Knutsen Harp Guitar
Note the single friction tuner on the headstock - normally
this is in the center. He almost left enough room for 3-on-a-plate
tuners!
Additional photos and information can be found in From Harp
Guitars to the New Hawaiian Family by Noe & Most.
Click on right
pictures to enlarge
(left image copyright Tom Noe, right 4 images copyright Kerry Char)
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HGP6 |
|
Category |
Port Townsend Harp Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"1898 patent" |
|
Current or last known owner |
Dan Most Estate |
|
Year (approx) |
1897-1898 |
|
Label |
"Patent applied for" in pencil |
|
Label Code | PT4 | |
Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
|
Frets |
straight |
|
Scale length | unknown | |
Neck Joint | small heel glued flush with body | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce |
Back & Sides |
African mahogany |
|
Neck |
walnut |
|
Fingerboard |
ebony |
|
Bridge |
rosewood |
|
Headstock veneer | none | |
Binding, trim |
Top |
none |
Back |
none |
|
Fingerboard |
none |
|
Headstock(s) |
none |
|
Soundhole | 3 herringbone rings, ivoroid binding | |
Inlay |
fancy pearl fret markers |
|
Pickguard |
none |
|
Comments |
Horizontal back brace (Noe/Most, p.21,right) |
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