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Knutsen Harp Mandolin
This is a real prize. An eBay purchase that snuck under the radar. The first harp mandolin of this style with bass strings, and a strange top of walnut (the consensus is that the top and sides are walnut, the back perhaps a stained mahogany). Collector Jonathan Kellerman looked at the top - with thick "crazed" lacquer - and wondered (not for the first time) if Knutsen was using wood from furniture, without re-doing the finish! Would it really surprise any of us? See HCP8 and tell us what you think.
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(images copyright Gregg Miner)
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HM3 |
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Category |
Harp Mandolins |
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Body Style |
"Lower Treble Point" |
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Current or last known owner |
Gregg Miner |
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Year (approx) |
1914-1920s |
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Label |
"New Hawaiian Family" half-label, yellow |
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| Label Code | LA3 | |
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Courses / Strings |
8 courses: 8 strings on neck, 4 bass |
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Scale length |
13-7/8" |
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Woods |
Top |
koa? |
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Back & Sides |
koa? Sides may be walnut or ? |
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Neck |
koa or mahogany |
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Fingerboard |
dyed mahogany |
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Bridge |
ebony |
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Headstock veneer |
none |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
rope |
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Back |
none |
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Fingerboard |
rope |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
rope |
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Inlay |
white celluloid dot markers |
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Pickguard |
none |
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