Andrés Segovia

En 1954, Andrés Segovia escribió un artículo "in memoriam" de Hauser en la revista Guitar Review, n. 16. En este artículo, Segovia calificó una guitarra de Hauser como "la guitarra más importante de nuestra época" (The Greatest Guitar of our Epoch).

Segovia se estaba refiriendo a la guitarra que Hauser hizo para él en 1937 (la guitarra está fechada el 4 de febrero de 1937) y que fue la causante de que Segovia arrinconase la "Ramírez" que venía tocando desde sus inicios. Esta guitarra aún se conserva hoy en día y puede verse en el Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York. Source: https://www.guitarrasdeluthier.com/es/p/guitarra-kathrin-hauser-segovia-1937/1003

This guitar was used by the legendary guitarist Andrés Segovia. From the plugged holes in the peghead, it would appear that this instrument was originally made as an eleven string guitar, a design popular in Andalusia during the last half of the nineteenth century. It was undoubtedly converted to its present six-string configuration prior to its acquisition by Segovia. In addition to the label of Manuel Ramírez, a repair label was placed inside by Santos Hernández in 1922. At the time this instrument was made, Hernández worked for Ramírez. The two-piece back is made of Brazilian rosewood; the two-piece top is of spruce.

Andrés Segovia launched his career playing this guitar; he concertized and recorded with it from 1912 to 1937 and played it at his United States debut in New York's Town Hall in 1929

Year: 1969
Top: Cedar Back & Sides: CSA Rosewood
Scale Length: 664 mm Nut Width: 54 mm Finish: Lacquer Country: Spain
Condition: Excellent

Stamped internally "AM" (designating that it was constructed by Ramirez worker Antonio Martinez), this is one of the primary instruments the great Andres Segovia owned and played from 1969 until 1980, as documentation from Jose Ramirez III attests (in translation): "...the classical guitar number 3.339...was habitually played by maestro Segovia in his concerts, during 1969 and successive years". We decided to keep this instrument here in our facility for over two years for the purpose of being able to show it to several leading concert players, aficionados and lovers of the guitar. Response to it was overwhelming and unanimous - it is not just a transcendent Ramirez, it's a transcendent musical instrument that happens to be a guitar, and all of this regardless of its provenance (although the provenance is fantastic of course). It is such a rare privilege to have an instrument of this caliber and historical value that we held the guitar back from sale in order to show it to the public, players, luthiers and aficionados, and to document it with several videos and recordings - indeed this is the most "video'd" guitar ever in GSI history! Another highlight is that we were able to have Scott Tennant record his CD "The Segovia Sessions" with it, which drew enormous attention from the press which you can see in these feature articles in "Classical Guitar" Magazine and "Guitar Aficionado" Magazine.. We even had a farewell party for it - a fantastic event here in the GSI showroom where it was played by many of our friends and supplemented with lectures by our very own David Collett and Segovia buff David Norton. One of the most memorable guitars to ever pass through our doors for sure!

Source: https://www.guitarsalon.com/store/p4903-1969-jose-ramirez-quot1a-amquot-cdcsar-ex-andres-segovia.html