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Most of the time, when i finish a batch of instruments, usually four of them, i’m exhausted; even if my wife does not know at what stage i am in my work, she can guess correctly at this point. I get cranky, develop cold symptoms (from the higher than usual dust in the shop)... Read More

At the Cordefactum lecture in late may 2014 I showed some vacuum techniques I use in my daily work; the most useful ones for me are clearly related to holding the workpieces i’m working on. Key advantages, compared to traditional clamping methods, are: – Speed –... Read More

The workshops of the master guitar makers of the past did not have the benefits of humidity control. They relied on their eye and wide experience of how wood moved when building their guitars. Today Daniele Chiesa still uses all many of the traditional techniques but his workshop... Read More

For the 29th and 30th of May, Castle d’Ursal in Belgium the venue for the 2014 Cordefactum Festival and was the place to be for anyone interested in the classical guitar. Already sold out before the festival opened I was surprised, yet delighted, to see so many guitar aficionados... Read More

We are very happy at Kent Guitar Classics to be able to have two, or sometimes three, guitars from Daniele Chiesa each year. We like very much his taste in design of the guitar shape and proportions as well as his decorative ideas and superb standard of workmanship. We have also... Read More