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Many of the tools and documents that belonged to Santos are now in the museum’s archives.
The workshop of Santos Hernández In one of the museum’s rooms, there is a recons-
Santos. Over and above the reconstruction of his
truction of Santos Hernández’s workshop, com-
studio, there are also sizeable archives relating to
plete with his workbench, his tools, his plantillas
the Madrileño guitar-maker’s work.
templates and soleras that he used when building
“We have always fought, along with Marian, for
his guitars.
the preservation of Spanish heritage. To me, San-
Among the photographs adorning the workshop,
tos was the second Torres and I think that the true
many famous faces from the world of guitar can
Spanish guitar ends with him. Afterwards, Sego-
be seen: Andrés Segovia, Ramón Montoya and
via came along with the Ramírez guitars and their
Regino Sáinz de la Maza, the guitarist who played
soundboards made of cedar, and that’s a different
the Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo at
kettle of fish; a different sound, a different way of
the premier, using the La Rubia guitar created by
playing.”