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Harp guitar
Maker: Carl and August Larson
Distributor: W. J. Dyer & Brother (distributor)
Date: 1904-1912 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Place Distributed:Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, North America
Model: Symphony Style 5
Serial No: none
SignedPaper label glued inside soundhole on back: SYMPHONY / HARP GUITAR / STYLE No. 5 / MANUFACTURED BY / W J Dyer & Bro. / St. Paul, Minn. / Under UNITED STATES Patent / of . . . [badly damaged by silverfish]
Markingsnone
DescriptionSoundboard: spruce
Back and sides: mahogany
Neck, peghead: mahogany
Frets: nickel silver
Button, nut, tuner heads: cream colored celluloid
Fingerboard, bridge: rosewood
Saddle: nickel silver fret
Tuning machines: metal
Bridge pins: rosewood
Decoration:
Large soundhole rosette: ivory strip/ colored strip/ and black/white/black
Small soundhole rosette: blue strip/ colored strip
Soundboard purfling: black/white/colored/white/black/ivory
Back: colored strip down center
Ivory in harp headstock
Fingerboard inlays
5 harp strings; 6 guitar strings
Back and sides: mahogany
Neck, peghead: mahogany
Frets: nickel silver
Button, nut, tuner heads: cream colored celluloid
Fingerboard, bridge: rosewood
Saddle: nickel silver fret
Tuning machines: metal
Bridge pins: rosewood
Decoration:
Large soundhole rosette: ivory strip/ colored strip/ and black/white/black
Small soundhole rosette: blue strip/ colored strip
Soundboard purfling: black/white/colored/white/black/ivory
Back: colored strip down center
Ivory in harp headstock
Fingerboard inlays
5 harp strings; 6 guitar strings
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 106.7 cm (42”)
Fingerboard length: 42.5 cm (16 23/32”)
Nut to bridge: 64.4 cm (25 11/32”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 34 cm (13 3/8”
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.9 cm (1 29/32”)
Fingerboard with at body joint: 5.9 cm (2 5/16”)
Width of upper bout: 34 cm (13 3/8”)
Width of lower bout: 40 cm (15 ¾”)
Width of waist: 26.5 cm (10 7/16”)
Body depth at neck: 9.3 cm (3 21/32”)
Body depth at bottom: 10.7 cm (4 ¼”)
Fingerboard length: 42.5 cm (16 23/32”)
Nut to bridge: 64.4 cm (25 11/32”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 34 cm (13 3/8”
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.9 cm (1 29/32”)
Fingerboard with at body joint: 5.9 cm (2 5/16”)
Width of upper bout: 34 cm (13 3/8”)
Width of lower bout: 40 cm (15 ¾”)
Width of waist: 26.5 cm (10 7/16”)
Body depth at neck: 9.3 cm (3 21/32”)
Body depth at bottom: 10.7 cm (4 ¼”)
Terms
Credit Line: Gift of Arne B. Larson, 1981
Not on view
Published ReferencesJonathon Peterson, “Harp Guitar: That Extra-String Thing,” American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers, No. 29/Spring1992, pp.20-33.
Object number: 02817