Knutsen Harp Guitar    

This specimen has an unusually long headstock with an inlaid star.

(image copyright Larry Sears)

Knutsen Archives Inventory Number

HGP29

                 Category

Port Townsend Harp Guitars

                 Body Style

"1896 patent"

                 Current or last known owner

Larry Sears

                 Year (approx)

1896-1897

                 Label Code

PT2

                 Courses / Strings

6 strings

                 Frets

straight

                 Scale length unknown
                 Neck Joint unknown

Woods

Top

unknown

Back & Sides

unknown

Neck

unknown

Fingerboard

unknown

Bridge

unknown

Headstock veneer unknown

Binding, trim

Top

none

Back

unknown

Fingerboard

none

Headstock(s)

none

Soundhole difficult to identify

                 Inlay

fancy fret markers

                 Pickguard

none

                 Comments

 

 

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