Trained first as an architect, Bernhard Kresse turned to making and restoring classical guitars. He now specializes in 19th-century guitars and has conducted extensive research in museums and private collections throughout Europe.
▪ bio current as of 2017
2017
AL#131 p.6
Federico Sheppard Bernhard Kresse
▪ Bernhard Kresse lives and works in his hometown of Cologne, Germany. He’s one of those guitar-making self-starters who was lured away from college by the siren song of lutherie. He has come to specialize in restoration and new construction of Romantic-era guitars, and also makes a “modern” classical guitar based on their advanced features.