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Organology Harp Guitar Form 2c Additional Neck harp string attachment,
Headstocks are a single-formed piece. NOTE TO
RESEARCHERS: Please understand that many of the
instruments on this page were not originally referred to as "harp
guitars." See bottom of page for image copyright information |
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| Almcrantz, 1895, Pat #542,788 | Bay State, c.1894 | from Washburn catalog, c.1897 | Unknown, c.1899 | Unknown |
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| Bruno &
Sons, c.1912 Note that this has 12 strings on the neck, with 4 single basses - so it is a 10-course, 16-string instrument. Additional images 1 Additional images 2 |
Bruno This unusual specimen is also a 12-course instrument with 16 strings, but with a twist! It has 6 single basses and the high two courses on the neck are not doubled. Note the carving and tuner array. The 2 tailpieces are add-ons. Additional images 1 Additional images 2 |
"The Tosi
Music Company, 63 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass" (another unique 12-strings on the neck) |
Unknown | Unknown | Hartman Bros. & Reinhard, New York, c.1900 |
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| Jenkins, 1902
(Harwood) 8 sub-bass |
"Harwood," c.1900 12 sub-bass |
"Harwood," c.1900 12 sub-bass |
"Harwood," c.1900 9 sub-bass, oval holes Additional images |
"Harwood," c.1900 6 sub-bass |
Harwood?
c.1900 12 sub-bass |
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| Gould, 1911 | "Stella," c.1920 | "Sovereign," c.1920 | Oscar Schmidt, c.1915 |
House of Stathopoulo, 1910 Additional images More information at The Vintage Collection at Epiphone.com |
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| Bohmann, c.1892-1895 | Bohmann, c.1895 | Probably Bohmann, 1890's |
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| Larson | Larson (per Hartman) | Truax, 1907 (Larson-made? Hartman says no, Meulle-Stef and I say likely) | Stahl, 1912 |
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| Tieri, c.1910 | Tieri ? (restored by Tieri) | Unknown
(believed to be Italian-American) |
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Clearly the same maker, played by
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| Iucci, New
York, c. 1930 Additional images |
Unknown
(Country of origin unknown) |
Adams, Dwight, IL, c.1900 | Unknown |
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| Unknown (American Mandolin Club, c.1900 |
Unknown (Minneapolis Mandolin Club, 1897) |
Unknown (Mystic Mandolin Club) |
Unknown | Henry Tabbert, 1900 The label reads: Made By Henry G. Tabbert Maker of Mandolins and Guitars Dec. 31, 1900 Cleveland, Ohio |
Unknown |
Austrian / German
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J.G.Stauffer? (3+6)
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Scherzer (3+6) |
Scherzer, 1856? (3+6) The label appears to read "1836" though it must be "1856" - the support rod is missing also |
Scherzer, 1861 (4+6) |
Scherzer copy by Gary Southwell (4+6) |
Scherzer (4+6) |
Scherzer (11+6) |
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| Raab | Bittner, c.1860 |
Arkhuzen, Moscow, late 1800s (4+7) |
Arhuzen, Moscow (spelling varies) |
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| Schenk
(built for Ivan Padovec), c.1841 Instrument now owned by the Croatian Institute of Music, and is displayed in the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb. (thanks to Mirko Orlic) |
Unknown | Unkown,
c.1860 (collection Brigitte Zaczek) |
Carl Hansel, 1842?, Dresden | J. Schmidbauer, Regensburg |
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| Zimmermann,
Leipzig, 1899 (4+7) |
Zimmermann, c.1900 (4+7) |
Zimmermann,
St. Petersburg, c.1904 (right specimen is a Russian harp guitar: 4+7) |
Eroshkin, Russia (5+7) |
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| Enzensperger,
Bernard I, 1835 |
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| Enzensperger, Bernard II, pre-1900 | J. Ch. Detmering, Hamburg |
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Fritz Strobel, Klingenthal, 1930s |
Volkmar Scherzer, Markneukirchen, 1930s | Wilhelm Kruse, Markneukirchen, 1937 | Schlägel, Markneukirchen, 1932 | Eduard Heidegger | A. Kellerman, Cologne | F. X. Kerschensteiner, Regensburg,1898 | C. Stöhr, St. Pölten, Austria |
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| Anton
Hüller The label inside reads: "Anton Hüller Graslitz K& K Hoflieferant und Kammerlieferant Seiner K u. K Hoheit des hochw. durchlauchigsten Herrn Erzherzog Eugen v. Österreich"(Austria) |
Josef Müller | Konigs | Walthari |
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| Max Amberger, München | Fritz Harich, Austria, new | Scherzer copy by Leo Sprenger | Hopf, 1951 | Friedrich Aug. Hammig, Markneukirchen |
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| Mettal, 1934 Which Gallery to place this in? The two necks are joined as one solid neck! |
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| Ludwig
Reisinger, Vienna (7+6) |
Hauser, Munich, 1913 | Oscar Glaesal, Markneukirchen, c.1920 | Schuster Brothers (Gebrüder Schuster) Markneukirchen, 1920s | Wunderlich, Carl Anton, 1938, Siebenbrunn (near Markneukirchen) | Neuner & Hornsteiner, Mittenwald | Anton Volkmann | Pavel Zalud, Terezín, Czechoslovakia, c.1900 |
