Transcript of a panel discussion with Frederic Hand, Dennis Koster, and Ben Verdery, moderated by John Lehmann-Haupt, on the history of the classical guitar in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s. With rare photographs of guitarists and luthiers mentioned in the text. 

The New York City Classical Guitar Society honors guitar great Gene Bertoncini with tributes from Eliot Fisk, Tony Bennett, Bucky Pizzarelli, Frederic Hand, Dennis Koster, Jorge Morel, Ralph Gibson, David Leisner, Michael Moore, John Scofield, Andrew York, Benjamin Verdery and many more. Also: An interview with Gene Bertoncini, and Bertoncini's sketch of Puccini's "Nessun Dorma"