09/05/2026
The new Sunbird Vienna. (owned by Wolfgang Muthspiel)
Not without proud I present the new nylon string crossover Archtop. A nylon string clearly not for classical players but for those other who just love to play a great nylon string guitar.
It took me 6 months or more to come to a design concept of which I thought may work. Although building mostly nylon string guitars in the first 15-20 years of my career I studied the great Italian masters of violin making. The most famous books were : Die Kunst des Geigenbaues, Möckel -Winkel and “the Secrets of Stradivari, Simone F. Sacconi. Not to copy which is simply impossible but to understand there thoughts behind their unique design concept: The curves in relationship to the thickness of the plates.
Therefor I am so pleased that the Sunbird Vienna will be owned by no other great player then Wolfgang Muthspiel. He has an impressive career as a nylon string Jazz player.