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Thank you for this video; it's something I have done before. The view you captured was superior, the effect as if there in person. That is a mesmerizing panoramic view you provided us with

the home needs our support? looks like it needs an architect !!!!

Thanks so much for the tour of this beautiful and inspirational home, such a treat!

don't like the exposed block

I have one of these I got from my grandfather before he and my grandmother moved to Florida. Gotta get it cleaned up and needs strings.

The new owerner's wanted to tear it down to build house's

This is such a strange perspective. We never see the exterior and thus have no context for the interior.

This is such a strange perspective. We never see the exterior and thus have no context for the interior.

......IT'S STUNNING!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL TOUR!!!!! IMHO: IT'S PERPLEXING, AND FRUSTRATING, THAT ALMOST EVERY AMERICAN HOME IS TOTALLY DEVOID OF ANY SENSE REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE "WRIGHT STYLE"!!!! WHAT A SHAME!!!! SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, LOST!!!!!

There are only 2 photos of Robert Johnson and one of his face he is holding the Kg 14 that he recorded all his songs on in that hotel and the other is in the suit he borrowed from his cousin at the time and he holding a Gibson L1 1933. Thanks for the video.

I have one of these but it has "external" tuning gears not like this one. No Idea what they're worth or where it came from. And it has "Cathedranola" etched into the metal plate finish.

Thanks for the tour!

Awsome never at looking at wrights designs

Recorded with a tin can and some string.

Wright didn't spend much time designing that kitchen.

I like the concrete block on the outside, but the inside looks like my dark concrete block basement.

I have one almost exactly like it. The neck on mine is mother of pearl.

Thank god someone had the cash flow to bring this house back to it's original beauty not like it looks in this video but to the splendor that it once was and is again.

Apparently it is being ransomed once again: www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12119406&ref=rss

By the way, it is FLW! Look it up!

David Wright house video Thanks for additional interior footage. I know there are views of other areas of the home available on other videos. I'm from Wisconsin and a FLW fan so this home is newer to me! It's a "keeper"!

Thank God the house is not destroyed.

These guitars were actually made by Regal in Chicago for Slingerland's fretted line (which consisted of models made for them by other companies -- Kay, Harmony, and Regal mostly). This version isn't the "actual" Cathedranola model which used a super-light balsa wood resonator with a floating bridge in a soundwell. This is the down-market version which, as you said, is a spruce-disc soundboard/resonator set into the ply or birch top. Nice demo. :)

Great video, thanks.

how is the neck on these? Bulky like a cheap guitar?

Not a Frank Floyd Wright.

Thank you ! loved it 😎🖒

which strings did it have when you demoed it in this video?

i have a mint (re-issue) 2001 martin 00-17 and it sounds really really darn good!!!!

I've got a 1951 00-17 that I salvaged from my grandfather's closet nearly 30 years ago. The neck was cracked and the bridge lifting. I was lucky to bring it to a great shop for repair, and it sounds incredible to this day. It's no looker though, some serious scars...always surprises everyone when they hear it!

Awesome sound!! how does it differ from a modern GIBSON made of similar woods??

sounds not so hot, maybe plywood top

No bass

Is that in Texas

I've always been intrigued and fond of this house from plans and exterior photos, but hadn't yet seen any of the interior, and my reaction to its looks are mixed. I've always liked F. Ll. Wright's use of built-ins like the banquettes below rows of windows, here with storage underneath, dressers, etc. This is one smart and unique design, even by today's standards, and I'm glad the interior is no longer a mystery to me. The bare concrete block, however, seems shockingly spartan and unfinished, not at all what I expected. Perhaps it's not as brutal when the house is furnished, but empty, the spaces seem somewhat drab and dreary. Still, it's a wonderful home that I now understand much better-- thanks for sharing the video.

Very nice presentation - just one remark: I suspect, that you're using light gauge strings on it, which results in a somewhat over-crisp sound. How about a heavier gauge?

nice, can i meet your wife?

I have a 1953 015 which sounds a lot better

Nice. I need to learn slide. I always wanted to hear what one of these sounds like. Thanks.

I have a 1958 model and am exceedingly pleased...and every one wants to borrow it to record...good sign eh....

Nice.

Money...they bought it for $1.8 million and in about 6 months, without any repairs or modifications are to believed sold it for to $2.5 million to benefactor, Zach Rawling, a Las Vegas attorney, who has established a new Arizona non-profit to care for the house, the David and Gladys Wright House Foundation. A few threats(to demolish) and Ta-Dah... PROFIT. American capitalism in action

That appears to be exactly what the owner of the property intended to do. I really don't believe that they didn't know the identity or significance of the house...it's a VERY WEIRD HOUSE. Why did they think it would be OK to demoish it? Certainly they anticipated an outcry if they did demolish it. Why does a person in business choose to act with such contempt? Why do they think their venture will not be harmed by the bad publicity?

Anyway, you are wrong about the consequences of "historic designation." Requirements vary by locality. Very few properties fall into such a category and it is very rare that such a designation entirely prohibits demolition or other alteration.

First you are saying that the government can't do anything about it then you are telling us that "historic designation" amounts to a government "dictate." (Are all laws, is the constitution, a government dictate?) Which is it? If the government can't stop a building that lacks historic designation from being demolished should we be compensating private owners for laws that decrease the value of their property? Not necessarily.

david and gladys live there throughout their life, and the house was pass to their grand daughters and the grand daughters sold it according to wikipedia... that's a great lost to wright's family line, that's the only structure that a great architect design for his son and was just given away for money by their grandchildren..

Gorgeous home and love the view of Camelback Mountain. Any news on the sale or restoration?

As a designer and builder for some 23 years, I would love an oppotunity to restore a great work of architectural art like this home. It's a crime to see such a landmark threatened by greed or what some call progress. This is what makes us who we are are. Do you see castles or estates in Europe being torn down to be replaced with malls or golf courses? Losing one's heritage is truly a loss for all, whether they recognize it or not.

There are few rich people with taste.

See if George Lucas would buy it, I bet he'd be crazy about it. Just don't let him tweak it with CGI.