Knutsen Harp Ukulele

Note that Knutsen has removed "Patent Applied For" from this label.  This is also a very strange type of wood - presumably koa.

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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number

HU27

                 Category

Harp Ukuleles

                 Body Style

"Standard"

                 Current or last known owner

Mac Yasuda

                 Year (approx)

1910-1914

                 Label

"C. Knutsen"

                 Label Code SE3 (partial - "Patent Applied For" cut off)

                 Courses / Strings

4 strings

                 Scale length

unknown

Woods

Top

koa?

Back & Sides

koa?

Neck

koa?

Fingerboard

n/a

Bridge

unknown

Headstock veneer

none

Binding, trim

Top

none

Back

none

Fingerboard

none

Headstock(s)

none

Soundhole

rope

                 Inlay

2 dot fret markers

                 Pickguard

none

                 Comments

 

 

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