The Granary Collection - 1931 Herman Hauser I classical guit...

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£22,000 - £28,000

The Granary Collection - 1931 Herman Hauser I classical guitar, made in Germany; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood; Top: spruce; Neck: cedar; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: nickel; Tuners: engraved brass tuners with pearloid buttons; Nut width: 52mm; Scale length: 650mm; Case; fitted hard case

*From The Granary Collection, acquired from a prominent dealer in the late 1990s. This guitar features on track eight of Granary Guitars' 'The Sound of Spain' album, played by David Merrin. Listen to The Sound of Music track here: https://tinyurl.com/HermannHauser

This guitar of European spruce and Brazilian rosewood has a distinctive but simple 'wheatsheaf' rosette and a zero fret. It was previously owned by Walter Gotze whose arrangements of classical guitar pieces will be familiar to many classical guitarists.

Condition notes: repaired fine hairline cracks to back. Two repaired cracks to the top at lower bout running from the body end through to the sound hole rosette. Repair to upper bout to the bass side of fretboard. Further repair to bass hand side of upper bout. Two restored cracks to the treble side of upper bout. Refinishing. Mild wear to fingerboard and frets appear in good shape. Otherwise the guitar is in good condition in terms of appearance with a few minor marks.

David Merrin comments: “ a fine sounding instrument ….different qualities to most other instruments seemingly having higher frequencies surrounding the notes..a refined quality”