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Knutsen Harp Guitar
This guitar has been "in the family" since
it was made!
As Don Adams and I were busily working on our joint research and restoration
project on our 11-course patent guitars, unbeknownst to us, this third,
intact, instrument was quietly sitting here all along!
It had been recently discovered by Knutsen relative and researcher Jean Findlay
(described in her story "Harmony in the Family").
Note the original nut made of wood (HGP13 has a presumably original nut made of
bone).
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(images copyright Kerry Char)
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGP9 |
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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 |
Robert B. Cammon |
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Year (approx) |
1897-1898 |
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Label |
none |
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Courses / Strings |
11 course: 6 strings on neck, 5 bass |
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Frets |
straight |
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| Scale length | unknown | |
| Neck Joint | heel | |
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Woods |
Top |
spruce or cedar |
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Back & Sides |
walnut |
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Neck |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
unknown |
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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 (1 herringbone) | |
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Inlay |
pearl clover-like fret markers, pearl dots in bridge |
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Pickguard |
none |
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