Organology: Harp Guitar "Relatives"

Note to the casual reader or researcher: This Reference Gallery features historical instruments that are not harp guitars, but “relatives” or distant “cousins” – presented on Harpguitars.net for historical and organological comparison.

Sympathetic String Guitars
by Gregg Miner

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Porcel, Barcelona, 1867 Hartman, 1897, Pat #586,032 Flemmings, 1902,
Pat #711,203

 

Bohmann, c.1910
This version has 6 sympathetics inside the body.

The sympathetics on this specimen are described as "strings" - I am not sure if they are actually the metal rods like the patent at right. See Frets.com for a similar instrument.

 Bohmann "tone bars," 1915, Pat #1,128,217

The patent version uses 4 metal "tone bars" to provide sympathetic vibrations.

 Olsen, 1924, Pat #1,489,710 Sternheimer, France, 1985

Patent # 2,565,016

 

Danelectro Coral Sitar
12 strings tuned chromatically, no strummed		 Fred Carlson
"Bubbles"
12 internal sympathetic strings		 Dubriulle

 

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