C. Vega -> RE: Santos Hernandez value? (Apr. 3 2011 15:54:38)
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My feeling is that 1950 is too late a date for Barbero to have still been making guitars for the widow. It's been my understanding that he only worked for her for about three years following Santos' death while continuing to build up his own clientele. The widow also had other makers build guitars for her. Owners (and especially sellers) of these "viuda" labeled guitars like to claim that they were made by Barbero when in fact most of them were not. Just as a bit of additional information, Feliciano Bayon, who inherited the shop from the widow, used the same label as the second one RobJe posted a photo of except that the words "Viuda de" were changed to "Sobrinos de" (nephews of) Santos Hernandez. I don't know why he used the plural version since it was just him. Feliciano Bayon, a self-taught maker, was married to Esperanza Ruiz, a niece of Santos' widow Matilde Ruiz Lopez. He was not a blood relative of Santos. It's quite possible that two never met. Feliciano died in 1997. His son, Santos Bayon Ruiz, was born in 1951. He used the words "Sobrino (singular) de Santos Hernandez" on his labels. He is now retired.
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