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We are inheritors of ancient craftsmen that used to create and live in the beautiful valley of Orpheus – mythical musician that fascinates people and animals with his playing.
Our instruments embody the spirit of our ancestors and the lovely natural beauties of our region. Their sound invokes memories of old times and echoes in the old monuments of material culture scattered in our land.
Kremona, 1936 – Georgiev’s family workshop /founded in 1924/
Kremona, 1954 – state-owned enterprise with increased product variety of string instruments
Kremona-Bulgaria, 2003 – guitar necks are still shaped by hand
Kremona-Bulgaria, 2004 – guitars assembly workshop
 
Reviews :

“…I am a musician who uses Kremona guitars. I love your instruments and play
them the Kremona Boothy at every NAMM show in L.A…”

C.Pellat

 

“…Kremona classical guitars are now carried locally by the Nicholson Music Company. Some of my students have purchased them, and I have to say that for the price, they have quite a nice tone.

Fractional guitar sizes for smaller hands (7/8, 3/4, and 1/2) are available as well as full size. Drop in to Nicholson's and speak with Nick Nicholson, who is expert in guitar construction and repair, about the guitars and his trip to their factory.

The company has an interesting history, and the international company (U.S., Germany and Russia) is represented in the U.S just down 50 in Rancho Cordova…”

LEGATO SUMMER 2007 NEWSLETTER, Folsom, CA, edited by the famous musician Daniel Roest
 

Kremona was founded in 1924 by Mr. Dimitar Georgiev. He and his brothers started a very ambitious business making mandolins, guitars and violins in their small workshop. The whole family was helping them. This is the beginning of the luthier art in Bulgaria. Apprenticed in Markneukirchen, Germany, Dimitar Georgiev brought two German luthiers to supervise the work and improve the skills of the young masters.

Later, in 1951, after the global political changes in Bulgaria, Kremona was transformed into a state-owned enterprise. The tradition was kept and developed. More people were hired and trained. Many new models of guitars, mandolins, and bowed instruments were made.

In 1999 Kremona became again a private-owned company and its only goal was to make the whole production of guitars and bowed instruments competitive on the international market. Following the old German luthier school the Orpheus valley guitars have changed in the years improving their outlook and tonal response. The wood used is kiln-dried and selected among the finest local and imported exotic materials. The accessories chosen are made by the best international suppliers. The delicate nitrocellulose varnish still used makes for the acoustics of the instruments.