Impressive coat of arms guitar from around 1920 - very high quality built and good sounding master guitar in the style of Hauser guitars. The guitar was made in the region around Markneukirchen (Germany).
Guitars in the shape of a coat of arms have a long tradition in Central Europe. In addition to their impressive appearance, they also allow the player to easily reach the lower registers of the fingerboard.
Many famous luthiers such as Herman Hauser, Richard Jacob Weisgerber and numerous Viennese luthiers around Stauffer built heraldic guitars.
This guitar from around 1920 is a fine example of a heraldic guitar. It shows some parallels to Hauser's instruments, but also has the typical characteristics of the Markneukirchen region.
The guitar has a fine spruce top and beautifully flamed maple for the back and sides. The woods are of first-class quality.
The scale length of the guitar is 645 mm and the nut width is 45 mm.
The sound of the guitar is very beautiful ... there are guitars like this with which you immediately feel an inner connection and which you quickly take to your heart. That's exactly the case with this guitar.
The sound is very touching and fine - this guitar awakens deep emotions. The basses are round and precise, with a very special and enchanting quality. The singing and crystalline trebles offer a fantastic range of timbres.
The sound of the guitar is fine and delicate. Definitely a romantic guitar at a very high level.
The guitar is in very good and excellent playable condition, with a low string action and a straight neck.
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