Twenty-year GAL member Paul Szmanda’s lifelong passion is playing and being inspired by fine stringed instruments. He greatly appreciates the people who create them and the materials they work with. To support his guitar habit, he finds time to do dentistry.
▪ bio current as of 2014
2014
AL#119 p.60
Manuel Velazquez Cyndy Burton Eugene Clark Armin Kelly Robert Ruck Jeffrey R. Elliott Paul Szmanda
▪ Manuel Velazquez made a lot of friends and fans in his exceptionally long career as a maker of fine classical guitars. Here are a few remembrances a few folks who admired his work and his life.