Evolving Symphony Harp Guitar HGT9

Another bass headstock change starts this new row of "Evolving Symphony" harp guitars.
An unusual feature of this instrument is the use of rope binding on the fingerboard - perhaps the first use by Knutsen.
Was it from a furniture supplier, as Noe & Most suggest, and/or was it the first example of the Hawaiian instrument influence?
The instrument was significantly rebuilt with new materials in 2006 by Dan'l Terry.
Additional photos and information can be found in From Harp Guitars to the New Hawaiian Family by Noe & Most.

(Top row: left image copyright Tom Noe, center images copyright Kerry Char, right images copyright Danl Terry
Bottom row: images copyright Lowell Levinger)

Knutsen Archives Inventory Number		HGT9
Category		Tacoma Harp Guitars
Body Style		"Evolving Symphony"
Current or last known owner		Dan Most > Kerry Char > Dan'l Terry > Lowell Levinger
Year (approx)		1904-1906
Label		unknown
Courses / Strings		11 course: 6 strings on neck, 5 bass
Frets		slanted
Scale length		unknown
Neck Joint		unknown
Woods	Top	spruce
	Back & Sides	walnut
	Neck	cedar
	Fingerboard	walnut
	Bridge	walnut
	Headstock veneer	unknown
Binding, trim	Top	hard to identify
	Back	unknown
	Fingerboard	rope
	Headstock(s)	none
	Soundhole	3 rings (2 multi-colored)
Inlay		fancy fret markers
Pickguard		none
Comments		Geared bass tuners, evolving bass headstock (Noe/Most, p.37)