Knutsen Harp Guitar
UPDATE 9-9-02: After Tom Noe's re-examination of this guitar
and comparing it to HGP15, we now believe this to be an Anderson-built
instrument (see Anderson).
This is believed to be the earliest known Knutsen harp
guitar. Interestingly, a nearly identical instrument, HGP10, is pictured on the
Knutsen flyer from 1899-1900.
Additional photos and information can be found in From Harp Guitars to the
New Hawaiian Family by Noe & Most.
Click on right
picture to enlarge
(left image copyright Tom Noe, right image copyright Kerry Char)
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGP1 |
|
Category |
Port Townsend Harp Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"1896 patent" |
|
Current or last known owner |
Dan Most estate |
|
Year (approx) |
1895 |
|
Label |
none. #4 in pencil under inside neck joint |
|
Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
|
Frets |
straight |
|
Scale length | 25-1/2" | |
Neck Joint | heel, dove-tailed | |
Woods |
Top |
German spruce |
Back & Sides |
unknown |
|
Neck |
Spanish cedar |
|
Fingerboard |
unknown |
|
Bridge |
inlaid wood stripes |
|
Headstock veneer | none | |
Binding, trim |
Top |
none |
Back |
none |
|
Fingerboard |
2 single inlaid wood stripes |
|
Headstock(s) |
none |
|
Soundhole | 3 rings (1 herringbone) | |
Inlay |
pearl dot fret markers |
|
Pickguard |
none |
|
Comments |
Considered a pre-patent "prototype" (Noe/Most, p.8-11) |
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