KIL-12 Mammert Zajewski
Name: cello
Luthier: Mammert Zajewski
Year of construction: 1939-1949
Location: Vilnius
Country: Poland / Lithuania
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-12
Provenience: purchased 14 Dec. 1957
Description: Stradivari model, two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, ribs and head from sycamore. Bottom plate has strengthening of spruce wood of length ca 20 cm – makers own idea. For solo and ensemble performance. Probably the only surviving instrument of this luthier.
Inscriptions: label reading: Mammert Zajewski w Wilnie / zrobione w roku 1939–1949
Measurements: body length 755, upper bout 355, waist 240, lower bout 450 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 1964 Antoni Karolkowski, 1968 Eugeniusz Gosiewski, 1999 Marek Pielaszek
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-32 Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Name: cello
Luthier: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Year of construction: 1911
Location: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-32
Provenience: purchased 12 Oct. 1961
Description: Stradivari model, two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, ribs and head from sycamore. Stradivari f-holes. A big, noble tone. Designed for solo, orchestral and chamber music.
Inscriptions: Inside printed label on the left rib Feliks Konstanty Pruszak / (16) / Warszawa 19(11) and printed corrector’s label Jan Karoń (nepos Laurentu) / (korekta) / Varsaviae Anno 19(64) ; burned KIL on the lower block.
Measurements: body length 758, upper bout 355, waist 345, lower bout 455 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 1962 Antoni Karolkowski, 1963 and 1967 Eugeniusz Gosiewski, 1964 Jan Karoń, 1969 Antoni Wayda, 2007 Marek Pielaszek. In 1962, the cello was rented by H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań, in Sep. 1977 rented by Organizing Committee of “Warsaw Autumn” International Festival of Contemporary Music in Warsaw.
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-33 Raffaele Gagliano [?] / Neapolitan school
Name: cello
Luthier: Raffaele Gagliano? / Neapolitan school
Year of construction: ca. 1812
Location: unknown / Napoli
Country: Italy
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-33
Provenience: purchased 28 May 1962
Description: The cello is an instrument masterful luthier work. The authorship can be attributed to the Neapolitan school, strictly to the luthier Raffaele Gagliano (1790-1857). Two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, neck extended, new ribs (not original). Typical Italian lacquer, especially well preserved on the bottom plate, gold-carmine-chestnut color. Many small damages. Designed for solo, orchestral and chamber music.
Inscriptions: Poorly readable label Raffaele Gagliano
Measurements: body length 750, upper bout 352, waist 238, lower bout 422 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 1967 Eugeniusz Gosiewski, 2023 Marek Pielaszek.
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-44 Henryk Rudert
Name: cello 7/8
Luthier: Henryk Rudert
Year of construction: 1850
Location: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-44
Provenience: purchased 2 Dec. 1964
Description: Authentic instrument of the Polish luthier Henryk Rudert from Warsaw (1810-1888). Top two-piece plate of hazelnut spruce, Stradivari style. Two-piece bottom sycamore plate, sycamore head and ribs. The walls of the peg box decorated with carved plant ornaments in the late Baroque style. Orange-brown varnish on golden ground. Designed for solo play for very talented children in the period preceding the game on a full-size instrument.
Inscriptions: Printed label Henryk Rudert / zrobił w Warszawie r. 18(50.); on the bottom carved Henryk Rudert dla Adama Hermann; near the endpin scratched L. A. 1874 and burned KIL.
Measurements: 7/8, body length 680, upper bout 304, waist 202, lower bout 383 mm
Materials: hazelnut spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance: Eugeniusz Gosiewski 1969, 1970, Franciszek Marduła1970-72 and Antoni Karolkowski 1972.
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-47 German school
Name: cello
Luthier: unknown
Year of construction: before 1945
Location: Unknown
Country: Germany?
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-47
Provenience: purchased 30 Nov. 1966
Description: Master instrument of unknown origin, presumably German. Size 1/1, classic style, Stradivari model, f-holes in Stradivari cut. Two-piece hazelnut spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom, sycamore head and ribs, peg holes G and A doubled. Varnish red-brown. Ebony fingerboard and pegs, metal tailpiece by Thomastik. Leveled sound, clear, loud. Designed for solo, orchestra and chamber performance.
Inscriptions: No label, burned KIL by the endpin.
Measurements: body length 760, upper bout 345, waist 230, lower bout 435 mm
Materials: hazelnut spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance: 1967 Eugeniusz Gosiewski, 1971 Antoni Karolkowski and 1988 Włodzimierz Kamiński.
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-48 Franciszek Borowiecki
Name: cello
Luthier: Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Year of construction: 1922
Location: Lublin
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-47
Provenience: purchased 30 Nov. 1966
Description: Classical model similar to Stradivari, f-holes like Stradivari. Two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate. Sycamore neck and ribs. Scroll ended with sculptured six-petal flower. Cherry-brown varnish. Designed for solo, orchestra and chamber performance.
Inscriptions: label: Franciszek Borowiecki / wykonał w Lublinie / Roku Pańskiego 1922 and F†B in a double circle.
