Jazz Guitare by Araldo de BERNARDINI made in Nice (France) in 1943.
Table of spruce of medium to broad grain, edged with ebony-maple-ebony stringing, pierced by two F soundholes.
Two-piece back of maple of irregular broad curl.
Ribs of maple of faintly curl.
Neck and scroll head of similar wood.
Macassar ebony fingerboard edged with boxwood stringing, 20 metal frets.
Rosewood bridge and tailpiece.
Labelled : Araldo de BERNARDINI
allievo di S. TUA
Maggiora-Novara N°2 Anno 1943
Branded internally on the back and two times on the upper block : A. DE BERNARDINI
Handwritten on the back joint's bracket : Essai N°2
Handwritten internally on the upper back : Araldo de Bernardini
Nizza 1943
Totale length : 956 mm
Length of the back : 470 mm
Scale : 630 mm
