Antonio de Lorca

Antonio de Lorca Garcia was a guitar maker in Málaga, Spain in the 19th century.  He was an excellent maker and one of the last to use the elongated body shape in Spain but at the same time used fan bracing.  In the above pictures the only non-original elements are the pegs.  The instrument that I was able to study was part of the collection of Ángel Luis Cañete of Málaga with whom I coincided at the workshop of my first teacher José Ángel Chacon.  This guitar was built in 1847 and is very similar to the Pages guitars that I have seen having a similar shape and almost identical fan braces.