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Felipe Conde Jr. works on a guitar ready in his workshop in Madrid.
Conde's family has been handcrafting guitars following the family's tradition since 1915.
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Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar in his Madrid workshop.
The family uses a 30-year-old drying process to prepare the guitar wood and the finishing process lasts two months.
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Felipe Conde Jr. readies a guitar for closing.
The Conde family produces only 24 guitars a year.
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Felipe Conde (L) and Felipe Conde Jr. (R) ready guitars for closing in their Madrid workshop.
They make two different kinds of guitars - flamenco and classical - mainly for professionals around the world.
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The Conde family works in their workshop in 1970.
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Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar.
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Felipe Conde tests one of his finished guitars.
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Clamps are used during the gluing of the "barras," or bars, of the guitars.
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A detail of the guitar during the gluing of the "purflings," decorative inlay used on the front of the guitars.
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Felipe Conde Jr. forms the sides of a guitar.
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Maria Conde sands down the back "barras."
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Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar.
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Felipe Conde Jr. fits the "mosaico" in a guitar's soundboard.
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Felipe Conde works glues purflings into the front of a guitar.
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Felipe Conde Jr. works gluing the "zoquetillos," or inner bands, into a guitar.
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Felipe Conde Jr. readies a guitar for closing.
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Felipe Conde Jr. readies a guitar for closing.
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Felipe Conde (R) works to ready purflings before gluing them into a guitar.
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Felipe Conde (L) and Felipe Conde Jr. (R) work on closing guitars.
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Felipe Conde attaches the bridge of a guitar.
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Felipe Conde sands down the headstock of a guitar.
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A tool called a "cees" is used to make the handcrafted guitars.
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A guitar is closed with the help of a tool called "cees."
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Felipe Conde attaches the neck of a guitar.
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Different types of wood (from different kind of trees such as Brazilian Cedar, Cypress, Maple, Indian and Madagascar Rosewood or Central European Fir Tree) are seen in Felipe Conde's storehouse.
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Felipe Conde sands the soundboard of a guitar.
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A detail of a guitar during the gluing of the purflings.
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Felipe Conde Jr. attaches reinforcements to the sides of a guitar.
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Two finished guitars are seen in Felipe Conde's storehouse.
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Professional guitarist Yago Santos practices with one of his guitars, handcrafted by Felipe Conde in Madrid.
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