1915 Manuel Ramirez Restoration

[schrammguitars]

Here is a video I took the other day at my friends shop. He is restoring his 1915 M.Ramirez with original tornavoz.


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[Kim]

Wow David

Thank you so much for making this vid availiable to us.

This is a very rare opertunity to look 'inside' at the work of a master and see it in fantasic detail through a lens that knows exactly what to look for, very valuable material indeed.

Must also add that your polished performance of the sound track was pure joy to listen to and I enjoyed it just as much as the video itself

Cheers

Kim

[Allen]

I'm presuming that the white line down the top is a fresh splinter of spruce inlaid for a crack repair. What else was needing repair and restoration? Doesn't look to be in bad nic for a guitar that old.

[Nick]

Thanks for the "birdseye" view David (**Groan** ). Did your friend receive it with the soundboard cracks repaired or is that what he's done on it so far?
Nice tasty bit of playing too!

[charangohabsburg]

Thanks David. I always find it interesting to look at the guts of old guitars.
Nice playing too!

[J.F. Custom]

Great!

Very interesting, thanks for the effort David.

Is this Tornavoz made of Brass or aluminium or what? I think Torres used brass but possibly only because alloy wasn't available for him.

I've just installed a timber one on... of all things, a tenor uke I'm building. My first experiment with the Tornavoz but I'll be trying more in time.

Jeremy.

[MattW]

Aluminum was worth a fortune around 1900 due to electricity being so new and expensive so it was costly to smelt. Brass would have been a lot cheaper.