Harp guitar
Maker
Gibson
Date1916
Place MadeKalamazoo, Michigan, United States, North America
ModelGibson Style No. 26
Serial No.30907
SignedThe / GibsonMarkingsPrinted on Paper label: PATENTED FEB 1, ’98 / MARCH 30, ’06 / Gibson Harp-guitar Style 26__/ NUMBER _30907__ is hereby / GUARANTEED / against faulty workmanship or material, should / this instrument with proper care and usage go wrong / we agree to repair it free of charge at our factory / or to replace it with another of same style or value. / Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Co. / (Manufacturers) / Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A.
DescriptionThis 1916 harp-guitar bears the customized, engraved initials of an early owner on the pick guard. The letters CEF appear inside a circle surrounded on each side by sprigs, engraving work that looks professionally done. The instrument also bears rhinestones inlaid in the pillar and the fingerboard.
Standard six-string neck and ten sub-bass harp strings.
Top: spruce
Sides: maple
Back: maple
Neck: mahogany
Peghead: mahogany
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 116.5 cm (45 7/8 in)
Fingerboard length: 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in)
Nut to bridge: 62.6 cm (24 21/32 in)
Nut to neck and body joint: 31.4 cm (12 3/8 in)
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.5 cm (1 25/32 in)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)
Diameter of resonator back: n/a
Width of upper bout: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in)
Width of upper bout: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in)
Width of lower bout: 47.6 cm (18 ¾ in)
Width of waist: 29.5 cm (11 19/32 in)
Body depth at edge along body: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in)
Body depth crown of belly to crown of back: 11 cm (4 11/32 in)
Published ReferencesJoseph R. Johnson, “The Mandolin Orchestra in America,” The Big Red Book of American Lutherie, Vol. II, 1988-1990, pp. 262, 275-276.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02531
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