Knutsen Harp Guitars
This is one the few instruments from the "Payne's Mandolin and Guitar School" photo that is identifiable as a new Archives entry - this one just barely, by the shape of the bridge and other features when compared to all other treble bank specimens.
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| Knutsen Archives Inventory Number | HGT55 | |
| Category | Tacoma Harp Guitars | |
| Body Style | "Symphony" | |
| Current or last known owner | unknown | |
| Year (approx) | 1900-1902 | |
| Label | unknown | |
| Courses / Strings | 6 strings on neck, 5 bass, 7 treble | |
| Frets | straight | |
| Scale length | unknown | |
| Neck Joint | unknown | |
| Woods | Top | unknown | 
| Back & Sides | unknown | |
| Neck | unknown | |
| Fingerboard | unknown | |
| Bridge | unknown | |
| Headstock veneer | unknown | |
| Binding, trim | Top | unknown | 
| Back | unknown | |
| Fingerboard | none | |
| Headstock(s) | none | |
| Soundhole | unknown | |
| Inlay | dot fret markers | |
| Pickguard | none | |
| Comments | ||
[https://www.harpguitars.net/_private/linkbar-k.htm]