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Knutsen Harp Mandolin
Here's a very nice, fully bound and inlaid fancy harp mando with a paddle-shaped
headstock.
Not for the first time, Knutsen uses a cut-off harp guitar label, leaving "C. KNUTSEN, Sole
Patentee of the..." - but the words "sole" and "of
the" are scribbled out with a pencil! As silly and cost-cutting as
this is, he does the exact same thing on the next two similar instruments!
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(images copyright John Reynolds of Golden Age Fretted
Instruments)
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HM13 |
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Category |
Harp Mandolins |
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Body Style |
"Guitar-shaped, Lower Bass Point" |
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Current or last known owner |
Jonathan Kellerman |
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Year (approx) |
1910-1913 |
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Label |
"C. KNUTSEN, Sole Patentee of the..." (cut label, "sole" & "of the" scribbled out!) |
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Courses / Strings |
4 courses: 8 strings on neck |
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Scale length |
unknown |
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Woods |
Top |
red spruce |
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Back & Sides |
mahogany |
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Neck |
mahogany |
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Fingerboard |
ebony |
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Bridge |
unknown |
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Headstock veneer |
ebony |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
multi-colored wood purfling, ivoroid |
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Back |
ivoroid |
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Fingerboard |
ivoroid |
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Headstock(s) |
ivoroid |
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Soundhole |
multi-colored wood purfling |
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Inlay |
fancy pearl fret markers, fancy pearl shapes in headstock |
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Pickguard |
black plastic |
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