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Organology Harp Guitar Form 1b Theorboed Headstock harp string attachment, NOTE TO
RESEARCHERS: Please understand that many of the
instruments on this page were not originally referred to as "harp
guitars." See bottom of page for image copyright information |
American
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| Hansen, 1891, Pat #459,932 |
Dahlman, 1892, Pat #469,548 | Dahlman, c.1890s | Akeson, c.1890s | Akeson, c.1890s | Dahlman/Akeson, c.1890s | Nordwall, 1901, Pat #D34,476 |
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| Martin | Martin | Weymann |
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| Gibson, c.1903 | Gibson, c.1908 | Gibson, c.1911 | Unknown |
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The previous "theorboed with rod support" form on the Gibsons is bordering on becoming a Form 5 ("harp frame"), as is the next instrument, and some modern instruments at bottom. |
European, various
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| Unknown, 1800-1825 | Same instrument, illustrated |
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| Lundfred Lund, c.1840, Copenhagen, Denmark | A. Ramqvist, Sweden, 1897 | H. Levin, Sweden, 1934 | H. Levin, Sweden | String
length 63cm, width 48.5cm c.1920, provenance unknown |
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| Enrico Marchetti of Milan, made in Turin in 1884 | Giuseppe Scanzoni, 1895, Cantania | C. Candi, Genoa, 1933 | Unknown
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Austrian / German
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| Unknown, Saxony?, ca. 1860 | Unknown | Unknown, Vienna | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Hinz |
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| Unknown | Unknown | Meinel & Herold | Terz
scale, probably Bavarian, c.1900 |
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Contemporary
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| Stephen Sedgwick, U.K. | Jim Worland | Jim Worland, 2004 | Bart Lawrence | Harry Fleischman | Mark Deering | Matt Hale (Epiphone conversion) |
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