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| Josef Stecher, Salzburg | Otto Schneider, new | G. A. Pfretzschner | Pergold (a
division of Kurt Gropp Musical Instrument Co), Leipzig, 1954 (from a rare catalog courtesy of jazzgitarren) |
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| Adolf Schlesinger, Vienna |
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| Meinel & Herold | Meinel & Herold, 1940 | Hauser, Munich, 1917 |
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| Tannhauser | Wiroso-Röthner | Leo Sprenger, modern | M. Simon, Mittenwald | Chiara |
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| Scherzer, 1860 (5+6) |
Scherzer (7+6) Additional images |
Modern Scherzer adaptation by Bernhard Kresse | Josef Swosil, Vienna, 1879 (built for Anton Strommayer of the Schrammel Quartet) | Geipel, Marie? |
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| Ludwig
Reisinger, Vienna (7+6) |
Ludwig
Reisinger, Vienna (9+6) |
Ludwig
Reisinger, Vienna (10+6) |
Franz Nowy, Vienna | Franz Angerer, Vienna | August Dworan, Vienna, 1908 | A. Wolfsecker |
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| Franz Nowy | J. Anton Staufer? |
| The instruments above offer an intriguing puzzle. The Nowy is represented in a group of several different Vienese-style models shown in photographs of unknown vintage and provenance. The alleged Staufer - dated 182X - is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. There is also a Georg Staufer terz size guitar with a second label designating restoration by Franz Nowy in the early 1900s. Who made these two instruments with the strange 6-on-side main tuners? Additionally, Franz Nowy appears to have been, or become more of a factory (at least until 1950) that did many instrument repairs. | |
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| Josef Wesely, Vienna | M. Nowy, Vienna, 1922 | Otto Mostböck, Vienna 1925 | Josef
Prisner, Vienna, 19-- Additional views |
Matthäus Bauer |
Carl Stöhr, St. Pölten, Austria |
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| Ludwig Reisinger | Hans Raab, Munich, c.1900 | Franz Hilanj, Wels, Austria |
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| Georg Haid, Vienna, 1925 | Josef Obrecht, Vienna 1936 | Fritz Harich, Austria, new |
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| Hauser, 1924 | Hauser | Schuster, 1824 (birth date?) |
Hans Fürst | Jacob, 1940 | Paul Kochendörfer, Stuttgard, 1914 |
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| Ernest Hess | Adlof Hornsteiner, Mittenwald | Johannes Adler, Markneukirchen, c.1933 | Schuster Brothers (Gebrüder Schuster) Markneukirchen, 1920s | Brückner, Markneukirchen | Otto Body, Innsbruck, c.1880 |
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| GEWA, Mittenwald, 1960 | Sinfonia, Markneukirchen | Musik-Union, Vienna | J. Kunzmann, Munich | L. Langecker, Munich | Ignaz Mettal, Schönbach (Bohemia), c.1900 |
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| Hubert Heerbeck | Adolf Meinel | Josef Forg, Munich, 1930 | L. Langecker, Munich | F. Moser, Düsseldorf | Erich Rauschmayr | Helmut Buchsteiner, 1985 |
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| Walter Hoyer | Hopf | Max Gottsmann, Markneukirchen | Horst Dietrich | Anton Brawer, 1863 | Karl Schandl, Mittenwald |
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| Rudolf
Wohltat (or Wohlfahrt?) Odrau, East Sudetenland (built in what became Czechoslovakia, and is now split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) Additional images |
A. Biancato, Belgium, 1900
luthier 114 rue de la marlière
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Reinhold Geipel, Fleissen, Bohemia | Geipel | Paesold, Bohemia, pre-1918 | Paesold, Bohemia, pre-1918 | Unknown, Mittenwald, c.1890 |
Wappen Form (shield-shaped)
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| Scherzer | Wurzelholz | Karl Müller, 1904 | Unknown | Unknown |
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| J. P.
Jerusalem courtesy of the Hartenberger World Music Collection of Historical Instruments |
Heinrich Fuchs, Munich | Halbmeyer More great photos at Frets.com |
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| Heinrich Fuchs, Munich, 1924 | Raab | Raab | Schuster | Schuster | Karl Müller | Otwin (Otto Windisch), Markneukirchen, 1909 |
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Max Amberger, Munich, c.1900 |
Braun & Hauser, Munich, c.1913 | Hermann Hauser I, c.1909 | Heinr. Moritz Schuster, Markneukirchen | F. X. Kerschensteiner, Regensburg, 1935? | Unknown | Unknown |
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| Zimmermann, Leipzig, 1899 | Zimmermann, St. Petersburg, c.1904 | Anton Bauer, Linz, Austria, c.1903 |
Italian
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| C. Candi,
Genoa, c.1910 "Chitarra con due manici" |
Unknown, Naples | Unknown | Unknown (Italian?) |
Swedish, Danish
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| Otto F. Selling, c.1850-1875 | Otto F. Selling, c.1850-1875 | Signed C.H. Klingberg, 1886" Very likely a repairman's label, and this is a Selling |
Selling, or copy? | Anders Thomsen, c.1964, Copenhagen, Denmark |
French
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Anfossi,
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| Benoît Meulle-Stef, Belgium, 2006 | Benoît Meulle-Stef, Belgium, 2009 |
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