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The Mandolin Family Instruments of Chris Knutsen |
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by Gregg Miner, as part of |
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Knutsen
Mandolins now known! *
(* = known to have been built.
Only 28 survive)
The Knutsen mandolins in the gallery below are separated into the categories referenced in the Category/Style Reference Chart.
Only one example of a Knutsen mandolin without a harp arm is known - the rest are all harp mandolins (plus one harp mandola and one harp bandurria).
Harp mandolins are defined by having a hollow arm extending from the sound chamber.
Like Knutsen’s harp (or "one arm") guitars, they do not have to actually have extra bass "harp" strings (though a few do) – the "harp arm" is enough.
Knutsen’s harp mandolin family comes in four basic body shapes:
"Lower Bass Point," "Lower Treble Point," "Guitar-shaped" and "Guitar-shaped, Lower Bass Point." The terms "treble" and "bass" refer to which side the pointed flare is on (rather than "right or left") to cover both right- and left-handed instruments.
Harp Mandolins
"Lower Treble Point" (the first specimen has sub-bass strings) |
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HM3 | HM1 | HM5 | HM10 | HM14 | HM17 | HM6 |
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HM15 | HM24 | HM25 | HM26 | HM28 | HM30 |
"Guitar-shaped, Lower Bass Point" (the first 4 specimens have sub-bass strings) |
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HM2 | HM9 | HM7 | HM27 | HM13 | HM20 | HM18 | HM8 | HM11 | HM23 |
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HMA1 | HMA2 | The
Mysterious Five-Course Harp Mandola Another Knutsen-Dyer Connection? |
HBA1 |
Additional harp mandolins without images are listed in the Inventory.
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