Knutsen Harp Hawaiian Guitar
The problem isn't that Knutsens often fall apart, but that
they're then restored incredibly badly.
This was once a full 12-course Harp-Hawaiian, now missing it's bass arm and treble string pins.
At some point, someone installed a tailpiece and an absolutely hideous bridge.
The new owners have begun to get it back to it's original configuration.
Every Knutsen's worth restoring!
It's interesting to see the color variation of photographs taken by different
people. Unless one's able to view the instrument "in the flesh,"
there's no way to verify the true color.
Click on a
picture to enlarge
(left image courtesy Ben Elder, 2 right images copyright Leo Coulson)
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HHW11 |
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Category |
Hollow Neck Hawaiian Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"'Weissenborn-shaped' Harp Hawaiian" |
|
Current or last known owner |
Intermountain Guitar & Banjo |
|
Year (approx) |
1920-1927 or 1928. Possibly earlier (back to 1914?) |
|
Label |
"C. KNUTSEN, Manufacturer of ALL KINDS OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 1542 TEMPLE ST." |
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Label Code | LA8 | |
Courses / Strings |
12 course: 6 strings on neck, 2 bass, 4 treble |
|
Frets |
inlaid wood |
|
Scale length | unknown | |
Neck Joint | hollow, square, taper begins at about the second fret | |
Woods |
Top |
unknown |
Back & Sides |
unknown |
|
Neck |
unknown |
|
Fingerboard |
unknown |
|
Bridge |
unknown |
|
Headstock veneer |
unknown |
|
Binding, trim |
Top |
rope |
Back |
none |
|
Fingerboard |
rope |
|
Headstock(s) |
none |
|
Soundhole |
rope, wood |
|
Inlay |
dot fret markers |
|
Pickguard |
none |
|
Dimensions | Upper Bout | unknown |
Lower Bout | unknown | |
Body at endpin | unknown | |
Comments |
missing bass arm and bridge |
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