I just got back from Madrid, I have a new client there, Guitarras de Luthier.  Miguel Angel Cano opened this shop less then two years ago and I was happy to see another dedicated classical guitar shop in Spain.  The excellent Casa Luthier was until then the only place you could go and see great guitars by different makers and try them out to your heart’s content.   I wanted to personally deliver the first guitar I sold there so that I could meet Miguel Angel and see the installations.  We had a good chat and the shop has a great feel to it.  It is about 50 metres from the Conservatorio Superior so the location could not be better.

I took advantage of the trip to see some old friends there but I also thought that I should stop by Calle Huertas given that I am working on the Vicente Arias copy.  The label of that guitar from 1900 shows his workshop at 29 duplicado on Huertas street. 

Oh, and why Philadelphia?  I just sent a new Torres copy to The Classical Guitar Store in Philadelphia, I am happy to have my guitars available once again in the U.S.  I spent ten years selling guitars to Guitar Salon International in Santa Monica but just last year we found we couldn’t agree on how to continue working together so we went our separate ways.