Lehmhaus Cigar Box Instruments

Lehmhaus Cigar Box Instruments After 1840, cigar manufacturers started using smaller, more portable boxes with 20-50 ci**rs per box. I am one of these builders and performers.

Ci**rs have been packed in boxes, crates, and barrels as early as 1800's, but the small sized boxes that we are familiar with today did not exist prior to 1840. Therefore, evidence of the first cigar box instruments exist from as early as 1840's up until the 1860's. A modern revival of these instruments (also known as the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution) has been gathering momentum with an increase i

n cigar box instrument builders and performers. I make all my cigar box instruments by hand just as it would have been done in the 1840's. I have made a few modifications to the design but for the most part I have not strayed far from the great tradition of cigar box insturment crafting

Cigarchette
05/08/2013

Cigarchette

"Cigandolin"
05/08/2013

"Cigandolin"

03/19/2013

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