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I received my new beautiful TIGER guitar and she is just as described and shown BEAUTIFUL!
I waited to tighten the strings while she ripened to the New York humidity. Worth the wait! Cannot wait to see this "cat" mature over the next several weeks as instructed and of course, I'm sure I'll be then waiting for that 6 month to 12 month major break-in period.
Thank you so much and all the best to you and your family,
Regards,
Barry Levine, NY, USA, August 2, 2011
Today I received guitar. Actually a perfect musical instrument! Each sounds of the chromatic scale is perfect and even. Harmonics are clear and brilliant. Thank you very much dear Renato.
Warm regards.
Sergey Yashkul, July 27, 2011. Russia, Moscow
I am writing to thank you (again) for the beautiful Snakewood guitar that I purchased in January. I have now been playing her almost six months and continue to be enthralled by how easy she is to play and by how beautiful she sounds. She has now performed in a number of recitals and master classes, at the Eastman School in Rochester, NY, where I am a student in the Community Education Division (now the Eastman Community Music School), and at the National Guitar Workshop in New Milford, CT, from which I have just returned. In March she performed in a recital of original compositions. My contribution was a guitar solo, "Melkor's Salvation" inspired by Tolkien's "The Silmarillian." I also sang three folk songs with original accompaniment for guitar and flute. My composition instructor was amazed by the wonderful tone of the guitar: she had heard me perform a number of times on my old guitar, a Casimiro Lozano that I really like, but that now sounds harsh in contrast to the Snakewood guitar. My vocal instructor mentioned a number of times how perfectly the new guitar matches and complements the voice, in contrast to guitars she has heard me play before. My son, now a surgical resident in Vermont.
I also played her in a guitar ensemble led by my instructor, Petar Kodzas, and in two of his studio recitals. I played Elegia (Morreno-Torroba) and Capricho Àrabe. The 640 mm string length made the latter piece so much easier for me than on my old guitar.
Several professional classical guitarists have now tried the snakewood, and, in addition to universally admiring the beauty of the construction, have admired the playability, the perfect intonation throughout the fretboard, and the tone: rich but mellow, and powerful. I find that the expressiveness of my playing has improved considerably over the last six months thanks to the responsiveness of the instrument.
Last week I had the great privilege of playing in masterclasses and in a recital at the National Guitar Workshop in New Milford, CT. It was an honor to play Villancico de Navidad for Berta Rojas, as well as other works for Martha Masters and Julian Gray. They were struck by the beauty and playability of the snakewood guitar. When Berta saw that the guitar was made by you she said: "Ah, Renato!" Several of the students at the workshop were also most impressed. You may hear from at least one.
Several of the comments on your web site refer to the inspiration one receives from you guitars: Let me agree that this guitar is an inspiration to play and, according to the comments I have received, an inspiration to hear.
With very best wishes,