Rafa de Valeriano - Rafael Bernal - is the son and sole disciple of Valeriano Bernal Senior. El Maestro is paired with La Guardia (Valeriano Bernal Senior, 1995) as the Algodonales dynasty pair: master and sole disciple held simultaneously in one collection.
El Maestro was built in the Clase Maestro P.S. tier - the highest build classification of the Bernal workshop. The Algodonales school is geographically isolated in the Serranía de Ronda, with limited surviving inventory in specialist trade. Rafa de Valeriano continues building, but instruments from the transitional period when father and son worked alongside each other are increasingly rare.
La Guardia (Valeriano Bernal Senior, 1995) and El Maestro (Rafa de Valeriano, 2005) document the transmission of the Algodonales workshop tradition from founding patriarch to sole disciple - a ten-year window. The pair is designated a transmission pair in the collection archive. The full lineage context is covered in the ANICETO University curriculum.
| Instrument Name | El Maestro · The Master |
| Maker | Rafa de Valeriano (Rafael Bernal) · Son of Valeriano Bernal Senior · Algodonales, Cádiz |
| Year | 2005 · Clase Maestro P.S. · Signed No. 3/95 |
| School | Algodonales |
| Type | Flamenca Blanca |
| Top | Spruce |
| Back & Sides | Cypress |
| Dynasty Role | Dynasty pair with La Guardia (Valeriano Bernal Senior 1995) |
| Collection Role | Algodonales School · Transmission Pair |
| Acquired | 2025–2026 |
Label confirmed. The instrument has been professionally inspected and conserved to museum standard, with all interventions fully reversible. Its structural and provenance record is maintained privately under museum archival standard.
The Algodonales school carries the voice of the Serranía de Ronda - a mountain tradition distinct from the coastal schools of Cádiz and the inland schools of Granada. El Maestro's blanca construction gives it the percussive brightness that defines the school.
The story of this guitar is in the curriculum.
The Algodonales school and its transmission from Valeriano Bernal Senior to his sole disciple is documented in the ANICETO University curriculum.
Explore the Curriculum