SIENA

Description

“While I was building it, every time I touched this instrument, an expression buzzed in my head that I remembered having heard a few times but whose meaning I wasn’t sure of. Yet, the mental association I made with the color I should have created turned out to be, surprisingly, identical. I remembered the Tuscan city of Siena and its colors, but I didn’t remember if it was a location, a place, or a product. Then everything was clear and the memories came back, the words I had in my head were “Lands of Siena”. These “lands” are nothing more than the way in which in Tuscany they define natural pigments that move in a small range of shades from ocher to burnt red and ending with warm yellow. Very particular and typical shades of color of the area because they also recall the shades of color of its countryside. In short, an archtop model with nylon strings, inspired by the colors of Tuscany seemed like a good combination to me.”… Let’s Play

Nylon strings acoustic archtop model, entirely handcrafted. Curly maple solid wood, quarter sawn.

All the archtop models presented on these pages are entirely hand-built by luthier Emanuele D’Alò, owner of the Shank Instruments Milano brand. The instruments are guaranteed for life and built according to the dictates of the Benedetto method and both the soundboards and the backs are handmade from solid quarter-sawn boards.

• Soundboard: quarter sawn curly maple, handcarved
• Back: quarter sawn curly, handcarved
• Sides: curly maple
• Size: 35 cm (17″)
• Height sides: 60 mm (2,3″)
• Neck: flamed maple, C shape. Height 1st fret  0,8″ (22mm)
• Fretboard: ebony, 20 frets medium jumbo
• Radius: 16″
• Bracing: parallel, spruce
• Diapason: 25 1/2″ 
• Nut: 48,5 mm – Bone
• Pickup: piezo MiSi – Acoustic Trio Air
• Bridge: Amara ebony
• Finish: poliurethane
• Weight: 7.0 lbs (3,2 kg)