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More ZOO Duo video..
Singapore Guitar Show 2011, December 3 and 4
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This is the premier event in South East Asia devoted to the appreciation of fine
guitars and the art of guitar building. The exhibition is organised by
Guitarbench.com- an online guitar magazine seeking to bring it's digital
content to the public by allowing visitors to see, play, hear and buy the
best guitars and accessories from around the world!
Held at Suntec Exhibition Centre, Singapore from Dec 3-4, the Singapore
Guitar Show 2011 offers all guitar fans the opportunity to come together
and experience the most beautiful guitars handcrafted by world-class builders
and workshops as well as shop for strings and accessories.
Angela will be taking four guitars to show and sell in Singapore - a concert
guitar; two Granges (one short scale) and a treble.
More information at
www.singaporeguitarshow.com
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Bryce Jacobs
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Bryce and his Caldersmith magnum guitar are getting more Hollywood moments! This time
it's the new Dream Works animated film "Puss in Boots" featuring a Spanish ginger cat
roaming the wild west with Antonio Banderas as the voice. The film has a hugely
guitar driven score in which Bryce had to play a few different string instruments
with the only nylon guitar being the magnum. "It's hilarious stuff ........... and
there are many nice emotional moments in the score where the Magnum gets to
really sing out".
www.brycejacobs.com
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ZOO Duo clip..
Testimonials
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From time to time we receive email or mail from musicians. Here is a recent one from France....
......the more I played it the more
there was to discover, little by little I could
hear her awake and changing, better and better, notes after notes..... Quite
amazing, a very good experience in fact, a wonderful instrument, from the
choice of the gorgeous woods to the deep powerful tone, to the perfect set
up. The projection is impressive, but the key is that the sound keep remaining
sweet and mellow, I noticed that this one has a lot of overtones that gives a
delightful kind of natural reverb that emphasis any phrasing giving lyrical to
it. I really enjoyed this guitar, I think it should be any player's dream.
Philippe Mariotti,
Maillane, FRANCE
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More testimonials can be found on
our Testimonials Page.
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Guitars under construction
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- Cedar/Rosewood Concert #87
- Cedar/Rosewood Concert #88
- Cedar/Blackwood Grange #49
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Paulownia - a new lattice material
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Rye (our trainee) recently made a surfboard from Paulownia
wood (better than balsa as it don't need to be glassed!)
and then suggested we try using it for our Grange lattices.
Paulownia is native to China and cultivated extensively
across Eastern Asia, but is also now being used for reforestation
programmes in other countries, including Australia - many of the
hippies in our area had the foresight to plant paulownias 15 - 20
years ago so there are now quite a few mature trees around.
Paulownia is deciduous and very fast growing with beautiful large
flowers rather like a foxglove. The wood is very light, open
grained, soft and warp resistant - it also has a low silica
content so is kind to the machine blades! In China and
Korea, paulownia is used for the soundboards of some stringed
instruments and in Japan it is used for chests and boxes; the
wood is burned to make charcoal for sketching and powder for
fireworks.
Here in Comboyne, we found we were able to make paulownia lattices
almost 30% lighter than our high grade cedar ones, meaning we can
keep the same resonances and frequencies but have a more acoustically
efficient soundboard due to its light weight.
Thanks Rye!!
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EUROPEAN LIASON
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London - Grange guitars continue to be available at London Guitar
Studio. Grange # 43 is currently available for trial at 62 Duke
Street, W1 where Juan, Stephanie and Pam will give you a warm
welcome. Details of this guitar on our For Sale page.
Visit to Budapest - Angela again visited Segovia Guitars where
she met with owner Peter Tornai and his colleague (and interpreter)
Zolt. Segovia Guitars are now stocking Caldersmith Grange guitars
with a view to having Concert guitars available by the end of the year.
Angela and Zolt outside the shop
shop interior
Zolt and Peter playing
She also met guitarist Arpad Kato, a teacher at "Weiner Leó Zeneiskola és
Zenemüvészeti Szakközépiskola", the biggest high school with musical profile
in Hungary. Arpad is looking at purchasing a spruce-top Grange guitar.
Arpad Kato
La France - In Paris, Angela went to L'Ecole Normale to meet with Rafael
Andia and some of his students. L'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris was
founded in 1919 and is now one of the last private consevatories in
Europe. It is housed in a 'historic landmark' building of the Belle
Epoque period in the 17th Arrondissment.
Front Doors
Stairwell
Here she was finally able to meet the delightful Sebastien
Llinares, one of Rafael's students and a Caldersmith owner.
Sebastien Llinares
Claire Sananikone was a wonderful hostess and took Angela
to L'Atelier (guitar shop) where she met Claire's friend
Clement Foulain who works in L'Atelier and also writes for
the classical guitar magazine.
Clement and Claire
Finally, Angela met with Andre Blanc, who will now be a contact
for Caldersmith Concert guitars in Western Europe. Andre is
based in Paris and can be contacted on :
andre@latticeconcertguitar.com
Andre Blanc
Thanks to Andre, our latest Caldersmith Concert guitar owner
is Nicolas Lestoquoy. Nicolas plays Concert #83 in the
following You Tube clip.
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Caldersmith guitars in Melbourne
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We now have both concert and 'Grange' guitars available
in Melbourne with Pierre Herrero. Pierre's showroom is at 52
Park Street, South Melbourne and his website can be found at
www.guitarsonline.com.au.
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*Background Music: "The Frog Galliard" - John Dowland. Played by Alessandro D'Aco on his Caldersmith Concert Guitar. |
