Knutsen Harp Mandolin    

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Knutsen Archives Inventory Number

HM1

                 Category

Harp Mandolins

                 Body Style

"Lower Treble Point"

                 Current or last known owner

Gregg Miner

                 Year (approx)

1910-?

                 Label

none

                 Courses / Strings

4 courses: 8 strings

                 Scale length

13-7/8"

Woods

Top

spruce

Back & Sides

koa

Neck

mahogany

Fingerboard

ebony

Bridge

non-original

Headstock veneer

none

Binding, trim

Top

maple / green wood / maple

Back

none

Fingerboard

maple

Headstock(s)

none

Soundhole

multi-colored herringbone, colored wood

                 Inlay

fancy pearl fret markers, fancy ornament on headstock

                 Pickguard

none

                 Comments

Tuners look original, tailpiece possibly original.

 

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