| The founder of the Ramirez dynasty, José Ramírez
of Galarreta and Planell, was born in Madrid in 1858 and at the age of
12 he began working as an apprentice at the workshop of Maestro Francisco
González located on the Carrera de San Jerónimo street of
Madrid. In 1890, José Ramírez I established himself
at Concepción Jerónima nº 2, where the Ramirez descendants
remained until the year 1995.
By the beginning of 1993, Amalia Ramirez
restructured the shop, returning to the original outline of a reduced
workshop and a limited production. Today all Ramirez professional guitars
are sold well in advance. In the summer of 1995, the Ramirez store
moved from Concepción Jerónima nº2, to the street of
La Paz nº 8, very near the old store.
At the moment, the House of Ramírez workforce
comprises of nine people. In the workshop there are three officials -Carmelo
Llerena, Fernando Morcuende and Ricardo Sáenz -, and two apprentices
-Marcos Moyano and Pedro Abel Morcuende. Supervising the organization is
Marisa Sanzano, who checks the production in the workshop and occupies
herself with the administrative work.
Currently the Ramirez workshop and store are under
the very capable supervision of Amalia Ramirez. Amalia, a fine
guitar builder, says this about the current Professional line of
instruments. "I have re-adopted the model of the 1960's, applying
new techniques to its construction and basing it on the experiences and
advances of past years. With the Classic Line, we therefore return to our
guitar with a deep, potent sound, rich in harmonics, characteristic of
the sixties."
The Twelfth Fret is proud to be the
Canadian distributor of the Ramirez Professional Series of instruments
including the Concert 1a models. The Ramirez C-650_P Model
1a pictured above is currently available for evaluation at our store. |
