Parlor guitar
Parlor or parlour guitar usually refers to a type of acoustic guitar smaller than a Size No.0 Concert Guitar by C. F. Martin & Company. Mottola's Cyclopedic Dictionary of Lutherie Terms describes the term as referring to "any guitar that is narrower than current standards."[1]
Overview
The popularity of these guitars peaked from the late 19th century until the 1950s. Many blues and folk musicians have used smaller-bodied guitars, which were often more affordable, mass production models.
Parlor guitar has also come to denote a style of American guitar music from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Spanish-style (c.1845) / Size No.3 (3-17) (1859) guitars by C. F. Martin
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Very first Size No.1 guitar with earliest X-Bracing (1842) by Martin & Schatz
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c.f. Size No.0 (0-45) guitar played by Joan Baez
In the 2000s, the parlor guitar began enjoying a renaissance among players "who like their midrangery tone, historic vibe, and easy portability".
- Modern parlor & mini guitars
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C. F. Martin Little Martin (Modified Size No.0)
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C. F. Martin Claire (Size No.5)[5]
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Taylor Baby Taylor (¾-size) & GS Mini
See also
- strumming style on Dreadnought guitars)
- Baroque guitar — small guitars in Baroque era
- Early Romantic guitar— small guitars from 1790 to 1830
- Classical guitar
- Antonio Torres Jurado— father of modern classical guitars in Romantic era
- Travel guitar — a similar small modern guitar
- C. F. Martin & Company — Martin defined the larger "Size No. 0" as Concert Guitar, in contrast to the smaller, traditional Parlor guitars.
References
- ISBN 978-1-7341256-0-3.
- ^ Newman, Garry (2018-11-27). "The Parlor Guitar and Its Relation to 19th Century American Society". Practice of History, Fall 2018. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ https://www.salon.com/2014/03/23/talkin%E2%80%99_siege_of_sebastopol_blues_how_the_first_crimean_war_helped_create_rock_n_roll/
- ^ a b Prown, Max (April 2012). "Parlor Acoustic...With Tubes: The Takamine TF87_PT New Yorker". Vintage Guitar. p. 136.
- ^ * "Claire's Guitar". press release. C.F. Martin & Co., Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-08-20.
... Claire's Guitar [released circa 2005] is the fanciest Size 5 [guitar which] C. F. Martin has produced in more than 80 years, ...
External links
- Parlor guitars information
- Article on Guitar Adventures