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These are 2 of the things I found at a local thrift store today - the guitar is beautiful; especially the wood on the back(what is that - rosewood? And the round sides of it's shape; beautiful!) but I can't tell what or where the name is on the label - also is it from Mexico or Uruguay; both names are on the lanel?!
I also found a case with a complete set of Escardibul carved wood chess pieces. I googled them & they appear to be rare? I also saw there were 5 or 7 different styles but I didn't see mine in google images - does anyone know what style/number mine are?

As always I appreciate any help!
PS - I haven't photographed it yet but I also found a beautiful 1876 bible!

 

Uruguay is the name of the street in México, D.F.

Debora

 

The label says:

Cervantes and Garmendia Guitars
Export Quality

Made in México

Musicentro, S.A.
Tel. 512 16 32

Uruguay N° 6
México, 1, D.F.

Registered Mark

Debora

 

Escardibul is a Spanish company based in Barcelona. There's some history here.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/spanish-chess-sets-4-escardibul

I expect the pieces represent Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) but I could be wrong.

These are you pieces but unpainted found in an on-line "chess museum." 1970s olive wood according to the poster.

http://www.chess-museum.com/wooden-spanish-chessmen.html

Debora

 

Debora I bow to your incredibleness...again!
Thank you!

 

I see many cervantes but only 1 or 2. Garmendias y Cervanties - are they the same? (Because cervantes guitars are $1,000 and up!

 

That's a legit Spanish-style guitar. Nice score! No idea what it's worth but a friend has me keeping my eyes peeled for one.

 

I'd call it just a classical guitar, not the same as the luthier Alejandro Cervantes; pretty much just a standard mass-produced Mexican-made nylon-string guitar. Doesn't look like rosewood, possibly some sort of mahogany; likely originally sold in the $100-$200 range.

 

It has packs/square envelopes of steel guitar strings in case

 

That would be a terrible mistake, and though people sometimes try it with classical guitars, those guitars are not built to take the tension of steel strings. This is a normal nylon-string classical guitar; if it has steel stings on it now, you want to loosen them right away.
And there would be a possibility, or likelihood, that if steel stings have been used on it in the past, that the neck has been warped; string height at the 12th fret should be no more than about 1/8th inch, a bit over 3.5 mm.
(the strings apparently on it now look like standard nylon strings, with the first 2-3 strings being solid nylon, the lower strings metal-wrapped as usual.) But with a wrapped string it is hard to tell from photos; check the end at the peg-head, and if those lower strings have a metal core, I'd advise that they be loosened or removed, now.

 

I don't remember what's on it but I'll check tomorrow - I did loosen 2 that were tight when I first got it - as I was taught by a friend who has bought a few guitars from me; never leave strings tightened on a guitar that's not being used regularly.