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GALLERY: Guitar Heroes – Legendary Craftsmen from Italy to New York

Rebecca Dirks

Guitars from D’Angelico, D’Aquisto, Monteleone, and Italian craftsmen featured in The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Guitar Heroes Exhibit. Photos courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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budelina
on 05/16/2011 		Chitarra-Lyra and Lyra-guitar are very different instruments. Lyra-guitars are neoclassic instruments and in particular greek-lyra with a keyboard (sometimes the keyboard is non attached to the body of instruments. Lyra-guitars were made in the later of XVIII secle and first years of XIX. Wappengitarre, Harpgitarre by Stauffer, Shenk and other and Chitarrea-Lyra by Mozzani weere born modifying guitars to add basses strings and improve bothe sound and palying over XII taste.
Rich
on 05/06/2011 		Excellent photo spread. Much better than the one on the Met website. http://www.metmuseum.org/ I am inspired to go see the exhibit. Thanks!
Ron Kerner
on 04/28/2011 		I will be going to the exhibit this weekend. John Monteleone worked on my Gibson many years ago, changed the sound dramatically.
Wolfboy1
on 04/28/2011 		Very nice photos and info. These guitars are all amazing works of art, thank-you for sharing.
Rockin' Ray
on 04/27/2011 		I saw this exhibit in person last week. AWESOME! The pictures don't do it justice. The craftsmanship is unbelievable, and what a remarkable amount of talent these luthiers had/have! Hats-off to them for their talent!
Dogrocketp
on 04/27/2011 		I own a copy of the D'Aquisto Avant Garde. It takes my breath away every time I open the case. I don't think the guys in my big band have any clue.
Larry Faehling
on 04/27/2011 		Amazingly beautiful instruments. Wish I could afford something like any of those.
mrlei
on 04/27/2011 		wow...some really beautiful work going on out here! thanks for putting this out! you folks do a really good job of letting us in on the deal! keep up the good work! peacelei



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