Knutsen Harp Guitar
The photograph on the left was provided by the seller, The
Red Fiddle; the photo on the right as the instrument appeared on p. 20 of the
Noe/Most book.
Additional photos and information can be found in From Harp
Guitars to the New Hawaiian Family by Noe & Most.
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(left image copyright Dick Fiscus, right image Tom Noe)
| Knutsen Archives Inventory Number | HGP2 | |
| Category | Port Townsend Harp Guitars | |
| Body Style | "1896 patent" | |
| Current or last known owner | Dan Most estate | |
| Year (approx) | 1896-1897 | |
| Label | Rubber stamp of both patent instruments | |
| Label Code | PT1 | |
| Courses / Strings | 6 strings | |
| Frets | straight | |
| Scale length | unknown | |
| Neck Joint | heel | |
| Woods | Top | spruce | 
| Back & Sides | walnut | |
| Neck | Spanish cedar | |
| Fingerboard | rosewood | |
| Bridge | rosewood | |
| Headstock veneer | none | |
| Binding, trim | Top | none | 
| Back | none | |
| Fingerboard | none | |
| Headstock(s) | none | |
| Soundhole | 3 rings (1 herringbone) | |
| Inlay | pearl dot fret markers | |
| Pickguard | none | |
| Comments | (Noe/Most, p.20) | |
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