Maurice Ottiger

Maurice Ottiger (b. 1951) is a Swiss luthier and instrument-builder, specialized in classical, Baroque, and Romantic guitars, lutes, archlutes, theorbos, mandoras, and other stringed instruments. Born in Vevey, a town on Lake Geneva's north shore near Lausanne, Maurice apprenticed at Jacob van de Geest's renowned luthiery workshop from 1974 till 1981. Ottiger opened his first guitar workshop at Châtel-Saint-Denis in 1982. Maurice Ottiger primarily built guitars in the first decade of his career, subsequently gravitating towards other lute family members. In 1993, Ottiger relocated his workshop to Les Paccots.