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Knutsen Harp Hawaiian Guitar
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picture to enlarge
(images copyright Leo Coulson)
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HHW12 |
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Category |
Hollow Neck Hawaiian Guitars |
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Body Style |
"'Weissenborn-shaped' Harp Hawaiian" |
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Current or last known owner |
Intermountain Guitar & Banjo |
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Year (approx) |
1920-1927 or 1928. Possibly earlier (back to 1914?) |
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Label |
"C. KNUTSEN, Manufacturer of ALL KINDS OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, 1542 TEMPLE ST." |
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| Label Code | LA8 | |
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Courses / Strings |
12 course: 6 strings on neck, 2 bass, 4 treble |
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Frets |
inlaid wood |
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| Scale length | unknown | |
| Neck Joint | hollow, square, taper begins at about the second fret | |
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Woods |
Top |
unknown |
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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 |
rope |
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Back |
none |
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Fingerboard |
2 wood stripes |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
rope, wood |
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Inlay |
dot fret markers |
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Pickguard |
none |
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| Dimensions | Upper Bout | unknown |
| Lower Bout | unknown | |
| Body at endpin | unknown | |
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