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| Thursday February 21, 2008
...to come in view
Impressions from my workshop A few weeks ago the young photographer Maria Sturm visited my workshop. Together with the Italian, Vienna based, guitarist Massimo Stefanizzi she came to get an impression of a musical instrument maker´s work.In the picture gallery you can see the very lovely results of her visit... If you want to visit her - here is her address: www.sturm-fotodesign.com
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That´s indeed a very nice compliment...
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...I received from my Chinese dealer.
At the Shanghai Music Fair which took place in October my Chinese dealer, Mr. Yuanzi WANG presented his new catalogue. If you want to see more, click the photo galery, or have a look at his website: www.xzjtw.com.
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The Chinese Character for >Guitar<
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Since this summer my guitars are available in China.
After a preparation time of almost one year I am very happy to announce the business partnership with the Chinese dealer Mr.Yuanzi WANG.
Of course I enjoyed a cream tea in the afternoon but...
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Since March 2007 Mr. Miles Roberts of 'Kent Guitar Classics Ltd' is the distributor for my instruments in England and Ireland.
Of course I enjoyed a cream tea in the afternoon but the main purpose of my journey to the lovely English county of Kent was to meet Mr. Miles Roberts, international dealer of Classical and Flamenco guitars located in Sevenoaks.
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New machine heads
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I am proud to present new designed hand-made machine heads that I will put on my guitars starting this autumn.
N.I.C.E. workshop aprons
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After hard and exhausting tests under extreme workshop condtions we are proud to present some really nice workshop aprons!
They cost 11 Euro each (excl. p+p).
Orders: office@tobiasbraun-guitars.com
N.I.C.E.
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Neufeldner Instrument Makers' Congress and Event
From October 21st to 23rd 2005 the fifth anniversary of our congress took place in the remote little village Neufelden (Mühlviertel, Upper Austria) with 66 participants from six European countries.As in the past, our goal was to foster professional development as well as the exchange of ideas. With this in mind we had organized a very interesting and varied program. As usulal, well-known specialists were talking to us about their specific expertise.
We were especially honoured and pleased to welcome world-renowned guitar maker Losé Luis Romanillos as a speaker at the congress. His topic was the history and development of the Spanish guitar. Alfons Huber was talking about "Cheap and Expensive Wood Surface Imitations", Fridolin Rusch about "Lacquer/Varnish Touch-up Work", Simone Zopf and Nupi Jenner about "The Use of Moiré Patternsfor Analysis of Bowed Instruments" and Tobias Braun about "The Restauration of a Factory-Made Spanish Guitar (1900)".
The restorer Franz Hobl gave a practical session on "Wood Imitation Work".
Friday´s night concert was played by Chiara Massini (Cembalo) and Luciano Contini (lute). On Saturday evening the audience enjoyed a program performed by the Viennese guitarist Martin Schwarz.
A première was the exhibition of tonewoods, tools and machine heads ("Tonewood Kölbl" - Austria, Maderas Barber - Spain, "Rubner" - Germany, and "Tremmel").
Please, keep in mind the dates of "N.I.C.E. 2006": October 20th - 22nd!
P.S.: In the meantime, have a N.I.C.E. time!!
