A rarity is this Luigi Filano romantic guitar from 1819, an interesting piece of guitar history from a great luthier.

Luigi Filano is the son of Donato Filiano. Like his father, he too has devoted himself mainly to the construction of guitars and mandolins. Through this specialization both of them made a name for themselves in plucked instrument making and are remembered by posterity as very good guitar builders.
Their guitars adorn important collections, such as the royal collection in Berlin or the music historical museum in Stockholm.

This guitar from 1819 is one of Luigi Filano’s masterpieces. This guitar is built as light as a feather and is perfectly worked out in every detail.
This gives it a resonance like no other romantic guitar we have had so far. The guitar has a very fast response and can be surprisingly loud. At the same time it retains a wide range of beautiful timbres in all registers.

The guitar is now unbelievable 201 years old and as you can see, time has not left it untouched.
It has recently been completely restored to make it ready to play. Many cracks have been repaired and in all this care has been taken to keep the sound and playability at the highest level.

The guitar has a spruce top and beautiful flamed maple back and sides. All around the guitar has received the most beautiful inlays and ornaments.

The measurements are:

scale length: 648 mm
nut width: 46 mm
total length: 940 mm
upper bout: 225 mm
waist: 165 mm
lower bout: 295 mm
side depth: 98 mm lower bout and 95 mm upper bout