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Knutsen Harp Mandolin
If the label is any indication (and it's the best we have to go on), this harp mandolin is Knutsen's earliest yet known, built well before the presumed 1910 date we suspect was the beginning of his harp mandolins (due to the Livermore patent). This label (which is cut to remove the words "harp guitar") is dated to 1906-1908, the earliest of the Seattle instruments. It is also a brand new design, and the only one so far with an inlaid wood pickguard. While I had already use "Guitar-shaped" for the name of the more common form, it better suits this instrument, so I've added delineated the other with the new term "Guitar Shaped, Lower Bass Point."
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HM21 |
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Category |
Harp Mandolins |
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Body Style |
"Guitar-shaped" |
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Current or last known owner |
Kelvin Nesvog |
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Year (approx) |
1906-1908 |
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Label |
"C. KNUTSEN," (cut label) |
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| Label Code | SE1 | |
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Courses / Strings |
4 courses: 8 strings on neck |
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Scale length |
unknown |
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Woods |
Top |
spruce? |
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Back & Sides |
unknown |
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Neck |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
unknown |
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Bridge |
unknown |
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Headstock veneer |
unknown |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
multi-colored wood purfling, blonde wood |
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Back |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
none |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
multi-colored wood purfling |
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Inlay |
fancy pearl fret markers |
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Pickguard |
unknown |
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