Knutsen Harp Guitar    

My apologies to the owners, but this has to be Knutsen's silliest harp guitar ever!
It really needs its own category - "Lower Bass Point, Atrophied Arm," or something. However, as "withered" as this bass extension is, it still must be considered a hollow-arm "pseudo harp guitar." Note how Knutsen still provides the neck-adjusting bracket!

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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number

HGS11

                 Category

Seattle Harp Guitars

                 Body Style

"Lower Bass Point, Short Arm"

                 Current or last known owner

Dusty Strings

              Year (approx)

1911-1913

                 Label

SE2

                 Courses / Strings

6 course: 6 strings on neck

               Frets

straight
                 Scale length 24-3/4"
                 Neck Joint no heel

Woods

Top

black-painted spruce or fir?

Back & Sides

mahogany

Neck

fir?

Fingerboard

ebony-dyed fruitwood?

Bridge

mahogany
Headstock veneer mahogany

Binding, trim

Top

red-white-brown rope

Back

blonde wood

Fingerboard

blonde wood

Headstock(s)

none
Soundhole red-white-brown rope

                 Inlay

fancy pearl fret markers

                 Pickguard

none

                 Comments

 

 

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