “Sor and Giuliani” (2006) and “Naguele Tempo” (2008) on one.