I have a particular Project with a few friends about the ancestries of the Ukulele: The Machete.
It´s a Virtual Museum in homage to a relative of min. He was a collector and musician.
The Machete is for me the most important, but I am interested in all instruments from Madeira Island (Portugal) And instruments from Portugal. I see that I have an portuguese guitar XIX century?
Can I ask more fotos of the instrument? It´s for sale? Please let me know.

I have already a few good instruments from the XIX century.
You can see it on:
http://www.museuapa.com
With clicking on Instrumentos, you go to the page of the Machetes, and Machetinhos.

http://www.museuapa.com/instrumentos/cordofones/

The Machete number 6 and number 9, is an Machete and Machetinho respectively, built in May 2012 by Maker Carlos Jorge Pereira Rodrigues, that is the only Maker in Madeira that still making Machetes, Machetinhos, Rajao, and Viola de Arame with original woods fro Madeira and original forms.

I am very interested on buy this kind of old and antique instruments, or any Madeirian Instruments.
If you have any for sale, or know anybody that have it, please let me know.
Please feel free to ad my website to your contacts . Will apreciate.

Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Norberto Gomes