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Knutsen Harp Guitar
Note the single friction tuner on the headstock - normally
this is in the center. He almost left enough room for 3-on-a-plate
tuners!
Additional photos and information can be found in From Harp
Guitars to the New Hawaiian Family by Noe & Most.
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Click on right
pictures to enlarge
(left image copyright Tom Noe, right 4 images copyright Kerry Char)
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGP6 |
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Category |
Port Townsend Harp Guitars |
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Body Style |
"1898 patent" |
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Current or last known owner |
Dan Most Estate |
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Year (approx) |
1897-1898 |
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Label |
"Patent applied for" in pencil |
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| Label Code | PT4 | |
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Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
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Frets |
straight |
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| Scale length | unknown | |
| Neck Joint | small heel glued flush with body | |
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Woods |
Top |
spruce |
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Back & Sides |
African mahogany |
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Neck |
walnut |
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Fingerboard |
ebony |
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Bridge |
rosewood |
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| Headstock veneer | none | |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
none |
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Back |
none |
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Fingerboard |
none |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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| Soundhole | 3 herringbone rings, ivoroid binding | |
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Inlay |
fancy pearl fret markers |
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Pickguard |
none |
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Comments |
Horizontal back brace (Noe/Most, p.21,right) | |
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