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Knutsen Harp Guitar
With this specimen cataloged, 1898 patent-style harp guitars with three sub-bass strings become the most common.
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(images copyright Bob Cooper, Museum and Arts Center Photographer)
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGP28 |
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Category |
Port Townsend Harp Guitars |
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Body Style |
"1898 patent" |
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Current or last known owner |
Etta Priest > Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley |
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Year (approx) |
1896-1897 |
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Label |
PT2 |
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Courses / Strings |
9 course: 6 strings on neck, 3 bass |
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Frets |
straight |
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| Scale length | unknown | |
| Neck Joint | heel | |
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Woods |
Top |
unknown |
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Back & Sides |
unknown | |
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Neck |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
rosewood? |
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Bridge |
unknown |
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| Headstock veneer | none | |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
none |
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Back |
none |
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Fingerboard |
none |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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| Soundhole | 3 rings (various colored wood) | |
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Inlay |
fancy pearl inlays |
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Pickguard |
none |
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