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.

Jens Towet

Jens Towet

Actually, when I was a kid, I wanted to learn the saxophone. But since there were no instruments available for a six-year-old child, my parents borrowed a children’s guitar from...

Jens Towet

Actually, when I was a kid, I wanted to learn the saxophone. But since there were no instruments available for a six-year-old child, my parents borrowed a children’s guitar from...

Curt Claus und Marc-Julian Voigt

Curt Claus und Marc-Julian Voigt

Curt Claus Voigt began his apprenticeship in Mark Neukirchen, at the company Marma, Karl Bauer KG, a small factory of 8-10 guitar makers, which manufactured almost all types of guitars,...

Curt Claus und Marc-Julian Voigt

Curt Claus Voigt began his apprenticeship in Mark Neukirchen, at the company Marma, Karl Bauer KG, a small factory of 8-10 guitar makers, which manufactured almost all types of guitars,...

Lorenzo Frignani

Lorenzo Frignani

www.frignanilorenzo.com Lorenzo Frignani’s general interest in luthery began at the end of the 1970s. His professional experience commenced in 1985 and since then he has received numerous acclaims for his...

Lorenzo Frignani

www.frignanilorenzo.com Lorenzo Frignani’s general interest in luthery began at the end of the 1970s. His professional experience commenced in 1985 and since then he has received numerous acclaims for his...

Antonio Morales Nogués

Antonio Morales Nogués

www.antoniomorales.com Antonio Morales Nogués was born in July 1956 in Monesterio (Extremadura). After a brief stay at Seville, at the age of 15 he moved to Palma de Majorca where...

Antonio Morales Nogués

www.antoniomorales.com Antonio Morales Nogués was born in July 1956 in Monesterio (Extremadura). After a brief stay at Seville, at the age of 15 he moved to Palma de Majorca where...

Hermann Hauser III

Hermann Hauser III

http://www.hauserguitars.de Beginning in 1974, Hermann Hauser III and his father built guitars independently in the same workshop. Hermann Hauser III provided his instruments with his own numbering and signature. Andres...

Hermann Hauser III

http://www.hauserguitars.de Beginning in 1974, Hermann Hauser III and his father built guitars independently in the same workshop. Hermann Hauser III provided his instruments with his own numbering and signature. Andres...

Kathrin Hauser

Kathrin Hauser

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

Kathrin Hauser

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

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