Manfred Gleissner

Manfred Gleissner was part of Gleissner Tonewoods, a family business known for supplying high-quality tonewoods to luthiers around the world. His grandfather, Anton Gleissner, founded the company with his brother in 1905, sourcing wood from Bosnia and the Carpathian Mountains. After 1945, the family resettled in the Bubenreuth region and, following a difficult start, successfully reestablished the company. As was the case with many families in Bubenreuth, Manfred’s family had deep connections to instrument making; his mother came from a family of luthiers. Manfred continued the tonewood business established by his grandfather and carried forward by his father, Andreas. His son Stefan joined the company in 1994 and went on to lead the family business as its fourth generation, continuing a remarkable legacy of supplying fine tonewoods to musical instrument makers around the world.