Hermann Hauser sr. Viennese model classical guitar from 1924 in excellent condition. The sound of this instrument is impressive. The guitar has a top made of German spruce, back and sides made of flamed maple and a dark ebony fingerboard. The scale length is 620 mm and the width at the saddle is 46 mm. The original shellac polish is in excellent condition with minor signs of wear. The guitar is equipped with the original Landstorfer 3 on a plate tuners, which are considered very exquisite and work and look very well on this guitar.
The guitar has a professionally repaired crack. Very firm and stable.
This guitar is a one-owner instrument. It was owned by a South German guitarist, music teacher and concert artist. Many pictures and documents come with the guitar.
Background: The German guitar maker Hermann Hauser I (or senior) (1882-1952) is best known for the remarkable instruments he built after 1924 in the Spanish tradition. That year, both Andres Segovia and Miguel Llobet visited Hauser in Munich, and Segovia encouraged Hauser to copy his 1912 Manuel Ramirez guitar (an instrument widely believed to have been built by Santos Hernandez while he was foreman in the Ramirez workshop). He examined this instrument and took measurements. As Llobet owned an Antonio de Torres from 1859, Hauser also had the opportunity to examine it. Although Hauser began making instruments in the Spanish tradition in 1925, he had already been making guitars, lutes and other related stringed instruments in the German tradition since 1900. It is generally assumed that Hauser made perhaps 250 guitars in the Spanish tradition between 1925 and 1952, but no more than about 250 in the Viennese tradition. Even after 1935, he continued to build Viennese models, as their tonal quality was in demand. This guitar was built one year after Hauser and Segovia met and is perhaps a rarity.
The guitar models built by Hauser included the Vienna, the Munich, the Terz, the Prim and the Quintbass. Hauser introduced many innovations in top and body construction, and his guitars are prized today for their clear, loud and full sound and great sustain. Andres Segovia and many other great maestros have played on guitars by Herman Hauser 1. Hauser's son Hermann Hauser II (1911-1988) and his grandson Hermann Hauser III (born 1958) continued the tradition of guitar making.
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