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Testimonials from some of our customers are available >>> here.


Quentin Arnold

Quentin Arnold




Nelleke Ter Berg

Nelleke Ter Berg




Claire Sananikone

Claire Sananikone.

Claire Sananikone is a student at Paris Conservatoire de National Superieur de Musique and winner of several international competitions.

Claire Sananikone in Berlin.
YouTube video of Claire Sananikone in Berlin.

Claire has been successful in the following guitar competitions during October and November 2010:
  • 3rd prize in the Berlin International Guitar Competition and Festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpJaa06GEaE&feature=related
  • 2nd prize and special prize in Certamen Internacional de Guitarra de Barcelona 'Miguel Llobet'
  • 2nd prize in Certamen de Guitarra Ciudad de Llerena
  • 3rd prize in Rust competition in Austria.


Rafael Andia

Rafael Andia

Rafael Andia, Professor of Guitar at L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris pictured playing his first public performance with Concert Caldersmith # 67. As part of the annual Festival de Benicassim in Spain, the tradition is that a celebrated guitarist plays on the grave of Francisco Tarrega.

Dietmar Garn

Dietmar Garn.

Dietmar Garn, German guitar virtuoso, plays Caldersmith Concert Guitar #56. www.dietmar-garn-guitar.de.

'Leyenda de Espana by Agustin Barrios "Leyenda de Espana by Agustin Barrios.
'Preludio' by Manuel Maria Ponce "Preludio" by Manuel Maria Ponce.

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Sydney CGS Summer School

Sydney CGS Summer School

We received this photo from Brian O'Toole. It's a gaggle of Caldersmith owners at the recent Sydney CGS Summer School.

From L to R ....... Brian O'Toole, David Buckley, Kiera Beattie, Greg Allardice and Nick Repin.

Hildegard van der Griendt

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Hildegard van der Griendt, Holland, with her Caldersmith Octave. Hildegard plays with the Eindhoven Guitaarensemble 'No Way!'

David Buckley

David Buckley

David Buckley, Canberra, with his 'Tassie Tiger' Grange guitar.

Tom Morgan

Tom Morgan

Tom is shown here performing at a Breast Cancer charity event in Sydney.

Greg Allardice

Greg Allardice

Greg Allardice, from Sydney, with his concert guitar #77.

Chris Wells

Chris Wells

Chris Wells, from Canberra, whose concert guitar has a D extension on the 6th string.

Riley Morse

Riley Morse

Riley Morse from Darwin pictured with his Grange #31.

Ian Macpherson

Ian Macpherson

Ian Macpherson from Townsville pictured with his Caldersmith Magnum (670mm string length). Ian hopes to study guitar at Canberra School of Music in 2010.

Neil Adamson

Neil Adamson

Neil Adamson from Melbourne playing his Grange guitar.

Peter Constant

Peter Constant

Peter Constant playing his Terz guitar .

Steve Thorneycroft

Steve Thorneycroft.

Steve Thorneycroft ( EphenStephen duo and member of UNE music staff) pictured trying the guitar (Grange #21) he later decided to buy.

Benjamin Dix (Mentone, Melbourne)

Benjamin Dix

Benjamin pictured with his Caldersmith Concert Guitar (number 60). Ben has studied and taught at Victorian College of the Arts and performs as a member of Melbourne Guitar Quartet.

Jasper van Blerkum

Jasper van Blerkum.

Jasper van Blerkum from Weesp in the Netherlands is pictured playing his Caldersmith Grange in a performance of two Garcia Lorca plays.

Les Deux Amis - Eric Cathan & Giuseppe Zangari

Les  Deux  Amis  - Eric Cathan & Giuseppe Zangari.

We hosted a concert given by Eric and Giuseppe at the church across the road in Comboyne. It was a terrific program enjoyed by a packed house/church! For the final piece, they played together on the two recently finished treble/requinto guitars before we packed them off to the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. The dog was not part of performance - this photo was taken during rehearsal!

Eric Cathan

Eric Cathan

Eric Cathan is shown here with his Concert #62 'Firebird'

Michelle and Jessica Fletcher

Michelle and Jessica Fletcher

Sisters Michelle and Jessica Fletcher from Bellambi on the South Coast, playing Caldersmith Concert Guitars numbers 55 and 41. The sisters are both students of Leisa Adlington in Wollongong.

Kiera Beattie

Kiera Beattie

Kiera Beattie of Westleigh in Sydney with her Caldersmith Concert Guitar number 57. Kiera is a student of Greg Pikler at Sydney Conservatorium.

Matt Nolan

Matt Nolan

Matt Nolan is shown here with his Grange #20. Matt finish his Honours in Music at UNE, Armidale mid 2010.

Gilles Boyer

Gilles Boyer

Gilles Boyer is a fourth year student at L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, studying under Rafael Andia.

Ned Lis-Clark (Aranda, ACT)

Ned Lis-Clarke

Ned is shown here with his left handed Grange guitar.

