Trained
first as an architect, Bernhard Kresse later turned to making and
restoring fine classical guitars - soon specializing in period 19th
century guitars. In the many years since becoming a luthier, Kresse has
acquired an extensive knowledge of 19th century guitar making traditions
- both by examining and restoring original instruments in his Cologne
workshop which he established in 1985 and by conducting extensive
research in museums and private collections throughout Europe. Click
here to hear Jürgen Schenk perform on a Bernhard Kresse Stauffer replica.
His
inspired reproductions, musical revelations in their own right, are
performed and recorded on by an unusually large, distinguished
group of artists:
Duo Arte en parte, Giampaolo Bandini, Frederic
Benattar, Duo Bonfanti, Izhar Elias, Duo Ghiribizzo, Nicola Jappelli,
Franz Halasz, Michael Koch, Ansgar Krause, Carsten Linck, Duo Melis,
Johannes Möller, Paolo Pegoraro, Alvaro Pierri, Sonja Prunnbauer,
Alexander Sergei Ramirez, Marco Schmidt, Isabel Siewers, Raphaella
Smits, Paul Shigihara, Duo Sonare, Pavel Steidl, Alexander Swete,
Benjamin Verdery, Adrian Walter, Brigitte Zaczek. (
Learn more about this classical guitar maker).
Materials: Flamed
maple sides and back (one piece); European spruce soundboard; moustache
bridge; adjustable neck; French polish of shellac finish on the sides,
back and neck; lightly applied oil varnish finish on the soundboard;
Rodgers Stauffer style tuning machine heads (not shown), 640mm string length, hardshell case.