Hauser Braun & Hauser Romantic 1900

Spruce top, beautiful maple sides and single piece back, rosewood fingerboard, gorgeous original tuners with bone buttons. The guitar is in excellent condition for an instrument around 120 years old. This one will be missed. Here is a little history on this important instrument:

Hermann Hauser I holds high esteem as not only a German luthier, but as the author of an important chapter in the worldwide history of the guitar. He took over the instrument workshop of his father Josef Hauser when the latter was still in charge of the music publishing house. Hermann Hauser I specialised in the construction of lutes and guitars, but also remained faithful to zither making. In the context of the guitaristic development in Bavaria, Hermann Hauser I built a large number of different guitars, especially the Viennese models and the Munich models in manifold designs, but always with the utmost precision. The tierz, prim and the very rare quintbass guitars by Hermann Hauser I guitars are of the highest quality. Today, these instruments still inspire guitarists all over the world.

Due to his unique abilities, Hermann Hauser I developed patented innovations in the construction of guitar tops and body-neck joints. Notably, Spanish virtuosos Miguel Llobet and Andres Segovia became aware of Hermann Hauser I's guitar building skills at the beginning of the 20th century and not only played on his guitars, but Segovia maintained a strong collaboration where player and luthier joined forced to develope Segovia's vision of his perfect instrument, which eventually came to fruition in 1937.

This important example was built at the very beginning of the twentieth century in the "Braun & Hauser" workshop in Munich. This workshop was the result of the merging of Josef Hauser's and Mr. Braun's workshops, both purchased by A. Steigenberger around 1900. Hermann Hauser I, who was already working in his father's workshop, stayed in the company as the two workshops gathered and Hermann became the foreman until 1908.