Knutsen Harp Guitar
The second Amend instrument is pretty fancy also, with fancy
rope binding, fingerboard inlays and extra inlays on the headstock and just
under the bass headstock. It is also a smaller scale 18-course instrument with a
doubled third ("G") string.
See Bert
Amend & the One-Armed
Musicians.
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(images copyright Robin Amend )
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGS44 |
|
Category |
Seattle Harp Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"Lower Bass Point" |
|
Current or last known owner |
Bert Amend |
|
Year (approx) |
1912-1913 |
|
Label |
unknown |
|
Courses / Strings |
18 course: 7 strings on neck (G doubled), 5 bass, 7 treble | |
Frets |
straight |
|
Scale length | unknown, but likely shorter | |
Neck Joint | unknown | |
Woods |
Top |
black |
Back & Sides |
unknown | |
Neck |
unknown | |
Fingerboard |
unknown |
|
Bridge |
unknown | |
Headstock veneer | unknown | |
Binding, trim |
Top |
fancy multi-colored rope purfling & ivoroid |
Back |
unknown | |
Fingerboard |
ivoroid? | |
Headstock(s) |
bass headstock: difficult to tell, neck headstock: none | |
Soundhole | double ring of multi-colored rope | |
Inlay |
fancy fret markers, 2 inlays in neck headstock, inlay in bass arm | |
Pickguard |
none |
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