Harp Guitar Form 3a

Organology

Harp Guitar Form 3a
by Gregg Miner

Hollow Body Extension harp string attachment, Bass arm extension.
Harp guitars with a hollow "harp" arm, which is an uninterrupted extension of the upper bass-side bout.

NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: Please understand that many of the instruments on this page were not originally referred to as "harp guitars."
To understand why they are classified as such today, it is imperative that you first thoroughly read and comprehend the site author's thesis.

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American


Knutsen, c.1897	Knutsen, 1898, Pat #D28,300	Knutsen, c.1899	Knutsen, c.1912	Knutsen, c.1914
See also The Knutsen Archives


Knutsen, c.1914-1920	Knutsen, c.1914-1920	Eaton family, c.1910 (image copyright Shirley Louis Eaton)	Unknown	Unknown
This and the next instrument are "convertible" guitars - lap-style steel playing is the preferred use. See also The Knutsen Archives		Knutsens harp guitars clearly inspired this individual to design and build his own instrument. See story in Iconography: Identified American	Perhaps inspired by Knutsen and Gibson both, these were certainly made by the same unknown builder. See full image in Iconography: Unidentified American


Dyer (Larson)	Dyer (Larson)	Dyer (Larson)	Dyer (Larson)	Maurer (Larson)	Maurer (Larson)
See also The Knutsen-Dyer Connection and A Dyer Detective Story				See also Maurer Harp Guitars


Harmony	"Majestic" (Puntolillo brand), c.1920	Gaetano Puntolillo	Majestic (att)


Almcrantz?, c.1900 (Label reads: "K. F. Simon & Co. Manufacturers of and dealers in the Celebrated Almcrantz guitars and all kinds of musical instruments")	Angelo Berardi, Montana, 1922 Image 2 This is a very crudely built instruments, though a nice design! Those this is very Italian in design, the label reads: Missoula 25-12-1922 Angelo Berardi	Unknown	Unknown Italian luthier, built in Nathalia (Victoria, Australia) c.1950?

Latin America

Unknown, Peru, pre-1931

An unusual Knutsen-style instrument from a dated Peruvian postcard

Portuguese

Antonio Victor Vieira c.1917

Austrian / German


Schenk, Vienna, c.1840-1850 (far right: bridge replaced with a Coste-style type)


Felix Seboldt	Seboldt, 1925	Seboldt


Lagler, 1852	Raab	Raab, c.1913	Gabriel Lemböck, Vienna, 1840-1890 Additional images: 1 2	Karl Müller, Augsburg, Bavaria, 1904

Gottfried Wichmann,
Magdeburg, Germany,
June 20, 1920
Patent # 337,166

French

Achille Jocomoni, Marseille c.1900

Label: "Achillo JOCOMO" with an engraving of this harp guitar. Also signature of A Jocomo on the table plus 5/1900.

Unknown (also Jocomoni?)

Selmer/Maccaferri

See The Harp Guitars of Mario Maccaferri

Italian

Mozzani, c.1910-1940s

Fratelli Masetti (Masetti Brothers), Modena, c.1920s

See also Masetti Harp Guitars

Gamberini, Bologna, 1950

Maccaferri, 1920s
(Italy)

See The Harp Guitars of Mario Maccaferri

Bruno Mattei, Spezia
(for Italo Meschi)


Settimio Gazzo, 1900's (Pasquale Taraffo's personal instrument, 8 sub-basses)	Settimio Gazzo, 1909 (Pasquale Taraffo's personal instrument, 8 sub-basses)	Settimio Gazzo, 1911 (Pietro Taraffo's personal instrument, 8 sub-basses)	Settimio Gazzo, 1914 7 sub-basses
See The Harp Guitars of Settimio Gazzo and Other Genoese Luthiers


Francesco Poggi 1924	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown


Rapisarda, 1936	Luigi Galimberti (for Monzino & Sons), 1910	Severino Riva (for Monzino & Sons), 1911	Armando Giulietti Milan, 1938	Unknown
Rapisarda, 1936	See also Monzino			Unknown


Adolfo Giacinti, Milan	Oreste Candi, Genoa	Cesare Candi, Genoa (not a "double neck" - it is hollow!)	Cesare Candi, Genoa

Unknown

Unknown
I have no idea of this is Italian or what. It appears in an 1890s Washburn catalog image (but is not referred to). I'm not even if the arm is hollow at any point!

Carmelo Catania

See Carmelo Catania: From Iconography to Reality

Contemporary (see Luthier page for more Dyer-style instruments)


Mike Doolin, 2006	Stephen Sedgwick, U.K.	Jim Hewett	Del Langejans	Thomas Davis	Harry Eibert


Michael Dunn	Michael Dunn "Knutsen" tenor	Steve Rolig, 1990	Rex James	Rex James	Des Anthony


Mike Doolin	Lance McCollum	Steve Wise	Morgan Instruments	Fred Carlson "Oracle" for Jeff Titus)	Valentino Natolini, Italy (an interesting, if unethical, copy of Fred Carlson's "Oracle" for Jeff Titus)


Gianni Pedrini, c.2004 (Italy) Headstock close-up	Davide Castellaro (Italy) MIDI harp guitar	Davide Castellaro (for Paolo Giordano)	Duane Noble	Pierre Lamour, France	Alberto Bonafini, Italy


Rich Mermer	David Enke	Jim Claridge, U.K.	Jim Claridge, U.K.	Ross Teigen	Bob Alexander, Delmundo Guitars

This remarkable series of instruments depicts a guitarrarpa, and are all variations on a similar design. They were built over ten years by four different French and Spanish makers for Blas Sanchez (see Players page)
	Charles (Kico) Dohër, Paris, 1973	J. Castelluccia, Paris, 1974	Tony Pappalardo, Paris, 1976	Manuel Contreras, Madrid, 1983


Steve Wishnevsky	Wishnevsky fretless harp bass	Wishnevsky 26-string classical (10 single courses on the neck, 16 harp strings)

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