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Not for sale - SKU: GUCLHAU-08045 - Hermann Hauser I

1939 Hermann Hauser I SP/CSAR

Year 1939
Top Spruce
Back & Sides CSA Rosewood
Scale Length 650 mm
Nut width 52 mm
Finish French Polish
Country Germany
Condition Excellent
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Description

This instrument is a supreme example of a "Spanish style" Hauser I, built during what many would argue was his best period. It has the classic curves, compact (yet sturdy) build, and aesthetic features that make this one of the most iconic (and copied) models in the history of the craft - this is a full-sized guitar, nearly identical to Segovia's 1937 Hauser in terms of measurements and internal structural details. Not surprisingly, it also has the unmistakeable 'archetypal' Hauser I sound that has mesmerized audiences for nearly a century in the hands of players such as Miguel Llobet, Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, and countless others. The tone can be described as having virtually everything one could ask for on a wish-list of sonic qualities - a piano-like clarity in all registers, precise balance and a vast color palette (bright and brassy when played ponticello, milky and luminous when played sul tasto, and everything imaginable in-between). Every note has a clearly defined and "anchored" fundamental at its core with very controlled and transparent overtones coating each note. The "Spanish" style aspect of this particular guitar is a looser, warmer, "woodier" quality of sound when compared to his "teutonic" style. For this guitar Hauser even used a rosette that appears to be a nod to Manuel Ramirez with the rising and falling "wave" pattern used in the mosaic. This is truly another great, exceptional and rare example of this makers best work. Condition-wise it is entirely original (including finish and Landstorfer machines), but did have some minor work recently done to repair some small cracks in the sides that occured when the back shrunk from dryness, putting pressure on the sides where the back braces meet. Mark Tossman did the work expertly and also re-fretted it and gave it a fresh setup. For those in search of the ultimate Hauser I, this has it all - the elegant and classic Hauser design, superb feel and playability, and most importantly - incredible nuance and subtlety of sound.

Videos

1939 Hermann Hauser I SP/CSAR

Douglas Lora performs "Prelude No. 1" by Heitor Villa-Lobos on a 1939 Hermann Hauser I guitar

1939 Hermann Hauser I SP/CSAR

"A New Interconnected Order On Villa-Lobos Preludes" by Douglas Lora recorded on 5 DIFFERENT GUITARS

1939 Hermann Hauser I SP/CSAR

Victor Kozlov's "Ballade for Beautiful Elena" played by Paloma Chaprnka on a 1939 Hermann Hauser I

Description

This instrument is a supreme example of a "Spanish style" Hauser I, built during what many would argue was his best period. It has the classic curves, compact (yet sturdy) build, and aesthetic features that make this one of the most iconic (and copied) models in the history of the craft - this is a full-sized guitar, nearly identical to Segovia's 1937 Hauser in terms of measurements and internal structural details. Not surprisingly, it also has the unmistakeable 'archetypal' Hauser I sound that has mesmerized audiences for nearly a century in the hands of players such as Miguel Llobet, Andres Segovia, Julian Bream, and countless others. The tone can be described as having virtually everything one could ask for on a wish-list of sonic qualities - a piano-like clarity in all registers, precise balance and a vast color palette (bright and brassy when played ponticello, milky and luminous when played sul tasto, and everything imaginable in-between). Every note has a clearly defined and "anchored" fundamental at its core with very controlled and transparent overtones coating each note. The "Spanish" style aspect of this particular guitar is a looser, warmer, "woodier" quality of sound when compared to his "teutonic" style. For this guitar Hauser even used a rosette that appears to be a nod to Manuel Ramirez with the rising and falling "wave" pattern used in the mosaic. This is truly another great, exceptional and rare example of this makers best work. Condition-wise it is entirely original (including finish and Landstorfer machines), but did have some minor work recently done to repair some small cracks in the sides that occured when the back shrunk from dryness, putting pressure on the sides where the back braces meet. Mark Tossman did the work expertly and also re-fretted it and gave it a fresh setup. For those in search of the ultimate Hauser I, this has it all - the elegant and classic Hauser design, superb feel and playability, and most importantly - incredible nuance and subtlety of sound.

Background

Hermann Hauser Sr. (1882-1952) is best remembered for the remarkable instruments he built in the Spanish style after 1924. In that year, both Andrés Segovia and Miguel Llobet visited Hauser. Segovia was impressed by the quality of Hauser's work and wrote his impressions, noting that he "immediately saw the potential of this great artisan if only his mastery might be turned to the construction of the guitar in the Spanish pattern, as immutably fixed by Torres and Ramirez as the violin had been fixed by Stradivarius and Guarnerius" (Segovia in Guitar Review 1954). Segovia encouraged Hauser to build instruments based on his 1912 Manuel Ramirez guitar (built by Santos Hernandez) after he examined and made measurements of this instrument. At this time Hauser also had the opportunity to examine Miguel Llobet’s famous 1859 Torres which would also become a decisive influence on the maturing "Hauser" style.

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