Historic Guitar Markers of the Valencia School
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Alcaraz, Juan (Valencia c. 1850)
Juan Alcaraz was a luthier in Valencia around the middle of the nineteenth century active from 1843 to 1867. In addition to guitars, he made cellos and contra basses.
Joaquín Bargues (Valencia active c. 1900)
Joaquín Bargues was a guitar maker active in Valencia active prior to World War I.
Salvador Blanch (Valencia c. 1900)
Salvador Blanch was a well-known maker with a reputation for making pretty guitars who was active in Valencia prior to World War I. He also made a few violins.
José Boludo (Valencia c. 1900)
José Boludo was a guitar maker who was active in Valencia at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Beltran Salvador Calatayud (Valencia c. first half 20th century)
Beltran Salvador Calatayud was of Basque origin, but plied his trade in Valencia in the first half of the twentieth century.
Ramon Castelló (Valencia, active c. 1930).
Ramon Castelló, a luthier in Valencia, was among the most famous guitar makers of the Levant. In addition to guitars, he also built bandurrias.
Salvador Gaspar (Turia, Valencia active c. 1930)
Salvador Gaspar was a luthier from Turia, Valencia active circa 1930.
Salvador Ibañez (Valencia, active c. 1875-1920).
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Salvador Ibañez, a luthier active in Valencia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He first had a shop on the calle Baja San Francisco, then in the late nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth century he moved his shop to calle Padre Rico. He has been described as a man of determination who starting with a small workshop slowly built his business at the expense of his competitors into the largest guitar factory in Spain. He had two sons who took over the firm after his death in 1920. |
Telesforo Julve (Valencia, active c. 1890s-1930s)
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Telesforo Julve was a luthier with a good reputation that was active in
Valencia circa from the late nineteenth century into the 1930s. Like many luthiers of the period, he built guitars
with a tornavoz. His shop was located on the Arzobispo Mayoral, No. 13.
Photograph courtesy of Felix Manzanero. |
Andrés Marin Terz, (Valencia, active 1880s-1930s)
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Andrés Marin was one of the most renowned makers in
Valencia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. According to his
label, he had won medals for his guitars in 1882 and 1883. His shop was on the
Calle de Barcelona, No. 15.
Photograph courtesy of Felix Manzanero. |
Parres y Cía (Valencia c. 1860-1880)
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Parres y Cía seems to have made guitars in Valencia in the
second half of the nineteenth century. A couple of examples are listed in the
Felix Manzanero collection.
Photograph courtesy of Felix Manzanero. |
Francisco Pau (Valencia, active late 19th century)
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Francisco Pau was another member of the Pau family of makers
active in the late 19th century. An example of one of his guitars made in 1880
is listed in the collection of Felix Manzanero.
Photograph courtesy of Felix Manzanero. |
José Pau (Valencia, active late 19th century)
José Pau was a luthier from Valencia who in the late nineteenth century moved to Uruguay.
Salvador Pau (Valencia, active c. 1830s-1850s)
Salavador Pau was a guitar maker in Valencia active in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Manuel Pérez (Valencia, active c. 1840s)
Manuel Pérez was a guitar maker active in Valencia circa 1840s.
Juan Ponce (Valencia, active c. 1880)
Juan Ponce was a guitar maker in Valencia in the later part of the nineteenth century. One of his guitars made in 1880 is listed in the collection of Felix Manzanero.
Luis Reig (Valencia, active c. 1840s-1850s)
Luis Reig was a guitar maker from Valencia active around the middle of the nineteenth century whose guitars were awarded prizes by the King of Spain. His guitars followed French tastes. The one in the Manzanero collection made in 1845 is elaborately decorated and shows the high quality of his work.
Alejandro Roca (Valencia, active c. 1850s)
Alejandro Roca was a guitar builder who apparently worked with his brothers and was active in Valencia in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Salvador Sáncho (Valencia, active c. 1860-1920)
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Salvador Sáncho was a luthier from Valencia that was active at the
beginning of the twentieth century. An example of one his guitars built in 1860
is listed in the collection of Felix Manzanero. He spent some time in Argentina, but was
unable to make a living there, and returned to Spain in 1912. He appears to
have died in Valencia in 1920.
Photograph courtesy of Felix Manzanero. |
Ricardo Sánchís Nacher (Valencia, 1881-1960)
Founder of the Sanchis factory, Ricardo established a workshop in 1915 in Masanana in the Province of Valencia. His guitars were patterned after the school or Salvador Ibáñez. However, he had close personal ties with Domingo Esteso and Manuel Ramirez as well.
Vicente Saurit (Valencia, active c. 1930)
Vicente Saurit was a luthier active in Valencia circa 1930 whose shop was on Pasaje Santa Lucia, no. 87. His guitars were noted from their exceptional voices.
Sentchordi Hermanos (Valencia, active c. 1861-1905)
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The Sentchordi Hermanos firm made a variety of guitars, bandurrias, and other instruments in Valencia from 1861 until 1905. The shop was on the Calle de la Bolseria No. 5. and the two brothers traced their roots to Manuel Sentchordi (1700-1765). |
Manuel Sentchordi (Valencia, b. 1700 d. 1765)
Manuel Sentchordi was born in Valencia about 1700. He made both guitars and violins. Some of his guitars made in his shop of the calle Nazaret in the 1720s have survived. They are beautiful instruments that reveal his skills at doing inlays. His violins, violas, and cellos, however, do not show the same levels of skill.
Miguel Simón Moya (Valencia, active 1860s)
Miguel Simón Moya was a guitar maker active in Valencia circa the 1860s.
Vicente Tatay (Valencia, active c. 1890s-1930s)
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Vicente Tatay was a guitar maker in Valencia. Vicente established his
workshop in 1894. It was like most workshops of the era with the father teaching
and supervising his sons so that some day they could take over the family
business. The family business soon began to grow, and they had to hire extra
help to meet the demand. They slowly began to look for ways to increase their
production by mechanizing some aspects of building. Thus, slowly but surely their
workshop was transformed into a factory. The firm Vicente Tatay founded has grown into a major factory producing
some 40,000 instruments a year.
Photograph courtesy of Felix Manzanero. |
Francisco Torres (Valencia, active c. 1930)
Francisco Torres was a guitar maker in Valencia who had his shop on the calle Recaredo No. 86. Active circa 1930, he founded a factory that exported guitars world wide.
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