1918 Enrique Garcia
No. 195. Spruce top, Brazilian rosewood sides and back, 645 mm scale, original untouched condition. Garcia made his guitars in 3 different body sizes using various scale lengths, and with three different levels of decoration, this example being the largest and most complex offered by Garcia. Additionally it has a brass tornavoz mounted which was a common option offered by Garcia.
The machine heads have the additional bone “pips” added to the rollers, a device invented and patented by Dr. Jimenez Barcelo in 1905. This instrument like most Garcias has 8 rather than 7 fan struts, with the extra fans being mounted on the treble side of the top.
The original buyer of this guitar, Virgilio Magnasco, was a student of both Antonio Sinopoli and Domingo Prat, who mentions Magnasco in his Diccionario de Guitarristas y Guitarreros published in 1934 on page 187, where he specifically mentions this Garcia owned by Magnasco, describing it as a true jewel of an instrument.
