2021 Stefan Nitschke "Hauser" SP/CSAR

A 2021 "Hauser" classical guitar by Stefan Nitschke, with a bearclaw spruce top and CSA rosewood back and sides – his first "Hauser" for GSI. Its label carries the name Stefan gave it, "La Clareta".

In the videos above, Marcin Kuźniar plays Tárrega's arrangement of Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 and Tomasz Fechner plays Villa-Lobos's "Chôros No. 1" on this guitar.

Several Hausers in One

Stefan's "Hauser" interprets several Hauser I guitars, its inner details taken mostly from Segovia's 1937 Hauser. The colorful CSA rosewood and dark amber finish give it the look of an older guitar.

Strong Fundamentals

The tone is sturdy, dry and woody, with a strong fundamental to every note, controlled overtones and lyrical trebles. Pre-owned, in excellent condition with some playing wear in the finish from regular use.

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.