Knutsen Hawaiian Guitar HW27

This instrument is the first non-convertible found with a "Patent Applied For" label. An unusual early model, this has the longest, deepest hollow neck yet seen on a Knutsen.
Knutsen/Weissenborn expert Tom Noe, says: "It has the white dress-makers' seam tape, ladder bracing on the back and modified fan bracing on the top. It has the "Patent Applied For" label, and is remarkably similar to the 1909 convertible Knutsen on page 52 of the Noe-Most book. Note the shape of the headstock. The tuners are not original. Dimensions are 25-inch scale length, 38.75" overall length, 10-3/8" across the upper bouts, 8-3/4" across the waist, 14-7/8" across the lower bouts, 4-1/4" at the endpin, tapering to 3" at the first fret. It has a big 4-1/4" sound hole. With the deep body and full-length hollow square neck, the guitar has the richest sound I have heard yet from a Knutsen guitar. Amazing volume, tone and sustain."

Knutsen Archives Inventory Number		HW27
Category		Hollow Neck Hawaiian Guitars
Body Style		"Weissenborn-shaped"
Current or last known owner		Tom Noe
Year (approx)		1909-1914
Label		"Patent Applied For"
Label Code		SE3
Courses / Strings		6 strings
Frets		inlaid wood
Scale length		25"
Neck Joint		hollow, square, taper begins between the nut and first fret
Woods	Top	spruce
	Back & Sides	koa sides, mahogany back
	Neck	koa
	Fingerboard	rosewood
	Bridge	koa
	Headstock veneer	none
Binding, trim	Top	none
	Back	none
	Fingerboard	none
	Headstock(s)	none
	Soundhole	rope, green-blue ring
Inlay		abalone dot fret markers
Pickguard		none
Dimensions	Upper Bout	10-3/8"
	Lower Bout	14-7/8"
	Body at endpin	4-1/4"
Comments		Sold on eBay 11/8/03.