Guitar
Trade Name
Harwood
(trade name of J. W. Jenkins Sons)
Manufacturer
J. W. Jenkins Sons Music Company
Date1893-1900 ca.
Place MadeKansas City, Missouri, United States, North America
ModelPossibly Concert Size No. 6
Serial No.10353
SignedEngraved on ivory celluloid strip behind 16th fret: HARWOODBranded in oval on back of head and on back graft: HARWOOD / NEW-YORK
Triangle-shaped brand on neck block: GENUINE / HARWOOD / REGISTERED / [inside inner triangle] TRADE MARK
MarkingsStamped on top of head: 10353
DescriptionStringing: six steel strings
Soundboard: two-piece spruce, medium grain broadening to wide grain at the edges
Back: two-piece rosewood; center strip comprised of maple diamonds inlaid into rosewood strip, surrounded on each side by light and dark hardwood strips
Sides: two-piece rosewood; rosewood end graft, slightly wider at top, surrounded on each side by light hardwood strips
Head: mahogany veneered with rosewood; integral with neck; slotted; ebony strap button with mother-of-pearl eye on back of head
Neck: mahogany; integral with head; V-shaped neck profile; sides of heel concave
Heel cap: ivoroid; set in from back
Binding: ivoroid; trim on top comprised of angled strips of alternating light and brown hardwood surrounded on each side by smaller strips of the same type angled in the opposite direction, then surrounded by purfling strips; no trim on back
Fingerboard: rosewood; 18 steel T-frets; mother-of-pearl dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets; ivory celluloid strip engraved "HARWOOD" behind 18th fret
Nut: ivory
Bridge: rosewood with bone saddle
Bridge pins: bone with abalone eyes
Tuners: two sets of worm-gear tuners with nickel-plated steel plates, steel rollers, and ivory celluloid heads
Endpin: ebony with mother-of-pearl eye
Rosette: comprised of angled strips of alternating light and brown hardwood surrounded on each side by smaller strips of the same type angled in the opposite direction, then surrounded by purfling strips; surrounded on each side with rings comprised of alternating blocks of light and dark hardwood surrounded on each side by light and dark hardwood strips, with space between each, all set in from edge of soundhole
Pick guard: none
Finish: orange with cracquelure on top; clear with craquelure on rest of guitar
Linings: kerfed mahogany
Neck block: mahogany with beveled corners
End block: mahogany with beveled corners
Top braces: four mahogany ladder braces with tapered ends, above soundhole, the one directly below soundhole; one in front of bridge plate, and one behind bridge plate; angled mahogany grafts on each side of soundhole; mahogany bridge plate extends to edges; thin mahogany graft along center joint below soundhole
Back braces: five mahogany with tapered ends; mahogany graft
Other: mahogany grafts on inside of sides running perpendicular to plane of back; circular saw marks visible on inside
DimensionsTotal guitar length: 951 mm (37-7/16″)
Back length: 485 mm (19-3/32″)
Upper bout width: 224 mm (8-13/16")
Waist width: 201 mm (7-29/32″)
Lower bout width: 344 mm (13-17/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 93 mm (3-21/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 100 mm (3-15/16″)
Rib height, at end block: 105 mm (4-1/8″)
Head length: 166 mm (6-17/32″)
Head width, top: 73 mm (2-7/8″)
Head width, bottom: 54 mm (2-1/8″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 312 mm (12-9/32")
Neck width, nut: 47 mm (1-27/32")
Neck width, heel: 55 mm (2-5/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 90 mm (3-17/32")
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 627 mm (24-11/16″)
Scale length: 624 mm (24-9/16″)
Credit LineGift of Lynn Jenkins, in memory of Robert Jenkins, 2024
Object number15801
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