Well, well. I'd never heard of a terz guitar, but my "half-size classical" could be one.

Here's what I found out: "The Terz guitar is tuned a minor third higher than a regular guitar, the same tuning as if you put a capo at the third fret of a normal guitar (e.g. open strings are G-C-F-A#-D-G). It has a much shorter scale length, typically 530-560mm, compared to the Torres 650mm scale, or even the period 625-635 scale."

My half-size classical is only 545 mm long from bridge to nut.

Right now I am busy sewing a glamorous blouse to wear to the opera this weekend. After that, I'll take the guitar back to the place where I got it and ask for more info about it.

Meanwhile, I have been having fun listening to Swiss folk music while I sew. So far I have heard the sounds of blues, boogie, rock & roll, gypsy, and (of course) pure polkas, all performed on alpeninstrumenten.

Others I enjoyed might be called 'Homage to Flight of the Bumblebee' and 'Homage to the Minute Waltz.' And finally, there the piece you would hear if J.S. Bach had written a clarinet polka. I stopped the sewing machine to listen to that one.

And now for a trial fitting...