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 | | In Coimbra, in the opinion of Armando Simões, the construction of guitars retraces to the ends of the XIX century and first quarter of the XX century, being the first guitars brought by students of Oporto and Lisbon, exactly when the industry of the city already manufactured them. |
 | | According to this author, the Guitar of Coimbra starts to distinguish itself from the one from Lisbon already in the ends of the XIX century, being an example of this fact the guitar of Augusto Hilário that, although it was constructed in Lisbon, for A. |
 | | Vieira, it had a longer scale for the same number of points, a narrower flank and started to tune two points below the diapason, losing the brightness of the sound that until presented there, but earning, on the other hand, a more bass, softer noise, well adapted to the Coimbra's music style. |
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