Inventory
as of
January, 2010

I have arranged my collection by Family, then Sub-family, then maker. American and European Instruments are first, "ethnic" instruments last.

The categories and names are my own. Some of these reflect my deliberate re-organization of some of the more obscure stringed instruments. The hybrids have been placed in the more logical (primary characteristic) family - some are actually closer to being in-between two families.

by Gregg Miner, as part of www.minermusic.com)

Family Sub-family Maker Type
NOTE: Number in ( ) = courses, from left to right (bass to treble), number in [ ] = strings within course		 Model, description Year Serial # Used on Christmas Collection? Photo posted?
Guitar Flat-top Martin 6-string 0-21 1928 37475 Y Y
Guild 12-string jumbo . 1990s   . .
Gitane 6-string Selmer copy D-500 2004   . .
J. Waller 6-string classical . c.1970   Y Y
Flat-top, extended Stumcke 6-string, after Scherr's Patent Harp-Guitar flame mahogany(?) b&s 1853      
Scherr 6-string Patent Harp-Guitar birdseye and flame maple b&s c.1937      
Arch-top Gibson 6-string Style O "Florentine" 1921 67048 Y Y
Resonator Dobro roundneck, wood-body, single-cone # 65 or 66 . 2208 . .
National squareneck, metal-body, tri-cone Style 1 1930   Y Y
Char squareneck, wood-body, single-cone "Gregg Miner" koa .   . Y
Regal roundneck, metal-body, single-cone RC2 2004   . .
Tenor Regal flat-top . c.1930   Y Y
Dobro or Regal resonator wood-body single-cone . J . .
National resonator Style 3, metal-body, single-cone, guitar-shape .   . .
Keychord automatic chord fretting mechanism all-mahogany .   . .
Steel National electric, lap
(6 string)		 New Yorker 1946 V1200 Y Y
National electric, lap
(8 + 8)		 Grand Console 1954 X45171 Y Y
Gibson pedal steel Electraharp c.1950 62265 Y Y
Knutsen Hawaiian
(6-string - converted from Harp-Hawaiian left, then right handed)		 "Weissenborn-shaped" 1920s   . Y (Knutsen Archives #HHW18)
Knutsen Harp-Hawaiian
(2 + 6 + 4)		 "Weissenborn-shaped" 1914-1928   Y Y
Knutsen Convertible Harp-Hawaiian
(4 + 6)		 "Upper Treble Point" 1914-1920s   . Y (Knutsen Archives #HCP1)
Harp Guitar Biehl, Tony (6 + 6) Double-neck c.1897      
Dyer (6 + 6) Style 8 c.1915 690 Y Y
Gazzo (8 + 6) Taraffo style .c.1920   . Y (Harpguitars.net Gallery 3a)
Gibson (10 + 6) Style U 1916 29740 Y Y
Gibson (10 + 6) scroll bridge c.1908 illegible Y Y
Hansen (4 + 6)   c.1891      
Harwood (12 + 6) . c.1900   Y Y
Klingberg (6 + 6) . 1886   Y Y
Knutsen (5 + 6) "1898 Patent" c.1898   Y Y
Knutsen (5 + 6) Symphony c.1899   Y Y
Knutsen (7 + 6 [9] + 7) "Lower Bass Point" c.1913   Y Y
Knutsen (7 + 7 + 6 + 7) "Zither Harp Guitar" c.1913   . Y (Knutsen Archives #HGS40)
Knutsen (5 + 6) "Double Point" 3/4 scale c.1906     Y (Knutsen Archives #HGS72)
Lyon & Healy (6 + 6) College Line Monster Bass c.1910     Y (Harpguitars.net Harp Guitar of the Month)
Mozzani (3 + 6) dual arm, oak leaf design 1910-1940   . Y (Harpguitars.net Gallery 3c)
Stahl (7 +6) "pikasso" harp guitar, with internal second body c.1915     Y (Harpguitars.net Maurer page)
Zimmerman (4 + 7) 11-course Russian c.1900      
Lyre Guitar Unknown (French) (6) bronze eagle head arm tips c.1810     Y (Miner Music home page Museum button)
Other Pedro Martinez Peņalver (6) "Especial" (inside-out) Spanish guitar 1983      
Mandolin Arch-top Gibson mandolin F4 c.1920 illegible Y Y
Gibson mandolin F4, 3-point 1907 6262 Y Y
Gibson mandola H2 1917 36692 Y Y
Gibson mandocello K4 1924 76985 Y Y
Gibson mandobass . 1929 88180 Y Y
Flat-back Howe-Orme "mandolinetto" Style 2 c.1895 1684 Y Y
Leland piccolo . .   . Y
unknown (Germany) pocket (Germany) c.1900   Y Y
  bandola   c1900s      
Harp mandolin Knutsen harp mandolin
(4 + 4 [8] )		 black top 1910-1914   .

