{"product_id":"kenneth-brogger-2025-maple-mosaic","title":"Kenneth Brögger - 2025 Maple \"Mosaic\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the luthier\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eKenneth Brögger was born in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, in 1948 and trained with the Danish guitar maker Yngve Barslev from 1972 to 1975. During these formative years he travelled several times to Spain, deepening his understanding of the living traditions of guitar making, and built his first guitar in 1974. He established his own workshop in Birkeroed in 1975 and soon became closely involved with Denmark’s historical instrument culture, working at The Museum of Music History and Carl Claudius’ Collection in Copenhagen, where he measured and catalogued antique guitars. His career has combined building, restoration, research, writing, and public expertise. Brögger has received several scholarships from the Danish Arts Agency, published books and articles on the guitar, and was awarded the Applied Arts Prize of 1879 and the silver Hetsch Medal in 1997, among the highest Danish recognitions for artisan craftsmanship. His work reflects a rare combination of workshop practice, historical knowledge, and long experience with Spanish guitar traditions, including further study of French polishing techniques with Manuel Reyes in Córdoba and Antonio Marin Montero in Granada.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the guitar\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis 2025 Kenneth Brögger classical guitar is built in traditional Spanish construction with a spruce soundboard and flamed maple back and sides, all finished in French polish. Its visual language is richly considered, drawing inspiration from the decorative worlds of Enrique García and Francisco Simplicio while remaining unmistakably shaped by Brögger’s own imagination. The mosaic work appears not only in the rosette and purflings, but is echoed across the back and tie block, creating a sense of ornament that travels through the instrument rather than sitting on the surface. A maple insert on the headplate reflects the figure of the back and sides, giving the design a quiet continuity from head to body. Tonally, the guitar has the singing clarity and brilliance associated with this Spanish lineage, but the maple brings a distinctive turn of colour. The trebles carry a gently nasal glow, soft at the edge yet alive with overtones, while the body of the sound remains full, airy, and generous. There is real presence in the voice, with sustain that allows notes to bloom and remain suspended, yet the brilliance is never lost inside the warmth. The result is a guitar of refined visual craft and persuasive musical character, where maple lightness, Spanish architecture, and Brögger’s decorative precision meet in a voice that feels both luminous and full bodied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Siccas Guitars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54085185012045,"sku":"KS17929","price":8990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0765\/4011\/7325\/files\/kenneth-brogger-2025-maple-mosaic-18.jpg?v=1781175538","url":"https:\/\/www.siccasguitars.com\/products\/kenneth-brogger-2025-maple-mosaic","provider":"Siccas Guitars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}