Luthiers from Around the World

The modern French name for luthier goes back to lute making. In the German-speaking world, the makers of stringed instruments were called violin makers, as violin was the generic term for various stringed instruments. However, violin makers also occasionally made plucked instruments such as lutes, mandolins, harps, guitars and hurdy-gurdies. Clear demarcations between the instrument makers were created later and regionally by professional associations. The craft of luthiers is usually divided into two main categories: Makers of stringed instruments that are plucked or bowed, and makers of stringed instruments that are bowed. Since stringed instruments require a bow, there is a sub-type in the second category known as a bow maker or archetier. Two important luthiers of the early 19th century who are associated with the development of the modern classical guitar are Louis Panormo and Georg Staufer. Antonio Torres Jurado is credited with developing the shape of the classical guitar that is still in use today. Christian Frederick Martin from Germany developed a form that evolved into the modern steel-stringed acoustic guitar.

Kathrin Hauser

Kathrin Hauser

http://www.hauserguitars.de Kathrin Hauser Before dedicating herself fully to professional guitar making, Kathrin Hauser first trained in a commercial profession. After gaining several years of experience in that field, she began...

Kathrin Hauser

http://www.hauserguitars.de Kathrin Hauser Before dedicating herself fully to professional guitar making, Kathrin Hauser first trained in a commercial profession. After gaining several years of experience in that field, she began...

Thomas Ochs

Thomas Ochs

www.ochs-gitarrenbau.de Workshop Since September 2004 he has been working in his own workshop in Kemmern near the World Heritage City of Bamberg in Upper Franconia. As a master guitar maker,...

Thomas Ochs

www.ochs-gitarrenbau.de Workshop Since September 2004 he has been working in his own workshop in Kemmern near the World Heritage City of Bamberg in Upper Franconia. As a master guitar maker,...

Annette Stephany

Annette Stephany

Annette Stephany www.annettestephany.com Since 2003, Annette Stephany has been dedicated to the construction of guitars and acoustic plucked instruments. After three years of training at the Mittenwald Luthier School in...

Annette Stephany

Annette Stephany www.annettestephany.com Since 2003, Annette Stephany has been dedicated to the construction of guitars and acoustic plucked instruments. After three years of training at the Mittenwald Luthier School in...

Bernhard Kresse

Bernhard Kresse

Kresse Guitars www.kresse-gitarren.de Over the past 25 years, the luthier has restored a substantial number of historical instruments, with a particular focus on early 19th-century guitars such as Stauffer, Panormo,...

Bernhard Kresse

Kresse Guitars www.kresse-gitarren.de Over the past 25 years, the luthier has restored a substantial number of historical instruments, with a particular focus on early 19th-century guitars such as Stauffer, Panormo,...

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