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Orchestra

The Pinnacle of Tone, Playability, and Versatility: Introducing the Orchestra Guitar, a True Masterpiece of Craftsmanship and Innovation.

The innovative Overhang Neck joins the body at the 13th fret, providing exceptional playability. The External Tuning Slot (ETS) system, a unique innovation, maintains the main resonances between the notes, minimizing wolf tones for a harmonious sound, enhanced sustain, and coherence across the neck.

The bracing system features an original T-Fan scheme, resulting in a very low equivalent mass of the soundboard (around 58 grams) and an exceptional mobility value of 16 (s/Kg³), offering a responsive and expressive sound.2

The Orchestra guitar beautifully bridges the gap between tradition and modernity, ushering the acoustic guitar into a new era. It is designed to be a versatile and engaging instrument, suitable for a wide range of musical styles. With its delicate and expressive tone, the Orchestra is perfect for fingerpicking, but it can also support energetic flatpicking without quickly entering the saturation zone. This makes it an ideal choice for musicians seeking a balanced and nuanced sound.

Blending timeless craftsmanship with modern innovation, this guitar is an inspiring instrument, for the most discerning musician.

Overhang neck

The neck, crafted from a single, perfectly quarter-sawn billet of wood, is inserted directly into the gently radiused upper bout of the soundboard.

This eliminates the need for a traditional heel block, significantly enhancing the guitar body’s structural strength and elevating the soundboard.

This innovative design results in unparalleled playability, effortless access to the highest frets, and simplified maintenance.

Drop Port

The asymmetric upper port is maximizing the radiating surface of the soundboard’s monopole, to increase dynamic, responsiveness and expressivity.

The Drop Port also enhance the power at the low end without the typical muddy signature of the standard sound holes, and simplifies positioning of microphones in studio environnment.

External Tuning Slot

An innovation unique on the market, the ETS system tunes the main resonances perfectly between the notes, minimizing wolf notes.

The result is a coherent, harmonic and juicy sound, plenty of sustain and balance across the whole fretboard.

Each Orchestra includes an individual specification sheet with a frequency response report. This data helps you track the instrument’s evolution and aging, and the ETS system allows for fine-tuning the main resonances to maintain peak acoustic performance.

T-Fan Bracing

The original bracing scheme of the Orchestra model optimizes the strength-to-weight ratio, for a very low equivalent mass of the soundboard (around 58 grams), and an exceptional mobility value of 16 (s/Kg³). The guitar is highly responsive, rich and expressive, while ensuring long-term reliability.

The fan-shaped bracing pattern also enhances the amplitude of dipoles and tripoles, resulting in an exceptionally rich spectrum of overtones.

Each instrument is meticulously tuned using a proprietary process, to avoid wolf tones on all main resonance modes. To offer a consistent sound all over the fretboard and an exceptional sustain at all frequencies.

Specifications

Top Jura spruce

Back and sides Crelicam ebony

Neck FSC mahogany

Bridge Crelicam ebony

Fingerboard Crelicam ebony, 12″ radius

Nut bone, 44.5mm

Saddle bone, drop-in

Neck Profile C shape, 21.5-24mm @frets 1-9

Frets medium 18% nickel-silver

Scale Length 25 1/2″

Bracing Pattern Hybrid T Fan bracing

Body Finish Glossy nitro

Neck Finish Glossy nitro

Strings Elixir nanoweb 012/053

Dimensions

Body Length 485 mm

Body Depth 110 mm

Lower Bout Width 385 mm

Total Length 1010 mm

Acoustic parameters

Monopole mobility 16.5 (s/Kg³)

Equivalent mass 52 g

Mode T(1,1)1 90 Hz

Mode T(1,1)2 190 Hz

Mode T(2,1) 214Hz

Frequency response

The frequency response of the Orchestra shows a perfect placement of the main resonances, and the evidence of dipolse and tripoles from 200 Hz to 1 kHz confirm a great content of overtones and harmonics.