 

 Y (Knutsen Archives #HM2)
Knutsen harp mandolin
(4 + 4 [8] )		 koa 1914-1920s   . Y (Knutsen Archives #HM3)
unknown (Italian) harp mandolin
(8 + 4 [8], floor-standing)		 . c.1910   . Y (Harpguitars.net Gallery Related)
Hollow-arm Calace lyre (mandolira) . 1913   Y Y
Dyer harp mandolin
(4 [8] )		 .Style 20 . 105 . Y
Knutsen harp mandolin
(4 [8] )		 spruce 1910-?   Y Y
Knutsen harp mandola
(5 [10] )		 koa 1913-1914     Y  (Knutsen Archives #HMA2)
Larson? harp mandola
(5 [10])		         Y  (Knutsen Archives Harp Mandola feature)
Monzino harp mandolin
(4 [8] )		 . c.1900   Y Y
Unknown harp mandolin
(4 [8] )		 bowl-back c.1900      
Hybrid Miner-cello resonator single-cone wood-body mandocello "Gregg Miner" 1994   Y Y
Regal "hybrid" (~octave mandola scale) Octofone c.1930   Y Y
Resonator Dobro resonator 65 or 66 .   . .
National resonator Style 1 metal-body, single-cone 1930   Y Y
Banjo Hybrid Gibson ukulele-banjo UB1 c.1930   Y Y
Gibson tenor lute (wood body arch-top) TL1 1924 77598 Y Y
Gibson mandolin-banjo, trap-door resonator MB4 c.1918 11018A Y Y
Gibson guitar-banjo, trap-door resonator GB4 c.1920   Y Y
Pollman banjo-lute (wood-body flat-top) "Mandoline-Banjo" 1890s   Y Y
Open-back J.B.Schall piccolo . c.1900   Y Y
Stewart banjeaurine . .   . Y
Stewart bass or cello . .   . Y
unknown English 6-string fretless  ((Tunbridgeware) .   . .
unknown giraffe or banjorette "Silver Queen" .   . .
Resonator Gibson 5-string RB5 1970 174735 Y Y
Gibson tenor, trap-door resonator TB5 c.1920 1106A-35 Y Y
Zither Windsor bass 7-string . .   . .
Wilmhurst  5-string . .   . .
Ukulele . Altpeter double harp ukulele (2 + 4 + 2) "Double Bass Uke" .   . Y (Harpguitars.net Gallery Related)
Dobro resonator wood-body .   . .
Knutsen harp ukulele (4) koa, full-rope .   . Y (Knutsen Archives #HU16)
Martin taropatch . .c.1930   Y Y
National resonator Style 1 large metal-body . 183 . .
Oscar Schmidt Tiple . c.1930   Y Y
Lutes, etc . John Rollins chitarrone (Italian tiorba) (14 [20] ) after M. Dieffopruchar, Venice, 1610 1993   Y Y
John Rollins German theorbo (Baroque lute) (13 [25] ) after Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, c.1670 1993   Y Y
unknown (Germany) Renaissance (8 [15] ) . c. 1970   Y Y
Orpharion     1960s      
Harp . Clark neo-irish Irish c.1915   Y Y
Lyon & Healy grand concert 23G 1960s 6157 . .
Markwood wire-strung (25) . 1983   . .
Triplett neo-irish Celtic I 1980s 268195 . .
Zither Alpine or Concert Kiendl concert . c.1880   Y Y
Schwarzer quint harp-zither . 1898 6976 Y Y
Washburn concert .. c.1898   Y Y
Bowed Haslwanter bowed semi-violin-shaped 1873   Y Y
Lutz bowed heart-shaped .   . .
  bowed strangely shaped        
Dulcimer Nagoya Harp (Japan) Nardan Harp (keyboard-fretted dulcimer) . .   . .
Folk (Sweden?) krafzither . .   . .
(Sweden?) scheitholt . .   . .
Fretless Bredshall & Faber Zitho-Harp Style "E" c.1902   . .
Dolceola Co. Dolceola   1900s 2582    
Flagg Manufacturing Co. Apollo Harp . .   . .
Harp-O-Chord Co Harp-O-Chord . .   . .
Harp-O-Chord Co Harp-Zither . .   . .
International Music Corp. Chartola . .   . .
International Music Corp. Ukelin . .   Y Y
Manufacturers Advertising Co. Tremoloa . 1945   Y Y
Marx & Marx Pianophone . .   . .
Meloharp Meloharp . .   . .
Oscar Schmidt Autoharp Silvertone 1970   Y Y
Oscar Schmidt Mandolin Guitarophone . .   . .
Paramount Harp Co. Paramount Concert Harp (Mandolin-Harp) . .   Y Y
Phonoharp Marxophone . .   Y Y
Phonoharp Regent Zither No. 5 .   . .
The Harp Manufacturing Co. Symphony Harp No. 5 .   .

