Knutsen Harp Hawaiian Guitar
This is the second McDuff St. instrument. Again, some fancy
appointments.
This instrument hung for over thirty years in the repair shop of Blackie
Taylor's pedal steel guitar shop.
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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HHW8 |
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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 |
Jonathan Kellerman |
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Year (approx) |
1927-1930 |
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Label |
"C. KNUTSEN, Musical Instruments Made and Repaired, 1306 McDuff St., (Cor.Sunset) Los Angeles, Cal. Phone MUtual 1678" with picture of harp ukulele |
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Label Code | LA11 | |
Courses / Strings |
8 course: 6 strings on neck, 2 bass |
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Frets |
inlaid wood |
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Scale length | 24-7/8" | |
Neck Joint | hollow, square, tapers begins at about the first fret | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce with mahogany inlays |
Back & Sides |
koa |
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Neck |
fir |
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Fingerboard |
dyed mahogany |
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Bridge |
koa or mahogany |
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Headstock veneer |
none |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
rope |
Back |
none |
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Fingerboard |
single inlaid wood stripes |
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Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
rope, assorted wood |
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Inlay |
fancy pearl fret markers |
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Pickguard |
koa |
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Dimensions | Upper Bout | 9-1/2" |
Lower Bout | 14-5/8" | |
Body at endpin | 3-1/2" | |
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