DANISH GUITARS - AND THEIR MAKERS

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DANISH GUITARS - AND THEIR MAKERS by Kenneth Brogger: A lovely book showcasing Danish made guitars from 1777 to the present. Features 37 makers and 98 instruments including early classical gut string guitars, steel string guitars, jazz guitars, modern classical, electric guitars, and the guitar lute (aka the Swedish lute or arche-lut). Each maker is presented chronologically with a biography, one or more guitars with specifications, and detailed color photos of headstocks, rosettes, ornate bridges, inlays and other intricate designs. Makers include Johannes Peter Linck, Heinrich Brinkopff, Brodrene Gade, Jens Nielsen Gade, Soren Nielsen Gade, Emilius Nicolai Scheer, Lundfred Lund, Lars Christian Henric Larsen, Carl Knudsen, Peder Stochholm, Mogens Christensen, Thorvald Lund, Johannes Moller, Just Povlsen, Hans Frederik Jensen, Svend Georg Laiving, Arne Schlunsen, Harald Petersen, Anders Thomsen, Yngve Barslev, Hans Ludvigsen, Johnny Morch, Kenneth Brogger, Frank Borman, Denis Dalsgaard, Cesare Camiolo, Ivan Nio, Ole Kehlet, Niels-Christian Nimskov, Soren Torp Nielsen (Severin), Klaus Toft Jacobsen, Victor Smith (Flatbush), Peter Emil Jakobsen, Claus Romer, Kim Gerling, Henning Hansen (H.M.H.), and Peter Rahbek. With text in Danish and English. Hardcover. 212 pp.
#570-1 .. $115.00

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