Introduction

Playing the classical guitar has been a passion for me for over 30 years and having always played on very modest guitars it was not until I received my Romanillos guitar (for which I waited for so long that I'd forgotten about it) that I realised what I had been missing. I had heard of Torres, Hauser, Fleta, Romanillos et al but never had the opportunity to play these instruments. I was also aware of how ignorant I was about the construction of the guitar and how different they could sound.

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It was after getting my beautiful Romanillos and my subsequent friendship with Liam Romanillos that I became interested in the construction and history of the guitar and the gallery is dedicated to the art of the luthier.

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Over the years I have collected many beautiful instruments but have always been aware that they were built to be played and not hidden from view as is the case in some other collections.  My main interest is in the ‘modern’ classical guitar (ie post Antonio Torres) although there are a few older instruments which serve to demonstrate the development of the guitar.

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So, in order to give something back to the instrument I love, I have decided to make my collection accessible to players to play and luthiers to inspect.