Knutsen Hawaiian Guitar
This instrument is the first non-convertible found
with a "Patent Applied For" label. An unusual early model, this has
the longest, deepest hollow neck yet seen on a Knutsen.
Knutsen/Weissenborn expert Tom Noe, says: "It has the white dress-makers' seam tape, ladder bracing on the back and modified fan bracing on
the top. It has the "Patent Applied For" label, and is remarkably similar to the 1909 convertible Knutsen on
page 52 of the Noe-Most book. Note the shape of the headstock. The tuners are not original.
Dimensions are 25-inch scale length, 38.75" overall length, 10-3/8" across the upper bouts, 8-3/4" across the waist, 14-7/8" across the lower bouts, 4-1/4" at
the endpin, tapering to 3" at the first fret. It has a big 4-1/4" sound hole. With the deep body and full-length hollow square neck, the guitar has the
richest sound I have heard yet from a Knutsen guitar. Amazing volume, tone and sustain."
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(images copyright Tom Noe)
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HW27 |
|
Category |
Hollow Neck Hawaiian Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"Weissenborn-shaped" |
|
Current or last known owner |
Tom Noe |
|
Year (approx) |
1909-1914 |
|
Label |
"Patent Applied For" | |
Label Code | SE3 | |
Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
|
Frets |
inlaid wood |
|
Scale length | 25" | |
Neck Joint | hollow, square, taper begins between the nut and first fret | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce |
Back & Sides |
koa sides, mahogany back |
|
Neck |
koa |
|
Fingerboard |
rosewood |
|
Bridge |
koa |
|
Headstock veneer |
none |
|
Binding, trim |
Top |
none |
Back |
none | |
Fingerboard |
none | |
Headstock(s) |
none |
|
Soundhole |
rope, green-blue ring | |
Inlay |
abalone dot fret markers | |
Pickguard |
none |
|
Dimensions | Upper Bout | 10-3/8" |
Lower Bout | 14-7/8" | |
Body at endpin | 4-1/4" | |
Comments |
Sold on eBay 11/8/03. |
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