Lucien Gélas

Lucien Gélas ( born January 15, 1873 in Menton, † unknown) was a French guitarist, composer and music educator. He developed the so-called " double-resonance guitar ".

Life

Gélas studied guitar with Miguel Llobet and 1915 in Paris. Since the guitar was observed at this time little in Paris, he gave as good as any concerts. He devoted himself to the development of the instrument and invented stringed with double ceiling. The instruments were made ​​for the first time from the manufacturer Théodore Gaudet. Patenting his invention he settled in Paris in 1905. Licensed she came to Germany, where they were sold as a double resonant guitar. Well-known guitarists such as Heinrich Albert, Louise Walker and Bruno Henze played on a Gélas guitar.