1912 Enrique Garcia
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Garcia made his guitars in 3 different body sizes using various scale lengths. The tornavoz was a tapered brass funnel mounted to the sound hole under the top which was supposed to “focus” or project the sound to the front of the guitar. Effectively, it lowered the pitch of the instrument. which in Garcia’s day was considered a desirable quality. The machine heads have the additional bone “pips” added to the rollers, a device invented and patented by Dr. Jimenez Barcelo in 1905. Most instruments Garcias made had 8 rather than 7 fan struts, with the extra fans being mounted on the treble side of the top. This kind of asymmetrical bracing was also used by Manuel Ramirez’ older brother Jose, who it is thought that Enrique Garcia also worked for briefly. Garcia trained his only student and successor, Francisco Simplicio, and their designs and approaches would later be echoed in the work of Ignacio Fleta and his family, thus making Garcia the foundation of the entire modern Barcelona school of makers.
