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Pimentel in the News

Albuquerque Journal
  New Mexico Guitar
  Area Guitar Makers Honored
  Variation on a Pimentel
  Pimentel Harmony
  Discovering Duke City A to Z

Other Publications
  Posh New Mexico
  KOATV

Acoustic Guitar Magazine
  Acoustic Guitar Players Choice Awards
  Acoustic Guitar Article (2001)

Books
  Blue Book of Guitars
  Custom Guitars — A Complete Guide to Contemporary Handcrafted Guitars
  High-Performance Composites - March/April 1995    

Other Web Sites
  National Music Museum
   

 

Pimentel Guitars at the National Music Museum
America's Shrine to Music on the Campus of The University of South Dakota

About the National Music Museum
Founded in 1973 on the campus of The University of South Dakota in Vermillion, the National Music Museum (NMM) & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is one of the great institutions of its kind in the world. Its renowned collections, which include more than 13,500 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods, are the most inclusive anywhere.
Interesting Facts about the Museum

Annotated Checklist of Acoustic Guitars by Pimentel & Sons (in chronological order)
Jazz Classic CutawayNMM 10909. Guitar by Lorenzo, Rick, and Robert Pimentel, Pimentel & Sons, principal builder Robert Pimentel, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 1999. Southwestern Collection Series (Jazz classic cutaway style). Grand Concert B.R. 4 NSM. Paul Szmanda Collection, Grand Concert Gold2005.

NMM 10910. Guitar by Lorenzo, Rick, and Robert Pimentel, Pimentel & Sons, principal builder Lorenzo Pimentel, Albuquerque, June 1999. Grand Concert Gold (classical). Grand Concert B.R. 9 NSM. Paul Szmanda Collection, 2005.

Steel String CutawayNMM 10911. Guitar by Lorenzo, Rick, and Robert Pimentel, Pimentel & Sons, principal builder Rick Pimentel, Albuquerque, November 1999. G-R Southwestern Collection Series (steel string cutaway). Brazilian 7 NSM. Paul Szmanda Collection, 2005.

Grand Concert ClassicalNMM 10912. Guitar by Lorenzo Pimentel, Pimentel & Sons, Albuquerque, June 2001. Grand Concert (classical). Brazilian RW 6 NSO. Paul Szmanda Collection, 2005.

Pimentel Guitar Collection on the National Music Museum web site

Please visit the main museum web site for other instrument collections

 

 

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