2017 Annette Stephany SP/IN

A 2017 classical guitar by Annette Stephany, with a spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides – her slightly modified version of Lorenzo Frignani's 1910 Manuel Ramírez.

In the video above, Pavel Kukhta plays Aguado's Étude No. 27 on this guitar.

The Ramírez Spirit

The 7+2 symmetrical bracing comes straight from the original guitar, and Annette's long familiarity with it shows in the very natural, earthy sound.

Clarity and Volume

She adds great clarity between voices and surprising volume – a versatile guitar for any style, solo or in ensemble. Pre-owned, in excellent condition with barely any signs of use.

Annette Stephany: From Mittenwald to Schweinfurt

Annette Stephany (born 1982) is a German classical guitar maker. She was fascinated by lutherie from the age of 14, when she met a violin maker, and at 21 she enrolled in the violin-making school in Mittenwald, where she also worked for the harp maker Eric Kleinmann. She then apprenticed with Lorenzo Frignani in Modena, Italy, until 2013, with a year of restoration work in Bernhard Kresse's workshop in Cologne, where she later shared a shop with Kresse. Today she has her own workshop in Schweinfurt.

Inspired by Frignani's 1910 Ramírez and 1906 García

Her models follow two historic guitars in Frignani's collection, a 1910 Manuel Ramírez and a 1906 Enrique García, which she studied for years, alongside a design of her own. Her guitars are light and quick to respond, with the natural, earthy warmth of those old instruments and modern clarity and volume.