Small (and big) children draw guitars and other musical impressions

Willie

Even later comer, Berat Can:

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 Vihuela de mano,

illustrated in the frontispiece from Luis Milán’s "Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado el maestro", ed. Leo Schrade (Valencia, 1535; Hildesheim: G. Olms, 1967).

“Pan Jinlian toys with the pipa on a snowy night” (Pan Jinlianxueye nong pipa).

From Xiao Xiao Sheng, Xinke xiuxiang piping Jin Ping Mei, annotated by Qi Yan and Wang Rumei, Ming dynasty Chongzhen reign (1628–1644)

(Both Illustrations are from Chordophone Culture in Two Early Modern Societies: A Pipa-Vihuela Duet by James A. Millward)

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Three pictures from the book The story of SELMER MACCAFERRI guitars by François Charle (amazing how the book starts with deconstructing the myth of the selmer guitars in the preface):

(Mario Maccaferri with one of his harp guitars)

Buco

205cm and overweight Django, that's some artist's vision.

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But he knew him up close!

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Wawau Adler (55)

Django's guitar.

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I had overlooked this picture from the SELMER MACCAFERRI book:

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Helio Delmiro (born 1947) in his younger years.

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Alain Antonietto

Section of the cover of "The story of SELMER MACCAFERRI guitars" by François Charle.

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Aidina, 5

Had my Altamira with f-holes at school yesterday, Aidina made this drawing from memory.