1983 - learning the basics from my father 1984 - death of father, his Waldzither went as an heirloom to me, since 1991 self-employed as a master-goldsmith 2000 - revival of interest in the Waldzither for making music with my children - beginning of research for material, teachers, luthiers, background information 2001 - contact with Prof. Dr. Andreas Michel, Leipzig, cittern specialist - invitation as a guest to the International Cittern Conference at Michaelstein 2002 - search for contemporaries of the 1930s, the time when my father had learned the instrument - lots of interviews about playing techniques and history 2003 - publication of ‘Waldzither Puzzle I – The Waldzither in Germany in the 1930s’ - initiative for the 1st German Waldzither Conference in Suhl, Thuringia, including planning and organising the event in cooperation with the Arms Museum 2004 - debut as singer and songwriter, accompanied by Waldzither - investigations at Hamburg about the Waldzither of C.H. Boehm 2005 - personal invitation to a meeting at Dresden by Pedro Caldeira Cabral, specialist and virtuose for the ‘Guitarra Portuguesa’ - planning and organising of the 2nd German Waldzither Conference - initiative for a Waldzither tutor in cooperation with the Thuringian music school - publication of ‘Waldzither Puzzle II – The Waldzither at Hamburg’ 2006/07/08 - guest student at the local music academy to study music theory and arrangement 2006 - 2nd performance as a singer and songwriter 2007 - journey to the opening of the 1st exhibition of Krienser Cittern, Switzerland, gaining new contacts to instrument specialists - „Encontros Internationais da Guitarra Portuguesa“, International Cittern conference at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, reading a paper about the historical connection between the Hamburger Waldzither and the Portuguese guitar. - participant of the public concert there, introducing a self- written Fado-song in English - planning and organising of the 3rd German Waldzither Conference in Suhl