Description:
The 18-string guitar is a relatively rare instrument in Peru this
instrument came slightly after the guitar roughly around the 1800s.
This type of guitar had a brief debut and it did appear in the
Lambayeque department located near northern-Western Peru and near the
Ecuadorian border.
Re-stringing This Type of Guitar:
All of the strings I use are from 2 packs of the light tesion
D'dario12-string guitar packs. For re-stringing my18-string guitar, the
top E-A-D strings I use are the lightest guage of acoustic guitar
strings. The thickest A string .042 is strung in the centre of this
course of strings. For the E-string its optional I use all thin guage
steel string. To complete the entire process this includes using the
remaining thin guage plain steel strings for GBE. Just to be clear in
re-stringing multiple stringed musical instruments. I
would advice you not to tune above the recommended tuning it would
cause too much tension with the neck and body of this particular guitar.
Name: (General classification), 18-string guitar
Type: Plucked Lute > Chordophone.
Region: Peru > South America
Luthier: Huaman, Cusco Peru.
Acquisition date: Circa year 2002, Christmas.
Acquisition source: Custom made by Huaman, a luthier who is now out of buisness. At the time his shop was located in Cusco Peru.
Foot Notes: My
guitar was made by a luthier known by the name Huaman. I acquired this
instrument through order. My teacher Rene picked up this guitar and
brought it back from its maker to me in person. Bear in mind that one
cannot obtain this instrument in any music store chain. This 18-string
guitar was also designed under supervision by my teacher Rene Hugo
Sanchez. My teacher commissioned the maker Huaman who is based in Cusco
(Rene tells me that Huaman is now out of business or may have moved to
another location).
Citations: Rene Hugo Sanchez >