Passion for Harpsichords
Handmade in Germany

Matthias Kramer
Harpsichord maker

I have been building harpsichords for selected customers since 1980, mainly of German and Italian design. My instruments are appreciated by musicians, universities and institutes worldwide.

2018

500th harpsichord

In March 2018 completion of 500th harpsichord as a commission for a music lover from the Russian Federation.

2012

Workshop in Berlin

Relocation of the workshop from Rosengarten/Hamburg to Berlin.

World premieres

2021:
Harpsichord after Silbermann/Gräbner with 16’, 8’, 8’, 8’, 4’

2020:
Fine gold wound bass strings on a 16′ harpsichord after Zell/Hass from around 1750

2004:
Double manual harpsichord with 16′, 8′, 8′, 8′ based on an idea by Lars Ulrik Mortensen

2001:
Single manual harpsichord after Mondini with 16′, 16′, 8′

2000:
16′ harpsichord after Zell/Hass with pedal

1999:
16’ harpsichord after Zell/Hass

1996:
Spinet with 16′, 8′ and 4′

References (summary)

music colleges/conservatories

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Vienna
Kobe
Osaka
Seoul
Tokyo
Stockholm
Kopenhagen
Hamburg
Frankfurt Hochschule
Frankfurt Konservatorium
Trossingen

Hannover
Würzburg
Karlsruhe
Essen
Lodz
Uppsala
Breslau
Krakau
Kattowitz
Santiago/Chile
Weimar
Wiesbaden

churches/institutes

Tübingen
Erlangen
St. Michaelis/Hamburg
St. Katharinen/Hamburg
St.Jacobi/Hamburg
Haga/Göteborg
Malmö
Holmenskerk
Kreuzkirche Dresden
Nürnberg
Mühlheim/Ruhr
LLuc /Mallorca

orchestras/broadcasting stations

NOSPR/Kattowice
Fukushima
Seoul
Hongkong
Palma de Mallorca
Kaiserslautern
Philharmonie Berlin
Philharmonie Slovenien
Capella Cracoviensis
Concerto Copenhagen
Barock Werk Hamburg
SWR Tübingen

Workshop Prenzlauer Berg

Space for ideas and exclusivity

Precious musical instruments are meticulously handcrafted in the 140m2 workshop in Prenzlauer Berg. There is everything required to design and build world-class harpsichords.