Symphony Harp Guitar HGT15

This well known instrument is owned by collector/musician/historian John Doan, and in fact, was the inspiration for the now infamous Sullivan-Elliott style 20-string harp guitar.
It is the only known Knutsen harp guitar with Brazilian rosewood back and sides!
It is also one of the fanciest models known - with the white binding on the bass headstock, the unique inlay shape at the junction (only two other Symphony harp guitars feature this), and the full set of 18 courses. It also has inlaid wood single stripes on the sides.
Note the slight "kink" near the top of the bass arm (as in the previous HGT28)- otherwise fairly uniform in all the other Symphony models.
Note also the unique transitional neck joint - not exactly a heel, but a bulge!

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(top row copyright Gregg Miner, bottom row copyright Kerry Char)

Knutsen Archives Inventory Number		HGT15
Category		Tacoma Harp Guitars (Port Townsend built)
Body Style		"Symphony"
Current or last known owner		John Doan > Brent Bunker > John Doan
Year (approx)		1898-1899
Label		"The One-Arm Harp Guitar. Patented United States, England and Canada. Infringements will be prosecuted to the fullest extant."
Label Code		PT5
Courses / Strings		18 course: 6 strings on neck, 5 bass, 7 treble
Frets		straight
Scale length		25-1/2"
Neck Joint		heel bulge
Woods	Top	spruce
	Back & Sides	Brazilian rosewood
	Neck	mahogany
	Fingerboard	Brazilian rosewood
	Bridge	dyed oak
	Headstock veneer	none
Binding, trim	Top	multi-colored wood, ivoroid
	Back	ivorioid
	Fingerboard	ivoroid
	Headstock(s)	bass: ivoroid
	Soundhole	3 wood rings (1 multi-colored)
Inlay		fancy pearl fret markers
Pickguard		none
Comments		Individual bridge saddles non-original