Knutsen Seattle Harp Guitar HGS47

Another early 3/4 scale "Double-Point." While the bass headstock already indicated to me that this was the earliest of the Seattle era guitars (in fact, it even has remnants of an "Evolving Symphony"-style point on the right side), the label coincides with the last of the Tacoma "Evolving Symphony" instruments - and the owner's great-grandmother bought this instrument new while living in Tacoma! Thus, this "early Seattle" Knutsen was likely built in Tacoma (just as the early "Tacoma" instruments are now known to have been built in Port Townsend).

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(outer images copyright Roy Graves, inner Lowell Levinger)

Knutsen Archives Inventory Number		HGS47
Category		Seattle Harp Guitars
Body Style		"Double Point"
Current or last known owner		Roy Graves > Lowell Levinger
Year (approx)		c.1906
Label		C. KNUTSEN, Sole Patentee of the Symphony-Harp-Guitar With 11 Strings. The five extra bass strings are tuned to D, C, B, A, and G, one octave lower than regular pitch.
Label Code		TA4
Courses / Strings		11 course: 6 strings on neck, 5 bass
Frets		straight
Scale length		~19"
Neck Joint		no heel
Woods	Top	unknown
	Back & Sides	unknown
	Neck	unknown
	Fingerboard	unknown
	Bridge	unknown
	Headstock veneer	unknown
Binding, trim	Top	fancy wood purfling
	Back	none
	Fingerboard	none
	Headstock(s)	none
	Soundhole	unknown
Inlay		dot fret markers
Pickguard		none
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