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Organology Harp Guitar Form 1a Theorboed Headstock harp string attachment, Extension has no support.
NOTE TO
RESEARCHERS: Please understand that many of the
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| Deleplanque, France, 1782 | Feivez, 18th century | Anon, France, 18th century | Anon, France, c.1760? |
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| Gaetano Guadagnini, Torino Italy, 1834 | J. A.
Stauffer, c.1837 (collection Brigitte Zaczek) |
J.G.Stauffer
8-string Label reads:
Johann Georg Stauffer
verfertigt in Wien
Anno 1848 Landstr.572
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Nikolaus
Georg Ries, Vienna, c.1840 (collection Brigitte Zaczek) |
Anton
Fischer, c.1845 (collection Brigitte Zaczek) |
Schenk, c.1845 |
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| Joseph-Alexis Tournier, Paris | Tournier (att) Composer Saint-Saen's personal guitar |
Thibouville-Lamy, Paris c.1900 |
Beuscher, Paris, 1920s? |
D.& A. Roudhloff, London, c.1840 |
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| Wilhelm
Geittner, c.1845 from what is now Wrozlaw, Silesia (Poland) |
Kaltenbacher | Austrian, c.1900 |
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| Halbmeyer
Quintbassogitarre, c.1910 |
Hauser
Quintbassogitarre, 1922 www.hauser-guitars.com | copyright 2004 | Wildner AG |
Quint
bass: Willy Ködel, Amsterdam? |
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| Peter Harlan, Markneukirchen, 1925 | Jos. Martin, Würzburg | Lorenz
Kriner, Stuttgart, Germany, c.1870 |
Wilhelm Kruse, Markneukirchen |
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| Meinel & Herold, Markneukirchen, 1940 | Hess, Klingenthal | Schuster & Co, Markneukirchen | Heinr. Moritz Schuster, Markneukirchen | Paul Stark, Markneukirchen | Voight, Markneukirchen | Zimmermann,
Leipzig, 1899 (Russian harp guitar: 4/7) |
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| A. Hornsteiner, c.1950 | Unknown, German or Austrian, c.1860 | Unknown, Saxony | Unknown, German | Unknown, Vienna, c.1870? |
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| Gelas | Unknown, Italy |
Gallesi, Rome No idea how the basses were attached |
Nor on this one |
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Giovanni Gelmini, Brescia, 1844 |
Oreste Candi, Genoa, 1898 |
Porto, Sicily, c.1903 |
Innocente Rottola (for Monzino & Sons), 1906 |
Tullio Giulietti, Milan (for Monzino & Sons), 1919 (5+6) Additional images 1 2 |
Fratelli Masetti(Masetti
Brothers),
Modena,
1924,
distributed by
De
Bernardi, Genoa See also Masetti Harp Guitars |
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Settimio Gazzo, Genoa, 1917 See also Gazzo Guitars |
Settimio Gazzo, Genoa, 1918 See also Gazzo Guitars |
Francesco Poggi, Genoa |
Mozzani,
1910-1940s See also Mozzani Harp Guitars |
Giacinti, Milan, c.1930 |
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| Italian, c.1800? Unknown maker. The right image opens up a collage of details. | |
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| Washburn, USA, 1897 | Bohmann, USA, 1900s | Gaetano F. Puntolillo, New York, c.1920 |
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| Vissenaire, Lyon, 1825 | Robert Lotz, c.1850 | Hans Raab | August Schultz | August Schultz, 1926? |
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| Scherzer | Halbmeyer,
Munich (additional photos and info here) |
Unknown | Richard Jacob, Leipzig, 1948 | Mozzani, c.1910-1940s |
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| Luciano
Faria (copy of c.1760 instrument above) |
Peter Biffin, Australia, 1999 | Michael Thames, USA, 2005 | R. E. Brune, USA left-handed, c.1995 | DiMauro, France |
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| Steve Sedgwick, England, 2007 | Alhambra | Contreras | Bernhard Kresse, modern copy based on Scherzer | Heilli
Rousu, Sweden Rousu's instruments are more commonly found on the Fretted Harp Guitars page; originally, he "floated" them on a similar extension |
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Walter Stanul Arch-Guitar made for Elliott Gibbsons |
Walter Stanul Arch-Guitar made for Peter Michelini |
Jim Hewett, USA | Fred Carlson, USA | Unknown |
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| Tim Donahue, Japan | Masahiko Ohno, Japan |
Clive Batkin Hey, whatever works! |
Andy Manson, U.K. |
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