He was born in Kaposvár in 1949. He has been making folk instruments since 1973, above all different zithers and hit gardens. His high-quality instruments are made with an excellent craftman's skill. They are characterized by the careful selection of the materials, the archaism and precision of the structure, the formal beauty and the great care in the execution.

He makes a great variety of zithers (differences in form, size, timbre, pitch level). Although these instruments are traditional Hungarian folk zithers, they are also typical "Gáts" instruments, bearing in them the individuality of their maker and his own ideas as well. He adapts himself with equal ease to the requirements of the instrument users, too.

This is the reason why his instruments are used not only by professional and amateur musicians, but also by cither orchestras and folk music schools.

In 1997 at the Budapest Festival of Handicrafts he was elected Master of the Year.