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thero scharpach, luthier
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Theo Scharpach, Luthier: After having worked on my own for almost 23 years, I decided that it became time to find a partner to pass on the knowledge. I was quite lucky to find Menno Bos interested in working together with me. I knew he had been making guitars for eight years (some fine historical instruments showing his craftsmanship) and moreover, he graduated as a guitar-teacher as well.
It turned out that we were able to share our style of guitar-making and for one and a half year Menno has been making Scharpach Guitars together with me.
Theo Scharpach:
I was born near Vienna, Austria in 1955.
I have been making guitars for almost 25 years. Now the workshop is in Bergeyk, the Netherlands.
I followed training in the fine art of wood handcrafting.
After that I also graduated as an antique furniture restorer.
The guitar-shop opened in 1976.
Menno Bos:
Growing up among church organ and choral singing like I did, the guitar is not the most obvious instrument you would expect I was attracted to. It took until I was about 16 years old before I got touched by the sounds of the classical guitar.
The fascination is probably due to the intimate character and the innumerable possibilities of sound colours this instrument has.
Classical concert guitar,
Archtop,
Dolphin Concert Jazz,
Dolphin Steel,
Jumbo,
SKD Steve Howe,
Grand Dad (12-string),
Grand Orchestre (8-string),
SLAB (longneck 6-string),
Selmer type,
The Arch (nylon),
Teardrop (nylon),
Octave Mandolin,
Hurdy Gurdy
It turned out that we were able to share our style of guitar-making and for one and a half year Menno has been making Scharpach Guitars together with me.
Theo Scharpach:
I was born near Vienna, Austria in 1955.
I have been making guitars for almost 25 years. Now the workshop is in Bergeyk, the Netherlands.
I followed training in the fine art of wood handcrafting.
After that I also graduated as an antique furniture restorer.
The guitar-shop opened in 1976.
Menno Bos:
Growing up among church organ and choral singing like I did, the guitar is not the most obvious instrument you would expect I was attracted to. It took until I was about 16 years old before I got touched by the sounds of the classical guitar.
The fascination is probably due to the intimate character and the innumerable possibilities of sound colours this instrument has.
Classical concert guitar,
Archtop,
Dolphin Concert Jazz,
Dolphin Steel,
Jumbo,
SKD Steve Howe,
Grand Dad (12-string),
Grand Orchestre (8-string),
SLAB (longneck 6-string),
Selmer type,
The Arch (nylon),
Teardrop (nylon),
Octave Mandolin,
Hurdy Gurdy
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Jul 20, 2005
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Holger Reuning beschäftig sich seit über 20 Jahren mit Gitarren und arbeitet seit über 15 Jahren als Gitarrenbauer. Traditioneller Gitarrenbau und inovative Entwicklungen haben einen Platz in seiner Werkstatt. Zur Zeit arbeitet er in seiner Meisterwekstatt in Bad Hersfeld.Zu seinen bekanntesten Kunden gehören das Duo Tedesco, Miguel Iven und der Komponist Lorenz Schmidt.
Stilvolles Designe und ausgeprägte Klangqualitäten sind die Grundlage der Arbeit in der Werkstatt von Holger Reuning.
Es werden nur ausgesuchte, mindestens 10 Jahre in seiner Werkstatt gelagerte Hölzer verarbeitet.
Seine Gitarren werden von namhaften Gitarristen wie Lorenzo Schmidt und dem Duo Tedesco gespielt.
Zusammen mit der Firma Fishman arbeitet Holger Reuning an einem naturgetreuen Tonabnehmersystem für Konzertgitarren. Auf seine Instrumente zieht er Hannabach Saiten und bestückt seine Gitarren mit hochwertigen Reischl-Mechaniken.
Stilvolles Designe und ausgeprägte Klangqualitäten sind die Grundlage der Arbeit in der Werkstatt von Holger Reuning.
Es werden nur ausgesuchte, mindestens 10 Jahre in seiner Werkstatt gelagerte Hölzer verarbeitet.
Seine Gitarren werden von namhaften Gitarristen wie Lorenzo Schmidt und dem Duo Tedesco gespielt.
Zusammen mit der Firma Fishman arbeitet Holger Reuning an einem naturgetreuen Tonabnehmersystem für Konzertgitarren. Auf seine Instrumente zieht er Hannabach Saiten und bestückt seine Gitarren mit hochwertigen Reischl-Mechaniken.
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At that time, the guitars were branded ‘Sungeum’ which means ‘accomplishing the sound’ and this is still a well known brand in the Korean market, today. HyunKwon’s ambition was always to supply instruments to guitar players throughout the world, however, so he then started to make acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars which had more international appeal.
In 1986, in Jae Park, his elder son, also joined the company with HyunKwon Park remaining as chairman. InJae believed that ‘Sungeum’ was too difficult a word for his export market so he decided to create a new brand that would be both easy to remember and convey an appropriate image. He chose the name ‘Crafter’, which has connotations of high quality and also pays tribute to the craftsmen who create the guitars. The Crafter brand is now registered in more than 40 countries throughout the world.
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