2/12/2023 0 Comments Kithara dos enablerAntonio Torres increased the body size and the width of the neck, he increased the scale length, he introduced the seven fan braces instead of three to make a thinner soundboard and improved internal bracing. In time they were adapted to small variations and eventually identified as flamenco guitars. Local Gypsies could only afford these cheap guitars to play flamenco. Most of Antonio Torres his guitars all were cheap flamenco guitars, the ones made from cypress wood instead of from the precious woods from Latin America. ![]() For more information please read Jose Romanillos his wonderful book from 1997, Antonio de Torres his life and work. It was the legendary Spanish guitar maker Antonio Torres (1817–1892) of Seville, at the end of the 19th century, that succeeded in making the guitar required to accompany flamenco singing and dance, giving the guitar its definitive form. ![]() What are the differences between classical and flamenco guitars?.
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