From the "Herr im Frack" (Gentleman with tailcoat)
to the "Elektrischen Hawaia-Gitarre" (electrical Hawaiian guitar)
"Hoyer guitars - masterpieces of German "Zupfinstrumentebau"
(industry of stringed instruments)
Workshop of registered master Arnold Hoyer,
Tennenlohe near Erlangen" (1948)
Probably the first post-war brochure of a German guitar company.
Courtesy of the museum of luthiers, community of 91088 Bubenreuth.
Opening hours: every Sunday 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
How to build a guitar?
Do-it-yourself construction manual from 1968
"Hausmusik mit Elektronik" by Rudolf Wollmann
Source: Das Neue Universum. Ein Jahrbuch für Forschung, Wissen und Unterhaltung, Band 85, Stuttgart 1968.
Electric guitars out of a brochure of the company Höfner
Mid sixties
Property of Gagey Mrozeck
Electric guitars out of a brochure of the company Framus
Mid sixties
Property of Gagey Mrozeck
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