Hopf guitar 1950's
 Mid-1950s archtop guitar, built with laminated maple and mahogany.
 64.5 cm long scale, rosewood fingerboard and maple neck. Original tuners
 It's in very good condition and allows for a perfect fit. Very comfortable to play, with a 2 mm gain at the 12th fret for the first string.
 Checked frets reconditioned, rounded and polished.
 Its condition is very good, the varnish has the normal patina for its age, the instrument is solid and firm, without any problems.
 The action is very low and has a great, nuanced sound. It has new 0.11 bronze strings.

 HOPF Instrument making family is the Klingenthal violin maker Caspar Hopf, who was born in 1669 as a member of the Graslitzer violin makers . He was born Caspar Hobe (1655-1716), the son of the mining engineer Christoph Hobe, who moved from Hamburg to Vogtland in 1650. But only the eponymous son of Caspar Hopf (1650-1711) coined the brand name "Hopf". Since then, the craftsmanship has always been passed down from father to son. Only in the 19th century was this family tradition interrupted due to the early death of August Hermann Hopf (1859-1884). But Ernst Max Hopf (1882-1956) learned the profession of string maker and founded in 1906 the company E. Max Hopf in Zwota in Klingenthal. His son Willy Hopf (1906-1990) took over the company in 1932 and, together with his brother Wolfgang, joined the company as an instrument-making town.
 Until 1948, the Hopf family lived in the Klingenthal/Markneukirchen area in Saxony. For political reasons, the family relocated before the founding of the GDR and the imminent nationalization of the company at the Hess works.