1870's Eladio Molina Malaga
Spruce and Cypress 650mm scale and 52mm nut, 7 fan braces and dead straight neck.
C. Eon gears as used by Antonio de Torres, Old hardshell case
This is a thin body guitar the upper bout depth is 2 3/4" and the lower bout depth is 3"
There are 4 known to exist by this guitarmaker. One is in the Felix Manzanero collection in Madrid, another in the Angel Luis Cañete collection in Malaga.
Eladio Molina won a 1st Prize Medal at an artensan exposition in 1862-these details are on the label. He was still active in 1882-83-his name was listed in the trade guides-this information is from the The Vihuela de Mano and The Spanish Guitar: A Dictionary of the makers of plucked and bowed Musical Instruments by José Romanillos Vega and Marian Harris Winspear.
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