 

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Harp-lute . unknown harp-guitar . .   . Y (Harpguitars.net Gallery: Harp-Lutes)
Light/Barry harp-lute-guitar . .   . .
Light/Barry harp-lute . .   . .
Light dital harp   . 248 . Y
.Wheatstone .harp-lute       . .
Lute-zither . Stoessel Stoessel-mandolin . .   . .
Stoessel Stoessel-lute, 7-string          
Stoessel Stoessel-lute, 9-string . .   . .
Stoessel Stoessel-lute, bass . .   . .
Stoessel. Stoessel-lute, contrabass. .       Y
Misc Strings . Unknown Tromba Marina reproduction .   Y Y
Thuringer Waldzither, 6 course (1 + 1 [floating] + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3)          
Winds . .Germany soprano recorder . . 229 Y Y
.Germany alto recorder . .   Y Y
.Germany tenor recorder . .   Y Y
.Germany bass recorder . .   Y Y
Woods alto crumhorn .c.1980 c.1980   Y Y
Monk cornett . 1990   Y Y
. tin whistle (5 each) . .   Y Y
Alba low whistle, D . .   . .
. ocarinas (various sizes) . .   Y Y
Misc . . Flexitone . .   Y .
.Jaymar Toy Piano     .
Ethnic Africa . kora (hide ring tuners) . .   . .
. kora (wood tuners) . .   . .
. raft zither (bamboo) . .   . .
. trough zither (wood, string) . .   . .
. lyre (5 string) . .   . .
. balafon (marimba) . .   . .
. kalimba/mbira (thumb pianos, various) . .   . .
. djembe . .   . .
. ashiko drum . .   . .
. hand drum . .   . .
. talking drum . .   . .
. udu drum (clay pot) . .   Y Y
. (ground cowbells, 2 each) . .   . .
. 3-string tortoisehell lute . .   . .
. shakere (gourd beaded rattles) . .   . .
Australia . dijeridoo . .   . .
Burma . saung gauk (boat harp) . .   . .
Cambodia . crocodile zither . .   .. .
China . gu qin (7-string long zither) . .   . .
  gu zheng (21-string long zither)          
. sheng (mouth organ) . .   . .
Fiji . log drum . .   . .
Finland . kantele (36-string) . .   . .
India . sitar . .   Y Y
. tambura (tanpura) . .   Y Y
. khartals (bronze finger cymbals) . .   . .
. esraj . .   Y Y
. sarangi . .   . .
. gopichand . .   . .
Indonesia . anklung (tuned bamboo rattles) . .   Y .
. khaen (bamboo mouth organ. 1 small, 1 large) . .   . .
. bamboo frog caller . .   . .
Ireland . bodhran . .   Y Y
. bones . .   Y Y
Jamaica . cane tube fiddle . .   . .
Japan . koto (long zither) . .   Y Y
Korea . kayagum (long zither) . .   . .
Latin America (?) bajo sexto . .   Y Y
(?) bandola (6) [2+2+3+3+3+3] . .   . .
(Argentina) charango (wood-body) . .   Y Y
(Argentina) charango (armadillo body) . .   Y Y
(Argentina) quena (notched flute) . .   . .
(Argentina) tranverse flute (2 each) . .   . .
(Bolivia) sikus (panpipe, 1 small, 1 large) . .   Y Y
(Brazil) rainstick . .   Y Y
. berimbau . .   . .
. assorted clay, wood flutes . .   . .
Madagascar . Valiha (2 each, steel strings) . .   . .
Middle East (Egypt) oud . .   Y Y
(Turkey) saz . .   Y Y
. dumbek (ceramic) . .   . .
. dumbek (metal) . ..   Y Y
. riq (tambourine) . .   Y Y
. duduk . .   . .
Papua New Guinea   monitor lizard-skin head wooden drum          
Portugal . Portugese guitarra (6 x 2) . .   . .
. Viola Braguesa (5) [3+3+2+2+2] . .   . .
Viola Beiroa          
Russia (made in Germany) balalaika, soprano (3 x 2) . .   Y Y
Slavic . prim tamburitza . .   . .
. cane tube fiddle . .   . .
Spain Lyon & Healy bandurria (6 [12] ) . 1900s   . .
Thailand . (croc zither) . .   . .
Tibet . bronze singing bowl . .   . .
. bronze trumpet . .   . .
. temple bells . .   . .
Viet Nam . dan bau (monochord) . .   . .
. dan tranh (long zither) . ..   .. .
. (Chinese erhu equivalent) . .   . .
. (bamboo mouth organ) . .   . .
. (oboe) . .   . .
. frog wood blocks . .   . .
Ukraine   bandura, concert       Y Y
Gregg Miner bandura, diatonic "Bear & Fish" 1975   Y Y

 

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