String Fever Article about Mossman Guitars
Collection: Winfield Notable Artists
Title
String Fever Article about Mossman Guitars
Subject
S. L. Mossman Co.
Guitars
Magazine article
Description
This article discusses different types of guitars and their costs.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Winfield Public Library
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas USA
Date
Unknown
Rights
Format
text/plain
Language
English
Type
Periodicals
Citation
Unknown, “String Fever Article about Mossman Guitars,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 24, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/182.
Text
six guitars you'd give a couple of fingers to own
Spain is a nation of great craftsmen. A classical guitar by Jeronimo Pena Fernandez (left) is a masterpiece of rose-wood, mahogany, ebony and pine; cost: $2075. The Segovia Model Concert Guitar (below) from the shop of Jose Ramirez, unsur-passed in sound and beauty, costs $2275. Both are distributed by Antigua Casa Sherry-Brener, Ltd., Chicago.
Why guitars? For years we’ve been telling our readers how to recreate the sound of a live performance in their living rooms— what turntables, amplifiers, receivers, speakers, etc., would impart the "you are there in a concert hall" feeling that is the audio-phile’s Holy Grail. It occurred to us recently (concluded on page 154 )
Luke Mossman, James L. D' Aquisto is an artist of the guitar. Taking ebony, Tyrolean spruce and curly maple (the same woods used by Stradivarius), he custom-makes about ten instruments a year at his shop in Farmingdale, New York. The arch top shown at right costs $2500.
The arch top shown at right costs $2500.
The craftsmen who work in Stuart Mossman's Winfield, Kansas, studio build a small number of quality acous-tic guitars each year, priced from $545 to $1400. The cedar-top 1000 (left) is one of Mossman's own creations: It sounds as good as it looks, and he'll do one for you for about $2500.
There's something about an old Marfin dreadnought: Rich, mellow, resonant, it's the kind of guitar you can make love to. Unfortunately, there aren't enough of them to go around, so you'll have to settle for a new Martin. The top-of-the-line D-45 (left) costs about $2000. Buy one and wait for it to age.
Original Format
Paper
Title
String Fever Article about Mossman Guitars
Subject
S. L. Mossman Co.
Guitars
Magazine article
Description
This article discusses different types of guitars and their costs.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Winfield Public Library
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, Kansas USA
Date
Unknown
Rights
Format
text/plain
Language
English
Type
Periodicals
Citation
Unknown, “String Fever Article about Mossman Guitars,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 24, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/182.Text
six guitars you'd give a couple of fingers to own
Spain is a nation of great craftsmen. A classical guitar by Jeronimo Pena Fernandez (left) is a masterpiece of rose-wood, mahogany, ebony and pine; cost: $2075. The Segovia Model Concert Guitar (below) from the shop of Jose Ramirez, unsur-passed in sound and beauty, costs $2275. Both are distributed by Antigua Casa Sherry-Brener, Ltd., Chicago.
Why guitars? For years we’ve been telling our readers how to recreate the sound of a live performance in their living rooms— what turntables, amplifiers, receivers, speakers, etc., would impart the "you are there in a concert hall" feeling that is the audio-phile’s Holy Grail. It occurred to us recently (concluded on page 154 )
Luke Mossman, James L. D' Aquisto is an artist of the guitar. Taking ebony, Tyrolean spruce and curly maple (the same woods used by Stradivarius), he custom-makes about ten instruments a year at his shop in Farmingdale, New York. The arch top shown at right costs $2500.
The arch top shown at right costs $2500.
The craftsmen who work in Stuart Mossman's Winfield, Kansas, studio build a small number of quality acous-tic guitars each year, priced from $545 to $1400. The cedar-top 1000 (left) is one of Mossman's own creations: It sounds as good as it looks, and he'll do one for you for about $2500.
There's something about an old Marfin dreadnought: Rich, mellow, resonant, it's the kind of guitar you can make love to. Unfortunately, there aren't enough of them to go around, so you'll have to settle for a new Martin. The top-of-the-line D-45 (left) costs about $2000. Buy one and wait for it to age.
Original Format
Paper