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Michael Berstecher (Manager / Sales)
was born in 1973 and plays the guitar since
he was ten. In 1995 he started making guitars with instruction
of Erik Krause, after he had learned the fundamentals in a
woodworking school. His second instrument was already bought
and is played by a member of the Freiburger Gitarrenquartett.
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Erik Krause (Repairs / Guitar making / Web development)
was born 1961. Inspired by Tibor Ehlers
he began making instruments in 1979. Since 1980 he worked
as a repair man in a little music shop in Pforzheim/Germany.
In 1983 he met Rolf Eichinger, who taught him the principles
of spanish guitarmaking. Short time later he got to know Franz
Butscher and founded with him die Gitarrenwerkstatt in
Freiburg. Franz Butscher now lives in Orgiva near Granada/Spain,
where ha has an own workshop and makes wonderful guitars.
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Lutz Hess (Dispatch / Quality control)
is the youngest member of our team and was born in 1981. In 2009 he finished his trade test for luthier and worked until the spring of 2011 in a prestigious Munich guitar shop. In the summer of the same year it moved him to Freiburg. Since then he cares for us to dispatch and quality control in the incoming and outgoing goods. All instruments are set by Him before shipping optimally. Since 2012 he is also doing repairs for our local shop.
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Our Rooms (virtual tour)
are located in the Kulturpark-Freiburg. The building also houses the international music college and several artists' studios as well as gastronomy.
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