The original rosewood binding and plastic purfling were destroyed in removal, so after finding some matching rosewood binding we replaced the plastic purfling using maple strips (see photo right, above).

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This Brazilian rosewood Giannini, a family heirloom, was brought to us with the top caved-in. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture.

The back was also broken in several places and the finish had developed severe clouding and other defects.

Louis wanted us to try and turn it into an instrument worthy of the fine wood from which the body had been made.

The guitar needed refretting so we removed the tongue of the fingerboard and cut the original top off, carefully cleaning up the mounting surface.

We decided to leave the back in place.

We made a AAA-grade German spruce top and braced it according to the traditional Torres pattern.

After much trying and fitting we glued the new top on. This was a very non-traditional method, but the results speak for themselves.

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