2019 Stefan Nitschke "Romanillos" SP/CSAR

A 2019 "Romanillos" classical guitar by Stefan Nitschke, with a bearclaw spruce top and CSA rosewood back and sides – one of his earlier Romanillos models. Look inside and you'll find its name, handwritten on the label: "La Lucena".

Moorish Arch and Open Harmonic Bar

The model follows José Luis Romanillos in structure and aesthetics: the "Moorish" arch in the rosette, his head shape and inlay work in bridge and head, and the open harmonic bar with four struts beneath.

Like a Played-In Romanillos

The sound is loose and warm, with clarity and focus, lyrical trebles and sturdy basses. Pre-owned, in pristine, like-new condition.

Read more: Orfeo Magazine No. 22 – Gernot Wagner and the New German Generation (with a feature on Stefan Nitschke)

Stefan Nitschke: A Guitarist Turned Guitar Maker

Stefan Nitschke is a German classical guitar maker, born in 1982, who works in Kirchhain, Hesse. A guitarist who came back to the classical guitar through the music of Tárrega, he studied at the conservatory in Osnabrück from 2002, where his teacher Ulrich Müller encouraged him to build his first guitar – on the carpet of his living room. He learned more by watching Gerhard Oldiges at work, and from 2004 studied at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt while working as a luthier.

Romanillos, Hauser and Santos

His passion is the sound of the old masters, and his models pay tribute to José Luis Romanillos, Hermann Hauser I and Santos Hernández, as well as Vicente Arias and Manuel Ramírez – interpretations rather than literal copies. Like Romanillos, he gives each guitar a name. He was featured among "the new German generation" in Orfeo Magazine No. 22.