Simon Rovis-Hermann Luthier

12/08/2023

My 1809 Gennaro Fabricatore build is coming along. Made from 99% recycled materials sourced from an old piano, antique furniture, and joinery, including salvaged whale bone from the sea behind the Albany whaling station. This guitar represents one of the earliest examples of the first 6 string guitar ever produced and was the pioneering instrument that would inspire many other builders to come.

03/08/2023

I had a fantastic weekend attending and presenting my work at the Perth International Guitar Festival held at UWA. Many thanks to Jonathan Fitzgerald for having me onboard showing my 19th century guitars. A big surprise was to have Adrian Walter attend from the ACT bringing a guitar I built for him in 2007. Many thanks also to Joe Bonini also for bringing his guitar, making it possible for me to show a variety of instruments I have built in homage to the great luthiers of 200 years ago.

07/04/2023

Here are some images of a recently completed 1827 Lacôte guitar copy, who happened to be a prominent Parisian Luthier in the early to mid 19th century. The upper frets are ebony and silver inlay, French Polished, with Spruce from the French Alpine region that I purchased over 20 years ago while on an Australia Council for the arts, artist in residence, at Cite International des Art, Paris.

04/03/2023

I’ve been working on a guitar, it’s taken a while, but I’m almost there

23/02/2023

How beautiful is this!

Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)“Variations de Beethoven pour piano et basse arrangèes pour Piano et Guitare op.169”.This composition is an adaptation by Carul...

21/01/2023

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26/11/2022

Saturday morning meditation

11/05/2021

Ana always seems to make it look effortless, this is one of best videos I have in a while!

Support the Omni Foundation by donating here:https://omniconcerts.com/online-series/Watch the pre-concert interview here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZ6...

13/04/2021

https://youtu.be/gyu-Rl6nXkU

Tim Meeks is an audio engineer. He invented a new musical instrument, the Harpejji. It’s a captivating combination of piano and guitar, and it’s used by worl...

14/01/2021

Shifting wood around sometimes brings up some surprises, Tiger Myrtle and highly figured Tasi Blackwood

21/11/2020

A couple of new projects, one very rare Lacôte Legnani model, the other a Reis Legnani model which is a copy of a guitar I studied in about 2005 owned by Pavel Steidl, made much like a Stauffer Legnani model...,, French-Italian-Austrian-Italian, everyone copying everyone..,,,