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Organology "Harp" forms of Related Stringed Instruments See bottom of page for image copyright information |
| "True"
Harp forms
Mandolins |
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| Anon theorboed mandolone Form 1c |
anon, Italian, 1900-1910 | Knutsen harp mandolin, c.1910 Form 3a |
Knutsen harp mandolin, c.1914-1921 Form 3a |
Drawing made by a Jenkins, Kansas City employee (Jenkins made or distributed Harwood harp guitars) |
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| A fascinating real harp mandolin by a later unknown maker appeared in the 1969 cult film Angel, Angel Down We Go (now called Cult of the Damned). It features a carved top with F-holes, elevated pickguard, bound top and back, custom wide tailpiece, hollow arm with elaborate bass headstock and 5 sub-bass strings. |
Harmonie, 1919 Patent # 312,840 |
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| Rexjames harp mandolin, c.2000 Form 3a |
Stephen
Sedgwick harp mandolin, 2005 Form 3a |
Harry Eibert harp mandolin, Form 3a | David Newton harp mandolin, Form 3a | Tropical Moon Music |
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H. Hammond, Sioux City, Iowa This amazing instrument is technically a double-neck-, not a harp-, mandolin, as it has a strange floating fretboard for the 3 doubled bass courses! The owner, Lowell Levinger, agrees that they just cannot be fretted in practical use. A fascinating combination of a mandolinetto and a Knutsen hollow arm instrument, with Hammond's own invention thrown in! |
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Ukuleles |
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| Altpeter,
1927 Form 1a/b |
Makoto
Tsuruta Form 2a |
Harry
Eibert Form 3a |
Steve Wise Form 3a |
Koji Sugiura Form 3a & 4 |
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| Wailua | David White |
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Miscellaneous |
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| Harp
guitar-banjo, France c.1930 6 string neck, 4 sub-bass |
Knutsen,
harp Hawaiian guitar, c.1920s 2 sub-bass, 4 super-treble |
Knutsen,
harp Hawaiian guitar, c.1920s 2 sub-bass |
Sullivan, Atlanta, GA, 1933, Patent # 1,895,383 |
Viola beiroa, extra double-course of treble strings attached to bass side of body/neck junction |
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| Calace, Italy, 1890s | Monzino | Unknown | P. Dabiero,
Milan TradeMarked: Octochordis Dabiero Piccolo size |
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| Smaw,
1899, Pat #D31,918 |
Turturro,
1904, Pat #767,023 |
Lyralin, 1906, Pat #812,049 | Vaughn,
1917, Pat #D50,545 |
Bryan, 2002, Pat #US2002162442A1 |
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Mandolins, Hollow-arm, harp form |
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| Gaskins,
1895, Pat #552,116 |
Martin, stamped "Made by C.F. Martin & Co. for C.H. Gaskins & Co. Sept 2 '01." | Livermore,
1896, Pat #D26424 |
Porto, Sicily, c.1903 | German? |
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| Knutsen harp mandolin, c.1910 |
Knutsen harp mandola, c.1910-1920 |
Knutsen harp bandurria, c.1910-1920 |
McVey harp mandolin, 1918, Pat #D52,539 |
Unmarked. I believe this is a another version by McVey |
Unknown Who in the world made this "harp mandolin" with f-holes?! |
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| Dyer
(Larson-made) harp mandolin, c.1910 |
Dyer
(Larson-made) harp mando-cello, c.1906? |
Unknown 5-course harp mandola (Larson-made, Knutsen design?), c.1900s |
Jim Claridge, U.K. | Dave Gregory, U.K. |
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| Regal, c.1920? | A patent-applied-for (Nov 20, 1908 Canadian Pook mandolin, with the arm on the "wrong" side! |
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| Monzino, Milan, c.1900s |
Luigi Galimberti (for Monzino & Sons) 1924 |
Calace, Naples, 1920 | Longobardi,
1914 U.S. Pat #D45,566 |
Federico
Gardelli, Napoli, Via Roma 52 Clearly there is a connection between Gardelli and the U.S. Longobardi patent. |
Mozzani, Italy, c.1910 |
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| Unknown | Musikalia, 1970s | Bob Alexander, Delmundo Guitars |
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Ukuleles, Hollow-arm, harp form |
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| Knutsen harp ukulele, c.1914-1921 |
Knutsen harp taropatch, c.1914-1920s |
Michael
Dunn harp uke |
Hoosier Maid, Geoff Davis | Black Bear Ukuleles, Duane Heilman |
| Sympathetic Strings |
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| Vincenzo Cipriani, Italy | Fred
Carlson Guitarangi Sympathetic strings |
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