A masterbuilt classical guitar built before the war in Schönbach, most by one of the luthiers of the Mettal family (the guitar is not signed, but the style of work, the incredibly high degree of meticulousness and all individual details and choices of materials together show quite a degree of similarity to some other similar instruments made by them – Anton and Ignaz Mettal in particular). The guitar combines a bolt-on neck and floating fretboard ending protruding above the soundboard (features originally coming from Stauffer's Legnani model, but also ones which became well-established in the given region of manufacture), zero fret and features typical of Torres' Spanish classical guitars (fan bracing and a scale lenght of 650 mm). The back is made from one single piece of truly outstanding figured maple.
The guitar is very well preserved, especially considering the fact that it spent decades accompanying its owners on various adventures sailing the Bohemian rivers and generally went through a lot of times when it could have perished easily.
