Instrument Type: Violin
Item #: 000-934
Year: 1976
Price: Upon Request
Maker: Fernando Solar Gonzalez
Description: Fernando Solar Gonzalez was born in 1921 in Asturias, Spain. He moved to Madrid in 1943 to apprentice with Santos Hernández, a local guitar maker. Gonzalez began constructing many kinds of stringed instruments and in 1948 he established his own workshop.
Gonzalez died in 2011 but his two sons, Fernando and Mercedes, continue to work at his workshop in Spain. The younger Fernando Gonzales makes instruments from recycled material for the “Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de Cateura” in Asunción, Paraguay in addition to his classically modeled wood instruments.
Terms: This violin is available for examination and trial and has been meticulously set up to our exacting specifications before addition to our catalog. If you wish to inquire further about this violin, please contact us using the green button at the top of this listing or call 1-818-762-1374 during business hours.