Perry Blackmore

Perry Blackmore

Perry Blackmore with his family and Grange # 10

Peter Elfar

Peter Elfar

Peter Elfar, our friendly dentist with Grange # 11.

Daniel Ivanek

Daniel Ivanek

Daniel Ivanek (Ivo) from Sydney rock band Zenalith, is also a classical player and is pictured here with his Grange #8.

Alexander Pitsch

Alexander Pitsch

Alexander Pitsch from Cessnock, NSW, with Grange #5.

Howard Mitchell and Claudie Moffat

Howard Mitchell Claudie Moffat

Howard Mitchell and Claudie Moffat, pictured at the 2006 Summer School at Ascham with their Caldersmith Concert guitars.

Ben Dean

Ben Dean

This recording of 'Sleepwalker in a Storm' was produced by Warwick Payne, and performed by the composer, Ben Dean, who plays a Caldersmith guitar. To purchase a copy of the score, contact the composer by email: dreamingmoth@hotmail.com.

Sleepwalker in a Storm

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Du Yipeng

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Du Yipeng is pictured at the 2004 Australian Guitar Festival in Newcastle.

John Dunwoodie

John Dunwoodie

John Dunwoodie from Saratoga on the Central Coast of N.S.W. with Grange # 15.

Caldersmith Guitars played by:

Ai Than, Sydney, NSW : 'Super Grange' Aleksei Shaw, Canberra, ACT : 'Super Grange'
Alessandro D'Aco, Foggia, Italy : Concert Alex Harris, Yeppoon, QLD : Concert
Alex Judge, Sydney, NSW : Grange Alexander Pitsch : Grange
Allen Lo, Melbourne : Concert Arpad Kato, Budapest : Grange
Ascham School, Sydney : 2 trebles Ben Dean : Concert
Benjamin Bruant, Le Havre, France : Concert Benjamin Dix : Concert
Bill Harrison : Grange Brett Jarcevic, Melbourne : Grange
Brian O'Toole, Sydney : Grange Bruce Stevenson, Sydney : Concert
Bryce Jacobs, Los Angeles : Magnum Charles Casey, Sydney : Grange
Chris Keane : Treble Claire Sananikone (ParisFrance ) : Short Scale Concert
Claudia Moffat : Concert Conrad Chui, Melbourne : Grange
Cranbrook Guitar Ensemble : 4 Trebles and 1 Bass Daniel Acsardi (USA) : Concert
Daniel Ivanek : Grange Danny Notley : Concert
David Buckley, Canberra : Grange Dennis van Rooyen, Dungog : Concert
Dietmar Garn (Germany) : Concert Dion Foulkes, Central Coast : Concert
Dominic Williams, Melbourne : Concert Du Yipeng (China) : Concert
Elizabeth Johnson : Concert Elizabeth Riquelme : Concert
Eric Cathan : Concert Esa Janara, Cooma : Grange
Fahran Washington, London : Concert Glen Heath : Cutaway Concert
Guitar Trek : Bass and Baritone Haddon Spurgeon : Concert
Hildegard van der Griendt, Eindhoven, Netherlands : Octave Howard Mitchell : Concert
Ian MacPherson, Townsville : Magnum Jessica and Michelle Fletcher : Concerts
Johannes Werner, Germany : Grange John Dunwoodie, Saratoga, Central Coast : Grange
John Migliaccio : Concert John Wong : Concert
Karin Schaupp : Octave Katherine Dinale, Canberra : Grange
Kiera Beattie : Concert Leisa Adlington : Concert
Marguerite Fisher : Concert Ned Clark, Canberra : Grange
Neil Adamson, Melbourne, VIC : Grange Nelleke ter Berg, Netherlands : Octave
Netherlands Youth Guitar Orchestra : Classical Bass, 2 Octaves Nick Repin, Newrybar, NSW : Concert
Nicolas Lestoquoy : Concert Olivier Castain, France : Concert
Perry Blackmore : Grange Peter Constant : Terz
Peter Richards : Concert Rafael Andia : Concert
Ralph Towner (USA/Italy) : Baritone Riley Morse, Darwin : Grange
Roger Lock : Concert Russell Carter, Darwin : Grange
Sebastien Llinares, Paris, FRANCE : Concert Simon Powis : Concert
Slava Grigoryan : Baritone Sohyun Kim, Sydney : Grange
Steve Thorneycroft, Armidale, NSW : Grange Sydney Classical Guitar Society : Treble
Sydney Classical Guitar Society : Treble Sydney Grammar Guitar Ensemble : 2 Trebles and 1 Bass
Tom Morgan : Concert Tony Chadwick : Grange
Townsville Guitar Orchestra : Treble Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne : Classical Bass, Baritone, 2 Trebles
Zoo Duo (Peter Constant,Marion Schaap), Almere, Netherlands : Baritone,2xTreble






*Background Music: John O'Shaunessy playing a Brazilian Rosewood Grange.

 

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