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José (Josef) Pagés, brother of Juan Pages, was born in Ecija, Sevilla. He went to Cadiz, probably around 1760.
He was a leading member of the Cádiz school. José also was among those who first were developing fan bracing. Starting with systems of three braces, like the early guitars of Sanguino and Benedid, his later instruments used five.
The great Spanish composer and guitarist Fernando Sor thought highly of Pagés’s guitars, stating ‘The guitars to which I have always given preference are those of Alonso of Madrid, Pagés and Benediz of Cádiz, Joseph and Manuel Martinez of Malaga …
The Pagés are also mention by the composer Dionisio Aguado has among the makers he would recommend. José Pagés was active from the 1790s to 1819.
José Pagés guitars later on greatly influenced Louis Panormo, who used similar fan strutting designs and similar proportions for the body of the guitar.
This great example of a guitar can be dated around the turn of the century (~1800). It is shown in the famous book of Luis F. Leal Pinear (Gitarreros de Andalucia) on page 143, where pictures of exactly this guitar are shown.
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.
Truely an impressive masterpiece.
It was part of an important collection and has been completely restored to make it ready to play. The cracks have been repaired and in all this care has been taken to keep the sound and playability at the highest level.
It comes with a newer case.
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