11 Oct

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Wilhelm Winkler / Munich 1923 Opening the back of the guitar, was the only possibility to repair the loose back bars and to reinforce thethree cracks in the top with wooden diamonds. The height of the body is so small, that inside working by hand was...

03 Jun

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J. A. Otto / Weimar 1804 The guitar is part of the collection Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha. Abstract: The guitar is in a very fragile condition and it is not possible to make the guitar playable again. The main reason for this is the loose neck and...

03 Jun

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J. A. Stauffer / Vienna The guitar is part of the of the collection Mahn- und Gedenkstaette Ravensbrueck. Ravensbrück concentration camp, built by the SS in 1939, was the largest women’s concentration camp in the German Reich. The guitar was owned by Cölestine Hübner, an Austrian woman who...