The building of this guitar was an experimental project .The inspiration for the project came from a DVD video of David Starobin playing Giuliani on the original 1920's Hauser guitar

Sound Track : This track is  me playing this guitar.  My version of an Irish folk tune , Haste to the Wedding. It is recorded  just using my inexpensive PC recording equipment and bare fingers with lots of  super glue crusted on them.  The guitar is tuned to E in this recording. If playing it as a true Trez  guitar, I would normally  tune it up three steps to a G. The guitar has a lot of power for such a small body  and  very pleasant early 19 th century tonal character.

Hauser 1917 , Terz guitar reproduction Top - Red spruce Back and Sides - Curly Maple Neck - Solid Ebony (with internal U channel graphite truss Rod) Bindings - Macassar ebony Tunning machines- Gotoh with custom Brass rollers Scale length - 570 mm Fret board and peghead -  Macassar ebony Lower bout  -12.75 inches Body length - 16.0 inches Body depth - 3.25 to 2.5 inches

On the outside this guitar is a very close reproduction of the 1917 Hauser   but inside is a very different story. I use laminated radial cross braces which cantilever over the fans. Looking at the photos you will see the fingerboard s raised off the sound board. This bracing enables the full soundboard to utilized. This yields a very strong bass bottom end out  of a small body.

Notice my own bridge design using parallel individual saddles and brass pins. This results in perfect intonation and a better string to bridge connection.

Below  - Some photos of the original Hauser guitar..

Elliot Fisk playing the original Hauser.