Erik Pierre Hofmann Luthier
I am a trained craftsman with twenty years of experience in repairing guitars. To this day, I have restored guitars by makers such as Antonio de Torres, Santos Hernandez, Georg Stauffer, Bernard Enzensperger, Pierre René Lacote, Etienne Laprevotte, Giovanni Battista Fabricatore, Donatus Filano and many more. These guitars are now played by professional musicians or form part of advanced collections. But restoring historical guitars is not only technically very demanding - if done with the seriousness required -, it is a tedious task that can easily become a burden.
I am a trained craftsman with twenty years of experience in repairing guitars. To this day, I have restored guitars by makers such as Antonio de Torres, Santos Hernandez, Georg Stauffer, Bernard Enzensperger, Pierre René Lacote, Etienne Laprevotte, Giovanni Battista Fabricatore, Donatus Filano and many more. These guitars are now played by professional musicians or form part of advanced collections. But restoring historical guitars is not only technically very demanding - if done with the seriousness required -, it is a tedious task that can easily become a burden.
I am a trained craftsman with twenty years of experience in repairing guitars. To this day, I have restored guitars by makers such as Antonio de Torres, Santos Hernandez, Georg Stauffer, Bernard Enzensperger, Pierre René Lacote, Etienne Laprevotte, Giovanni Battista Fabricatore, Donatus Filano and many more. These guitars are now played by professional musicians or form part of advanced collections. But restoring historical guitars is not only technically very demanding - if done with the seriousness required -, it is a tedious task that can easily become a burden.
Though I highly recommend to entrust a historical guitar to one of the few specialised craftsmen only, I am myself unfortunately no longer available for this task. Yet, I welcome the inquiries of musicians who are looking for a historical guitar: some of the guitars from my extensive private collection might be purchased after having been restored by me (check the current inventory here). Prices for perfectly playable period guitars of fine quality, for example romantic era guitars made in Mirecourt or Vienna, start at €3.000. As long as they are not restored, guitars from my collection are not for sale, but they are still available for luthiers, scholars etc. to be studied. I will gladly respond to your inquiries concerning historical guitars, whether you are looking for a fine working instrument, need advice to narrow down your research of a historical guitar in order to match your repertoire choices or want one appraised. The cost of a written appraisal is 80,- Euro + 1,5% of the instrument’s estimated value.
Though I highly recommend to entrust a historical guitar to one of the few specialised craftsmen only, I am myself unfortunately no longer available for this task. Yet, I welcome the inquiries of musicians who are looking for a historical guitar: some of the guitars from my extensive private collection might be purchased after having been restored by me (check the current inventory here). Prices for perfectly playable period guitars of fine quality, for example romantic era guitars made in Mirecourt or Vienna, start at €3.000. As long as they are not restored, guitars from my collection are not for sale, but they are still available for luthiers, scholars etc. to be studied. I will gladly respond to your inquiries concerning historical guitars, whether you are looking for a fine working instrument, need advice to narrow down your research of a historical guitar in order to match your repertoire choices or want one appraised. The cost of a written appraisal is 80,- Euro + 1,5% of the instrument’s estimated value.
Though I highly recommend to entrust a historical guitar to one of the few specialised craftsmen only, I am myself unfortunately no longer available for this task. Yet, I welcome the inquiries of musicians who are looking for a historical guitar: some of the guitars from my extensive private collection might be purchased after having been restored by me (check the current inventory here). Prices for perfectly playable period guitars of fine quality, for example romantic era guitars made in Mirecourt or Vienna, start at €3.000. As long as they are not restored, guitars from my collection are not for sale, but they are still available for luthiers, scholars etc. to be studied. I will gladly respond to your inquiries concerning historical guitars, whether you are looking for a fine working instrument, need advice to narrow down your research of a historical guitar in order to match your repertoire choices or want one appraised. The cost of a written appraisal is 80,- Euro + 1,5% of the instrument’s estimated value.
