Hermann Hauser 1922 Viennese model - beautiful sounding and rare guitar!
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. In 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 generally believed to have been made by Santos Hernandez when he worked in Ramirez's workshop as a luthier). He examined this instrument and took measurements on it. As Llobet owned an Antonio de Torres from 1859, Hauser also had the opportunity to examine this instrument. Although Hauser began making instruments in the Spanish tradition in 1925, he had been making guitars, lutes and other related stringed instruments in the German/Viennese tradition since 1910. While it is generally assumed that Hauser built around 250 guitars in the Spanish tradition between 1925 and 1952, experts believe that he did not build many more instruments in the German/Viennese style. His life's work therefore comprises around 500 instruments, all of which are finely handcrafted. Each of them is an absolute rarity.
This guitar by Hermann Hauser I is modeled on the guitars built in Vienna. The top is made of spruce. The back is made of finely flamed maple, as are the sides.
The nut width is 46 mm and the scale length 640 mm.
The sound is powerful and the guitar immediately impresses with its great dynamics and fast response - masterful with concert quality. The guitar offers a lot of clarity, but at the same time exceptional tonal flexibility and a wide range of beautiful timbres in all registers.
It exudes the magic that only an old, masterfully built instrument can create and which immediately casts a spell over the player.
The guitar has been professionally restored and some cracks have been expertly repaired. It comes with a matching case.
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