Craftsmanship

Made in San Diego, Inspired by Music

For Wrensilva’s artisans, making music and making a Wrensilva have a lot in common.

With a quick tour through Wrensilva HQ, you can see what Scott is alluding to. Each step of making a Wrensilva — from design to production — is all part of a single language and it takes the entire team to get it just right. The San Diego headquarters are always full of creative energy — from the front showroom where locals often stop in to listen to records, to Chief Design Officer Debra Salyer’s studio where she works on designs for the brand’s next product, and the back workshop where the craftsmanship comes to life. Art in the making.”“The entire process of making a Wrensilva, from ideation to the very last detail, is a collaborative effort,” says Scott. It reminds him of the art of music production itself: “When I look around the workshop, the musician and recording engineer in me is deeply fulfilled. At the end of every day, when I sit back and crank up a Wrensilva console, I get all the joy and pride that I did when I was playing music back in the day.”

Adam Baumhardt, Wrensilva’s Director of Wood Production, agrees wholeheartedly: “Creating intentional works of art that produce music is the foundation that got me into woodworking in the first place,” he notes. “I built acoustic guitars as part of an apprenticeship for years, and then eventually began building my own instruments.” What inspires Adam today is also what fed his soul while making guitars — creating something that withstands the test of time: “Even after being here for four years, I am still in total awe of the power that these consoles maintain. The sound and craftsmanship come together to create something that is endlessly enjoyable.”

“The entire process of making a Wrensilva, from ideation to the very last detail, is a collaborative effort.”

The craftsmen at Wrensilva feel equally passionate about making something with their own hands that both looks and sounds beautiful, and brings to life the thing they are most passionate about: music. “Being a musician and recording engineer, you spend a lot of time trying to make music sound good,” says Wrensilva’s Production Director, Mitchel Harden, who came to Wrensilva after years in the sound engineering industry. “Hearing your music back on a platform that gives you a true representation of your work, and even makes your work sound better than you intended, is extremely gratifying. I test all my mixes on a Wrensilva.”

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