From the time when José Ramírez
I installed his workshop in Concepción Jerónima nº 2
at the end of the nineteenth century, the shop pictured below has sold
Ramírez guitars through four generations! At the moment, the
House of Ramírez workforce is comprised of ten people. The workshop
has three officials - Carmelo Llerena, Fernando Morcuende, and Ricardo
Sáenz. The three apprentices are Pedro Abel Morcuende, Laura del
Pino y Cecé Sánchez. Supervising the organization is Marisa
Sanzano, who checks the production in the workshop, and assisting with
the secretarial work is Arancha Prieto who works in the main office.
The Ramirez workshop is now under the very
capable guidance of Amalia Ramirez. Amalia was born in Madrid in
October 1955 into the Ramírez guitar making family, and familiarized
herself as she played as a child in its surroundings. By the age of 21
she joined the workshop where she learned how to make guitars. She left
for a few years; only to return to help her brother Jose Ramírez
IV in the restructuring and management of the shop, and to bring a new
look to the family business. The work was evenly distributed between the
two. José Enrique was devoted mainly to the workshop while Amalia
applied herself to the commercial aspects. Amalia also built guitars after
establishing the workshop again in General Margallo.
We have just received a new Model 1a Traditional
C-650P directly from Amalia Ramirez in Spain and it is as fine a musical
instrument as we have ever seen or heard from this venerable guitar making
dynasty! The craftsmanship, wood selection, playability,
tone and power are all a testament to the generations of Ramirez family
dedication to excellence! |
