Heldahl, Anders
Helland, Gunnar Olavsson: 1895, 1908
Hougen, Knud K.
Lomundal, Olav
Løseth, O.
Odegaarden, Anders
Øvretveit, Knut Nilsen
Rudi, Knut Ø.
Sandland, Endré Endresen
Savill, Lars H.

NMM 4557.  Hardingfele, Norway, 18th/19th century. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Later pegbox and scroll grafted onto original neck. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.

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NMM 6125.  Hardingfele, Telemark style, Norway, ca. 1880. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Later back. Ex coll.: Halvor Lee, Spirit Lake, Iowa. Gift of Mary L. Fawkes, Ames, Iowa, 1998.

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NMM 11297.  Hardingfele, Norway, ca. 1880-1910. Paul and Jean Christian Collection, 2006.

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NMM 4558.  Hardingfele by Anders Heldahl, Bergen, Norway, 1886. Hardingfele body with later violin neck, pegbox, and scroll. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 1139.  Violin in style of hardingfele by Knud K. Hougen, Inwood, Iowa, 1895. Number 21. Four strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

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NMM 4556.  Hardingfele by Gunnar Olavsson Helland, Bø, Telemark, Norway, 1895. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 5064.  Hardingfele by Knut Nilsen Øvretveit, Lindås, Nordhordland, Norway, 1898. Hardingfele body with later violin neck, pegbox, and scroll. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 5065.  Hardingfele by Endré Endresen Sandland, Brunkeberg øvre Telemarken, Norway, 1901. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 4824.  Hardingfele by Knut Ø. Rudi, Valdres, Øystre Slidre, Norway, 1906. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Gift of Frederick Thomas and Marion Packard van Urk, Palo Alto, California, 1989.

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NMM 4928.  Hardingfele by Gunnar Olavsson Helland, Bø, Telemark, Norway, 1908. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Wayne S. Knutson, Vermillion, South Dakota, in memory of Elias Johnstad (1889-1957), who formerly owned and played the instrument, 1990.

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NMM 5063.  Hardingfele by Anders Odegaarden, Drammen, Norway, 1909. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Traditional dragon-head finial. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 1269.  Hardingfele by Lars H. Savill, Gaupljolm, Norway, 1931. Four melody, five sympathetic strings. Human-head finial. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

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NMM 4344.  Hardingfele by O. Løseth, Fannrem, Norway, 1961. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Human-head finial. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

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NMM 4342.  Hardingfele by Olav Lomundal, Hoston Orkdal, Norway, 1966. Four melody, four sympathetic strings. Human-head finial. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.

Lit.:  André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: 1988), p. 53.

Frannie Biebl, "Fiddle of the Fjords," Viking, Vol. 97, No. 9 (October 2000), pp. 48-49.

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