The Conde Dynasty - Gravina 7
La Macarena was built at Gravina 7, Madrid - the workshop operated by Felipe Conde and Mariano Conde Jr. from 1989 until its permanent closure in 2019. It is peak second-generation Conde production, built in the final productive decade of the Gravina 7 address.
Gravina 7 permanently closed in 2019. No new Gravina 7 production is possible. Felipe Conde Jr. and his sister María continue building at Arrieta 4, but the Gravina 7 address - and the specific workshop context it carried - belongs to the historical record. La Macarena's signed label and neck block stamp are confirmed identifiers.
Madrid School · Conde Dynasty
La Macarena sits within the collection's Madrid school representation alongside El Ancestro (Ramírez I, 1909), La Sanada (Ramírez II, 1925), and El Varea (Ramírez III, 1955). The Conde dynasty and the Ramírez dynasty together constitute the two great lineages of the Madrid school. The full lineage context is covered in the ANICETO University curriculum.
Instrument Record
| Instrument Name | La Macarena · The Virgin of Hope |
| Maker | Hermanos Conde · Felipe Conde and Mariano Conde Jr. · Gravina 7, Madrid |
| Year | 2002 · Gravina 7 workshop |
| School | Madrid · Conde dynasty |
| Type | Flamenca Negra |
| Top | Spruce |
| Back & Sides | Rosewood |
| Label | Signed label and neck block stamp confirmed |
| Workshop Note | Gravina 7 permanently closed 2019 - no new Gravina 7 production possible |
| Collection Role | Madrid School · Conde Dynasty |
Label confirmed. The instrument has been professionally inspected and conserved to museum standard. Interventions are documented and kept to the minimum the instrument requires. Its structural and provenance record is maintained privately under museum archival standard.
Tradition & Use
The Conde workshop built for the professional flamenco market of Madrid - a demanding, discerning clientele that played for tablao audiences and recording sessions. La Macarena's negra configuration gives it the tonal weight and sustain of that professional context.
The story of this guitar is in the curriculum.
The Conde dynasty - Gravina 7, the Madrid school, and the transmission of the workshop tradition to the third generation - is worked through in the ANICETO University curriculum, Module 2 · The Makers.
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