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Knutsen Harp Mandolin
This harp mandolin is pictured on the full "New Hawaiian Family" labels. The bass arm looks like those on the harp ukes, while the "banana-shaped" headstock is similar to my koa 1913 harp guitar. The little "dagger-shaped" inlay in the pickguard is unusual and is not a defect (it appears in all the labels).
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HM6 |
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Category |
Harp Mandolins |
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Body Style |
"Lower Treble Point" |
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Current or last known owner |
Knutsen |
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Year (approx) |
1910-1914 |
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Label |
unknown |
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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 |
black? |
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Back & Sides |
unknown |
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Neck |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
unknown |
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Bridge |
unknown |
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Headstock veneer |
unknown |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
hard to identify |
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Back |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
looks like two single inlaid stripes |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
rings |
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Inlay |
fancy fret markers |
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Pickguard |
"dagger" inlay in ? |
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