{"id":141,"date":"2019-07-30T10:54:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T08:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkowiakguitars.com\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2021-03-04T11:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:43:26","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/turkowiakguitars.com\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rafal Turkowiak was born on 9 January 1966 in Golanice near Leszno, Poland. His father, a carpenter, and grandfather, a wheel-wright, had a great influence on the boy in the field of carpentry and wood technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the age of 15, he graduated from a primary musical school having successfully completed a three-year course in classical guitar in less than six months. Two years later, inspired by dismantling an old guitar, he made his first classical instrument with a sound hole and unique soundboard construction with suspended bracing, which was innovative at the time (see the picture).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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His passion for the guitar made him even more eager to play these amazing instruments. In 1983, singing and playing his own guitar among 5000 other contestants, he qualified for the semis of the National Young Talent Show in Poznan, Poland. The jury – including Aleksander Maliszewski, a well-known composer and conductor, and Urszula Sipinska, a popular singer at that time hailed him as the Polish Paul McCartney. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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His almost forty-years of experience and experiments in guitar making have resulted in a successful innovation in the soundboard: the WAVE type resonator is applied in all of his instruments. He has also invented the first guitar in the world that produces a sound not only from the body but also from the neck. The world patented innovation (European Patent Office EP 3340231 (B1)) Acoustic Tubes inside the guitar neck is his greatest achievement. He is also the inventor of the (patented) first in the world Bridge with Drilled Holes and back & sides made at High-Tech Press. All of these innovations place Rafal Turkowiak among the best luthiers. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to noble and partial sounds, this luthier’s work is called ‘the Queen of Guitars’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafa\u0142 Turkowiak has been a member of The Guild of American Luthiers since 2007.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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About My Sons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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From the left: Nikodem, Rafal and Tymoteusz Turkowiak<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tymoteusz Turkowiak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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>Temporary Polish version only: Tymoteusz urodzi\u0142 si\u0119 w 1996 roku. Gitary s\u0105 dla niego ca\u0142ym \u015bwiatem. Gra na nich od 12 roku \u017cycia. Poza gitarami potrafi r\u00f3wnie\u017c \u015bwietnie gra\u0107 na pianinie. Od ma\u0142ego bierze czynny udzia\u0142 w pomaganiu swojemu tacie przy wytwarzaniu instrument\u00f3w. Z tego te\u017c powodu studiowa\u0142 lutnictwo, a w wieku 18 lat zbudowa\u0142 w\u0142asnor\u0119cznie swoje 2 pierwsze gitary koncertowe oraz skrzypce (co niezwyk\u0142e – ju\u017c jego pierwsze instrumenty mia\u0142y przepi\u0119kny g\u0142os z niezwykle d\u0142ugim sustainem). Jak tylko ma wolne chwile to sp\u0119dza je na grze na gitarze, \u015bpiewaniu oraz komponowaniu w\u0142asnych aran\u017cacji. Je\u015bli nie gra na gitarze, to prawdopodobnie jest w warsztacie pracuj\u0105c nad kolejnym arcydzie\u0142em. Co wi\u0119cej, Tymoteusz ma niezwyk\u0142y dar do tworzenia przepi\u0119knych intarsji oraz inkrustacji, gdy\u017c do perfekcji opanowa\u0142 sztuk\u0119 w\u0142adania d\u0142utami. Wszystkie wytwarzane przez nas gitary, swoje mistrzowskie wykonanie zawdzi\u0119czaj\u0105 niezwyk\u0142ej trosce Tymoteusza o detale. <\/p>

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Nikodem Turkowiak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Temporary Polish version only: Nikodem urodzi\u0142 si\u0119 w 1994 roku. Od najm\u0142odszych lat pomaga swojemu ojcu w pokonywaniu bariery j\u0119zykowej z muzykami zagranicznymi, jak i przy promocji rodzinnych instrument\u00f3w w internecie. Od ma\u0142ego jest zwi\u0105zany z muzyk\u0105. Swoj\u0105 przygod\u0119 rozpocz\u0105\u0142 od nauki gry na pianinie, nast\u0119pnie na gitarze oraz na instrumentach perkusyjnych jak perkusja, djembe czy te\u017c tank drum. Gra\u0142 w kilku zespo\u0142ach muzycznych jednak\u017ce nigdy nie planowa\u0142 z nimi swojej przysz\u0142o\u015bci, gdy\u017c bardziej od gry – cieszy\u0142o go tworzenie instrument\u00f3w. Z tego te\u017c powodu uda\u0142 si\u0119 na uczelni\u0119 specjalizuj\u0105c\u0105 si\u0119 w obr\u00f3bce drewna, na kt\u00f3rej uzyska\u0142 tytu\u0142 magistra in\u017cyniera z dziedziny technologii drewna w specjalno\u015bciach meblarstwo oraz mechaniczna technologia drewna. Dzi\u0119ki prowadzonym licznym badaniom naukowym, wprowadzi\u0142 wiele ulepsze\u0144 w kluczowych innowacjach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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