2020 Christian Koehn SP/IN

Year	2020
Top	Spruce
Back & Sides	Indian Rosewood
Scale Length	650 mm
Nut width	52.5 mm
Finish	French Polish
Country	Germany
Luthier	Christian Koehn

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Francisco Tárrega's "Estudio Brillante de Alard" performed by Max Brenner on a 2020 Christian Koehn

Description

A 2020 double-top classical guitar by Christian Koehn, with Alpine spruce skins around a balsa core and Indian rosewood back and sides – the first guitar we had from this Berlin luthier.

In the video above, Max Brenner plays Tárrega's "Estudio Brillante de Alard" on this guitar.

Spruce from 1989

Both skins of the double top are Alpine spruce from 1989 – the year the Berlin Wall fell, a symbolic detail Christian likes to point out. The three-piece back is old Indian rosewood from the 1970s, dark, fine and straight-grained; the neck is mahogany, and the head veneer, fingerboard and bindings are ebony.

Colorful and Powerful

The sound is very colorful and warm, with strong fundamentals and plenty of power evenly spread across all registers.

Photos of this guitar being built

Background

Christian Koehn: A Berlin Luthier

Christian Koehn, born in 1976, trained at the guitar- and violin-making school in Newark, England, graduating with distinction. In 2007 he and his wife, the violin maker Thilde van Norel, opened a workshop in his hometown of Berlin; today they live and work in Hohen Neuendorf, just outside the city. He is one of the "Berlin Luthiers", a group of makers who inspire each other while each keeps a very personal style.

From the Spanish to the French School

Christian began with the great Spanish makers and then turned to the French school of Daniel Friederich and Robert Bouchet. He has restored more than 200 master guitars, and he builds both single tops and double tops on a model he has refined over many years.