Knutsen Harp Guitar
This guitar, from a wonderful ultra-rare cabinet card, is nearly identical to
HGP19 - even the label is the same (how incredible for a period photo to provide
us with the label information)! Both are good candidates for
Anderson-built instruments. This one also has the scalloped fingerboard end, but
its position in relation to the soundhole rings is different, marking it as a different instrument.
It has the same inlaid stripes in the fingerboard, and the horizontal and
vertical strips in the bridge.
Interesting that the photographer's studio was not in Port Townsend, or even
Tacoma, but Seattle.
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(images copyright Hans Lorenz)
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGP20 |
|
Category |
Port Townsend Harp Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"1896 patent" |
|
Current or last known owner |
unknown player |
|
Year (approx) |
1896-1897 | |
Label |
MANUFACTURED BY |
|
Label Code | PT2 | |
Courses / Strings |
6 course: 6 strings on neck |
|
Frets |
straight | |
Scale length | unknown | |
Neck Joint | unknown | |
Woods |
Top |
unknown |
Back & Sides |
unknown | |
Neck |
unknown |
|
Fingerboard |
unknown | |
Bridge |
horizontal and vertical strips | |
Headstock veneer | unknown | |
Binding, trim |
Top |
unknown |
Back |
unknown | |
Fingerboard |
2 inlaid strips | |
Headstock(s) |
none | |
Soundhole | 3 rings | |
Inlay |
dot fret markers | |
Pickguard |
none |
|
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