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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 11:28:11 GMT -5
Since the Brozman video does not show what instrument is being played I thought I would post a photo. This is a Knutsen Harp Steel Guitar, c.1925. This one has two open bass strings and 4 chordal strings although some had two sets of chordal strings and no bass strings.
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Post by dradtke on Jul 6, 2015 12:11:47 GMT -5
Anything other than CANDIED APPLE RED is unfashionable and totally unacceptable! Well, then they couldn't call the company "Emerald," now could they? You have to think these things through, you know.
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Post by Don Clark on Jul 6, 2015 12:25:06 GMT -5
Yes, Dub is right. I do love mine. It is a Holloway Style 5, very much like the one you see there in Stephen's video. I bought mine from Joe Conklin, who lives in KCMO not far from Saint Luke's. With the funds he got from me for the Holloway, Joe commissioned the very first Emerald "Synergy" harp guitar that had the super trebles. Alistair Hay (aka Emerald Guitars)had to design the whole setup for attaching the treble strings and tuners. It came out wonderful. Joe is working on a CD of all original tunes, but does most of his performing at the Kansas City Renaissance Fair in Bonner Springs, Ks. He had been playing on his gorgeous Stephen Sedgwick harp guitar (of similar design, only it has 21 strings), but the Cocobolo/Sitka instrument freaked with all the humidity. So he commissioned Alistair to build him a Synergy with super trebles. It is a darker forest green with a raised Celtic Knot on the harp arm. Here is a shot of both of Joe's harp guitars.....the Sedgwick on the left, and the Synergy -
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Post by Don Clark on Jul 6, 2015 12:58:14 GMT -5
Here's one of Joe on the Synergy.
And another.....
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Post by Don Clark on Jul 6, 2015 14:54:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 15:49:24 GMT -5
Anything other than CANDIED APPLE RED is unfashionable and totally unacceptable! Well, then they couldn't call the company "Emerald," now could they? You have to think these things through, you know. Personally, I think Ruby would be applicable..... maybe even more desirable.
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Post by RickW on Jul 6, 2015 23:50:53 GMT -5
Nice use of the trebles in those videos Don.
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Post by John B on Jul 7, 2015 22:08:17 GMT -5
Since the Brozman video does not show what instrument is being played I thought I would post a photo. This is a Knutsen Harp Steel Guitar, c.1925. This one has two open bass strings and 4 chordal strings although some had two sets of chordal strings and no bass strings. Here's the one Bob was playing: Note someone removed the arm for the bass strings, and they are directly installed via harp tuners into the side of the neck. Here's the one I discovered in a GC in San Jose. Originally built as a left-handed model, it never had harp strings installed. And here is my non-harp model I'll be bringing to IJ to hand off to Marty for some much needed repairs:
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