My Instruments

Each instrument created is an individual project.

The customers requirements influence construction and design,

neck and fingerboard measurements, stringing, calibration of the tuning pitch

and last but not least the sound character.

downloadable leaflet with prices (pdf-950k)

list of available instruments

If you order an instrument now, the waiting time is around 16 months.

Guitars_____________________________

Classical Guitar plantilla Manuel Ramirez 1912

with top made of spruce or western red cedar

sides and back made of East Indian rosewood

or flamed maple

carbonfiber reinforced neck made of cedro or khaya

with ebony fingerboard with 20 frets

all decoration done by hand

finish french polish

with a tuning machine by Sloane or Scheller

string lengths 64cm and 65cm

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Classical Guitar bigger model, my personal design

designed to achieve a more effective frontal projection

with top made of spruce or western red cedar

sides and back made of East Indian rosewood or flamed maple

carbonfiber reinforced neck made of cedro or khaya

with ebony fingerboard with 20 frets

free adjustable bridge saddles

all decoration done by hand

finish french polish

with a tuning machine by Sloane or Scheller

string length 65cm or shorter

"modell especial" awarded the German Music Instrument Award

Classical Guitar 7 Strings, my personal design

details like above, 7th string with longer string length of 73cm, tuned A or B,

0-fret for the other 6 strings

Instruments in string lengths from 60cm to 65.5cm have been made so far.

Baroqueguitar______________________________

modell based on Jean Voboam 1687 Paris

string length shortened to 66cm, 5 choirs.

with top made of spruce, sides and back made of cherry (or other timbers),

ebonypegs and fingerboard, neck made of cherry, simple paper-rosette,

Nylgut or gut-strings, bridge made of pear with moustaches

Lutes______________________________

Renaissance Lute based on Frei 1530

bowl has 11 ribs made of European cherry with filets of eastindian rosewood

(alternative: flamed maple/rosewood or rosewood/flamed maple)

with solid or veneered spruce neck, with an ebony fingerboard

with pegs made of cocobolo

finish: bowl and neck french polish, top french polished or waxed

6-courses, string length 63cm, g´tuning

6-courses, string length 66cm, e´tuning

the same model available with 8-courses

Mandolins__________________________

Concert mandolin, my personal model

with top made of spruce

bowl has 13 ribs made of East Indian rosewood filets flamed maple

(alternative: flamed maple or aningré/rosewood or alternating ribs rosewood/flamed maple)

carbonfiber reinforced neck made of cedro or khaya

with ebony fingerboard with 24 frets

all decoration done by hand

finish: french polish

with a tuning machine by Schaller or Rubner

string length 33cm

In addition to handmade instruments you can find

second hand and antique instruments in good playing condition, as well as selected serial guitars.

Please don´t hesitate to contact me if you are interested in the reconstruction of a historical instrument.

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