Guntram Wolf

Guntram Wolf (Born in March 25, 1935 in Kronach; deceased in February 4, 2013 at the same place[1]) was a maker of modern and historical woodwind instruments in Kronach, Germany.

His productions

He specializes in the modern Heckel (German) system bassoon and is one of the better known makers of Wiener (Viennese) oboes. He also makes a considerable number of historical instrument replicas of bassoons, oboes and clarinets, as well as child-sized models of the same instruments.

Innovations

Guntram Wolf has also developed a redesign of the contrabassoon after an acoustical concept by Benedikt Eppelsheim, called the "Contraforte". The Contraforte has been received well in most countries but has a very small following in the United States, with less than a half dozen players of the instrument.

More recently, he and Eppelsheim have developed a redesigned bass oboe, called the "Lupophone".