Knutsen Harp Hawaiian Convertible Guitar
This instrument has yet another label that appears to be from a typed address label (1542 Temple St.) to Knutsen. I guess he figured, Why waste a perfectly good printed label?
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HCP6 |
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Category |
Convertible Guitars |
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Body Style |
"'Upper Treble Point' Harp Hawaiian" |
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Current or last known owner |
Jonathan Kellerman |
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Year (approx) |
1920-1927 or 1928. Possibly earlier (back to 1914?) |
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Label |
"... Knutsen, 1542 Temple, Los Angeles...", typewritten |
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Label Code | LA7 | |
Courses / Strings |
14 course: 6 strings on neck, 3 bass, 5 treble |
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Frets |
raised metal to 12th fret, then inlaid wood |
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Scale length | 24-7/8" | |
Neck Joint | convertible brackets | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce |
Back & Sides |
mahogany |
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Neck |
mahogany |
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Fingerboard |
dyed mahogany |
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Bridge |
koa or mahogany |
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Headstock veneer |
none |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
rope |
Back |
rope |
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Fingerboard |
single inlaid wood stripes |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
rope, asst. wood |
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Inlay |
pearl dot and assorted tan celluloid fret markers |
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Pickguard |
none |
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Dimensions | Upper Bout | |
Lower Bout | ||
Body at endpin | ||
Comments |
Original high wood nut for Hawaiian style only |
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