Komore Hiroshi NO.15 1977 (This model is equivalent to the higher-end NO. EX (Excellent) model of the 1990s, and today it would be in the 500,000 yen class for a handmade guitar (350,000 yen class for Indian rosewood). Mr. Hiroshi Komori is a classical guitar maker and a direct disciple of Mr. Kenji Kohno, who is still very popular. Many guitar makers who are from the Kohno Guitar school are said to have guitars that sound sweet and thick, similar to their teacher's, and are supported by practical-minded people because they are more reasonably priced. Among them, Mr. Hiroshi Komori is characterized by being a guitar maker who emphasized "dialogue with wood." Since he was a child, he loved wood and its processing. At the age of 18, he built a house with his father. After working for the Forestry Agency for 10 years, he switched to the world of stringed instrument making. In 1964, he entered the Kohno Guitar workshop and after 8 years of training, he established his own workshop in Tokorozawa City, near the Kohno Guitar workshop, in 1973. (After that, he also encountered European stringed instrument zither music and became the only zither maker in Japan, broadening his understanding of stringed instruments. In his later years, he returned to his hometown of Date City, Hokkaido, and continued to make guitars until his death.) The materials of the guitar for sale are: the top is a high-quality spruce solid wood, and the sides and back are believed to be Madagascar rosewood, a substitute for Jacaranda. Overall, it gives the impression of being in good condition with no major scratches, but the top has a dent and paint repair in the center below the bridge, and the back has two cracks that have been glued and repaired. Jacaranda-type wood is hard and prone to cracking, so this is a common situation, but since there is almost no difference in level and it has been repaired, I don't think it will be a concern. Because it was made only a few years after he became independent, the sound is more reminiscent of Kohno Guitar than it was 2-3 years later. A work made a few years after independence, still bearing the Kohno Guitar influence, a work using a Jacaranda substitute material. Komore Hiroshi NO.15 1977 Please consider it. Total length: 100.2 cm String length: 65.5 cm String height: 1st string at 12th fret: 3.6 mm 6th string at 12th fret: 4.1 mm Nut width: 52 mm The guitar will be placed in a used hard case with repairs and packed with bubble wrap for shipping.