A 'Legnani model' Guitar by Pierre René Lacote, Paris 1827, including items relating to the Pelzer family
Price Sold
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Estimates
GBP: £3,000 - £5,000
USD: $4,927.53 - $8,212.55
EUR: €3,611.34 - €6,018.90
JPY: ¥514,521 - ¥857,535
KRW: ₩5,259,840 - ₩8,766,400
Lot Title
A 'Legnani model' Guitar by Pierre René Lacote, Paris 1827, including items relating to the Pelzer family
Description
Mahogany back and sides, spruce soundboard, neck with veneer and contemporary Anglicised mahogany head with Baker-style machine-heads. Twenty-one frets. This lot comes with many items relating to the Pelzer family, and includes: printed music by Madame Pratten (5 books), a printed portrait of Catherina Pelzer (age nine), advertising pertaining to Madame Giulia Pelzer, two postcard letters in Giulia Pelzer's hand, gut strings, guitar and string receipts, and one booklet titled: 'The Guitar' by Giulia Pelzer. Note: This guitar belonged to a Miss Harrison who was a pupil of Madame Pratten's sister, Giulia Pelzer. Although Lacote usually veneered his necks with matching wood as that of the back, these so-called 'Legnani models' (with pronounced curvaceous body, extra frets and a Stauffer-like string-length of 590mm) have veneered necks irrespective of the wood used for the back. Many French-made guitars, upon arrival into England, were routinely converted from wooden tuning pegs to accommodate tuning machines; usually at the request of the teacher.
Dimensions
String length 590mm
Maker
Category
Guitar
Date
1827
Origin
Paris, France
Auctioneer
Brompton's
Date Sold
October 2014
Lot Number
171
Pierre René Lacote Auction Results
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