Herman Hauser Senior (1882–1952) is one of the most important guitar makers in history. He apprenticed in his father Josef Hauser’s studio and ultimately came to run it. The Hauser enterprise produced not only guitars, but zithers, lutes and other stringed instruments. Guitar models included the Vienna, the Munich, the Terz, Prim and Quintbass. Hauser introduced many innovations in top and body construction, and his guitars are prized today for their clear, loud, rich sound, and their great sustain. Andres Segovia and numerous other maestros have played guitars made by Herman Hauser (or Hauser I or Hauser Sr. guitars as they are called).
Hauser’s son, Hermann Hauser II (1911-1988) and grandson, Hermann Hauser III (born in 1958) have continued the master luthier’s tradition.
