Guntram Wolf

Guntram Wolf (born March 25, 1935 in Kronach ; † February 4, 2013 there ) was a German musical instrument maker and specialist in the restoration of historical woodwind instruments . He was one of the world's leading manufacturers of woodwind instruments.

biography

After graduating from high school, Wolf first studied ancient oriental archeology at the University of Munich in his hometown and then switched to teaching. The secondary school teacher for history, English and biology worked as an oboist in the school orchestra.

In his spare time, Wolf, who had been a bassoon player since his youth, devoted himself to the development of wind instruments and the reproduction of historical woodwind instruments. After the production of an Argul, i. i. a double-barreled Egyptian flute, he began making instruments as a part-time job. He taught wind instrument acoustics and instrument science at the Musikhochschule Düsseldorf. After successfully completing advanced training to become a master woodwind instrument maker in 1992, he opened a workshop in Kronach that was initially a one-man operation. Since then the company has grown to around 20 employees. The focus is on the reproduction of historical instruments, the production of fifth and fourth bassoons such as musical instruments for children as well as the general construction of woodwind instruments.

Since 2001, Wolf and Benedikt Eppelsheim have been developing the contrabassoon, a new instrument intended to replace the contrabassoon. Another joint development is the Lupophon , a bass oboe similar to the Heckelphone, but with an extended range down to deep F.

Web links

• http://www.guntramwolf.de
• http://2003.innovationspreis-oberfranken.de/xist4c/web/displayAction_id_181_.htm;jsessionid=5him9q4k21

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: trauer.infranken.de