Antonio Lorca Model 23

Though this brand has very little to do with the famous Malaga 

based luthier who was active in the 19th century, I've included

it for other reasons: Mr. Joaquin Garcia Fernandez (born 1929)

was the advisor of Guitarras Mervi (Valencia) the firm that

produced this guitar. Ment for the semi professional player it

has an attractive tone and is easy to play due to the 65 cm scale.

Garcia can be found as well in the Romanillos dictionary.

VERKOCHT.

All woods are solid: Cedar topped with a rosewood bridge.

Of course a Spanish heel inside and good overall workmanship.

Sides and back are of indian rosewood while the fingerboard

is made of ebony as well as the reinforcement of the neck.

Probably difficult to read but this guitar is a model 23

though we think Antonio Lorca is a fake name and

probably has been used for commercial reasons. The
more expensive models have a hand signed label.

Joaquin Garcia Fernandez was  born in Santa Cruz
(Argentina) and active as a cabinetmaker in Asturias. He
returned to Buenos Aires when he was twenty years old.
In 1975 he returned to Spain and settled in Valencia where
he also was advisor to the firm Raimundo y Aparichio.
Eventually he established his workshop in Torremolinos

in 1982. He learnt his craft from the old Spanish guitarreros.

For people who a searchin for prices of these guitars I've 

included one picture out of the "Renner"  pricelist. The 

prices here beyond are also derived from that site. The

site gives a good description of the woods used in each

model. I do not know from which year these prices are

alass but it is a good guideline to my opninion.

 http://www.renner.com.sg/antonio.html

Model 8      :   USD  275

Model 8 ST :   USD  289

Model 8 DS :   USD  310

Model 10 :   USD  375

Model 14 :   USD  462

Model 16 :   USD  450

Model 18 :   USD  599

Model 20 :   USD  799

Model 22 :   USD 1399

Model 23 :   USD 1599

Model 24 :   USD 2299