Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
He
moved to Granada at a very young age, where he started studying
medicine. But he liked the zambra (flamenco bar) in Sacromonte,
and he built a guitar for himself so he could play in the zambra. His
guitar was so popular that he set up his first workshop in Calle
Jarrera (1875). Later on, he moved to Callejn de las Campanas,
and finally, to Calle Santiago.
His love for string instruments makes him good at playing some of
them: the bandurria the lute and the guitar, at least enough to
know if they sound good or not.
He also had the habit, shared with many young guitar makers, of
selling his instruments without label to veterans. Luckily, he
overcame that shyness and since then the instruments have his
own label. In the end, it is he who runs the workshop and