Beautiful contraguitar (Schrammel guitar) in the style of a Viennese Stauffer guitar - by Horst Lederer from the 1980s.
Horst Lederer is a guitar maker in Markneukirchen in the Vogtland region. Markneukirchen is the best-known town for guitar making in Germany. Horst Lederer is still active and high-quality guitars are built under his label. His name stands for tradition, high quality and handmade instruments.
The contraguitar (Schrammelgitarre) was invented in Vienna in the middle of the 19th century and quickly became very popular.
Famous guitar makers such as Johan Georg Stauffer, Johann Gottfried Scherzer and Franz Angerer built such instruments.
The contraguitar is therefore ideal for accompanying folk music and Schrammel music. Nowadays it is also used in modern music and jazz.
This beautiful guitar was built in the style of one of the famous Viennese guitars, with the typical Stauffer headstock, the unique tuners and the adjustable neck. It has 15 strings. The top is made of fine spruce and the back and sides of maple. It has a scale length of 640 mm and a nut width of 51 mm.
The sound is very beautiful, masterful with concert quality. It has a sound with a lot of clarity, but at the same time an incredible tonal flexibility and at the same time offers the magic that only an old, masterfully built guitar can produce.
The guitar has a good response and can be surprisingly loud. At the same time, it retains a wide range of beautiful timbres in all registers.
The condition is very good for its age. Some minor cracks have been repaired and the guitar shows slight signs of use and wear.
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