2014 Daryl Perry No. 195 SP/IN

This 2014 Daryl Perry No. 195 is a spruce and Indian rosewood classical guitar inspired by the second-epoch guitars of Antonio de Torres.

In the Style of Torres

It is not a reproduction, but its structure and look draw on various Torres guitars, in the elegant and slightly understated style of his second epoch: simple banded purfling, a rosette of diamond-shaped mosaics enclosed by red and green ovals, and a rounded heel cap. The label is numbered 195.

Sound and Condition

Even when new, Perry’s guitars have an older, played-in, “antique” quality of sound – lush, warm and loose – and with years of regular use this one has plenty of old-world charm, with impressive volume and great balance. It had no damage or repairs, only mild playing wear in the finish.

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.