A historical model, number #1 classical standard model conceived by a mentor partnership bewetween the renowned Brazilian Luthier Carlos Novaes & his Son Lucas Novaes in baltimore Maryland 
With a clear and bright richness of sound, wonderful playability with a wide complexity of sound range that makes for very distinct separation of notes.
The Rosewood and Spruce are of very good quality and the workmanship is noticeably impeccable.

(Bethoves Heroica) From the legendary Novaes senior workshop, comes this 2023 Deluxe Classical.  The soundboard is Aged Master-Grade European Spruce and the Back & Sides wood is Bicentennial Master-Grade Rosewood (dalbergia nigra).  The neck is fabricated from Aged Curly Brazilian Cedar (cedrela odorata) and the fingerboard is Ebony and the Rosette is Mother of Pearl butterfly & floral motifs inlaid in one circular piece of black jacaranda.  The dimensions include a full 53mm nut width and a 644mm scale length (2.09" & 25 11/32").  Finished in nitrocellulose on back, sides and neck and with Shellac French Polish on the top. And, fitted with the stunning Rodger’s Gold L243 Deluxe tuning machines.  This classical guitar was crafted with the intention of satisfying the most demanding enthusiasts, professionals, and collectors who are lovers of classical guitars.  It uses only traditionally renowned woods, celebrated for their aesthetic beauty and unparalleled tonal properties, to produce the best possible sound experience as well as a pleasurable playability.  Over decades of building different types of guitars, I have developed a harmonic structure for the top, aiming to optimize the various tonal spectrums, inspired by great luthiers of the past.  Essentially, it features an asymmetrical structure that enhances the different tonal frequencies.  Carlos Novaes is a master Luthier, his practice expands for over 38 years between Brazil and the Americas.

On the walls of the original Keystone Korner in the 70s and early 80s in San Francisco, lived the Keystone Mandalas. They are striking artworks handmade by fabric decorator Faith Kark in 1976, and were created from swatches of multicolored cloth with an oil-painted background on particle board. They were designed to reflect the sound and feeling of each individual artist that is depicted. All Mandalas have corresponding artist names on them, and all but one, are signed by the musical artists themselves: legendary musicians including Dexter Gordon, Grover Washington Jr., Art Blakey, Eddie Henderson, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, Bobby Hutcherson and others.

There are a total of 18 pieces, all brought into existence to celebrate these great jazz icons, and are being publicly displayed for the first time in over 40 years as part of this Juneteenth celebration and to honor Black Music Month at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum this Thursday, June 19th!