2023 Stefan Nitschke "Hauser" SP/CSAR

A 2023 "Hauser" classical guitar by Stefan Nitschke, with a bearclaw spruce top and CSA rosewood back and sides – our third "Hauser" from Stefan. As with all his guitars, Stefan gave it a name, printed on its label: "La Cienfuegos".

An Interpretation of Hauser I

Stefan considers this model an interpretation of several Hauser I guitars he has seen, with the internal details based largely on the famous 1937 Hauser of Andrés Segovia. The CSA rosewood is very colorful, and his darker amber finish gives the guitar an aged look – without the wear.

Sturdy, Dry and Woody

Like a Hauser, it has a sturdy, dry and woody tone, a strong fundamental to every note and controlled overtones, the looseness of an old guitar under the fingers and a lyrical charm in the trebles.

Photos of this guitar being built

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.