| Walter Stanul, guitar maker. |
| Also an accomplished guitarist, Stanul started out his career by teaching classical guitar for ten years at the Boston Conservatory of Music. He had studied guitar with Oscar Ghiglia, Michael Lorimer, and Carlos Montoya and attended the landmark 1964 master class with Andres Segovia. Writing about his impetus to develop a guitar with an expanded range, Stanul states, "Many pieces fit well on the 6-string guitar. However, more ambitious transcriptions, duets derived from keyboard works or the Cello Suites of Bach, for examlple, benefit greatly from an instrument of wider compass.” | If you are interested in having an archguitar built, or would like more information on Walter Stanul's other instruments, please email: w.stanul@archguitar.com or call (1) 781-322-6610 |
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| Walter Stanul has worked as a guitar maker and woodworker for nearly four decades. Prior to building the first Archguitar in for guitarist Peter Blanchette in 1981, Stanul studied lute and guitar construction with the renowned luthier David Rubio, creator of Julian Bream's lute and guitar, at the University of Toronto. Additionally, he studied lute guitar making with Joel Van Lennep and harpsichord making with William Dowd at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and vihuela making with Donald Warnock at the Boston University School of Artisanry. Currently, along with building instruments, Mr. Stanul directs the woodshops of Harvard University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, teaching courses in musical instrument making and woodworking. His original work has appeared in FINE WOODWORKING magazine. | ||
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Below: 13-string tenor archguitar, built for Elliot Gibbons
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Below: 16th century Viuhela
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