Measurements: body length 736, upper bout 335, waist 216, lower bout 420, string, working length 687-690 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 1967 Antoni Karolkowski, Eugeniusz Gosiewski
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-73 Thomas Andreas (Tomáš Ondřej) Hulinzky
Name: cello
Luthier: Thomas Andreas (Tomáš Ondřej) Hulinzky
Year of construction: 1779
Location: Prague
Country: Czechia
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-73
Provenience: purchased 28 Dec. 1970
Description: Stradivari model, f-holes moved. One-piece sycamore bottom plate. Red-brown oil varnish, F-holes remade. Designed for solo performance.
Inscriptions: Printed label Thomas Hulinzky / Fecit Pragae Anno 17(79) [with griffin holding a lute]; corrector’s label Marek Pielaszek / Warszawa 199(4) r. / (Correxit XII/2005R.)
Measurements: body length 765, upper bout 345, waist 320, lower bout 440, string, working length 695 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 1972 Antoni Karolkowski
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-76 Stanisław Stańko
Name: cello
Luthier: Stanisław Stańko
Year of construction: 1965
Location: Rzeszów
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-76
Provenience: purchased 28 Dec. 1970 from the maker
Description: Own classical style, two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, red-orange varnish. Noble full sound. Designated for solo and stage performance.
Inscriptions: Label STANISŁAW STAŃKO / FACIEBAT A. D. 19(65); corrector’s label KOREKTĘ PRZEPROWADZIŁ: / JAN BOBAK, W ROKU 1997, W / NOWYM TARGU
Measurements: body length 755, upper bout 338, waist 235, lower bout 430
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 1971 Eugeniusz Gosiewski (adapting the cello neck to the virtuoso performance according to the instructions by prof. A. Rezler); 1988 Jan Pawlikowski, 1997 Jan Bobak
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-96 Jan Pawlikowski
Name: cello 3/4
Luthier: Jan Pawlikowski
Year of construction: 1979
Location: Cracow
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-76
Provenience: purchased 7 Jan. 1980 (see prizes).
Description: Cello „Maria”. Two-piece top spruce plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate. Neck from another sycamore. Varnish brown with a slight shade of red. Designed for solo performance.
Inscriptions: Printed label with the silhouette of St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków on the left side and a musical instrument złóbcoki on the right side: Jan Pawlikowski / (zbudował) / KRAKÓW . ANNO DOMINI 19(79); by the endpin burned KIL
Measurements: body length 703, upper bout 315, lower bout 405 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First prize at the I National Z. Szulc Violin Making Competition, Poznań 1979.
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-128 Andrzej Bednarski
Name: cello 3/4
Luthier: Andrzej Bednarski
Year of construction: 1987
Location: Nowy Targ
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-128
Provenience: purchased 16 Dec. 1988 (see prizes).
Description: Model and style after Stradivari. Two-piece sycamore bottom plate. Yellow-red varnish. Designed for solo performance.
Inscriptions: Printed label ANDRZEJ BEDNARSKI / NOWY TARG / (A Bednarski) ROK 19(87)
Measurements: body length 706, upper bout 317,5, lower bout 406 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second prize at the II National A. Stradivari Violin Making Competition, Poznań 1979.
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-129 Krzysztof Pawikowski
Name: cello 3/4
Luthier: Krzysztof Pawikowski
Year of construction: 1987
Location: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-129
Provenience: purchased 16 Dec. 1988 (see prizes).
Description: Own model.One-piece sycamore bottom plate. Brown varnish with greenish-gray-yellow tint. Designed for solo performance.
Inscriptions: Printed label K†P Krzysztof Pawikowski / Warszawa 19(87) r.
Measurements: body length 701, upper bout 315, waist 219, lower bout 403 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: IV prize at the National A. Stradivari Violin Making Competition, Poznań 1987.
Other information: maintenance 1992 Krzysztof Pawikowski
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-142 Franciszek Marduła
Name: cello
Luthier: Franciszek Marduła
Year of construction: 1990
Location: Zakopane
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-142
Provenience: purchased 5.10.1990 from the maker
Description: According to the information obtained from the creator, the instrument built based on the Stradivari’s instrument documentation by Pasqualini. Two-piece spruce top plate, sycamore bottom plate cut tangentially, sycamore sides like a bottom plate, original sycamore head, and orange lacquer on golden ground. The instrument for the stage playing
Inscriptions: handwritten label: Franciszek Marduła / Zakopane 1990 r.; a burned sign in a circle: JHS / MF; burned on rib by the endpin: KIL
Measurements: upper bout 348 mm, middle bout 244, lower bout 443 mm, neck 280 mm,
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-144 unknown / German school
Luthier: unknown, German school
Year of construction: second half of the 19th c.
Location: unknown
Country: Germany?
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-144
Provenience: purchased 5th Oct. 1990
Description: The contour of the instrument refers to the Stradivari model from the so-called „golden period”. Two-pieces top and bottom plates, ribs of the sycamore with a wave finer and more pronounced than on the bottom plate. Brown lacquer (stained wood). Designed for luthier’s research, solo, orchestral, stage, concert and chamber playing
Inscriptions: no label
Measurements: neck 280 mm, plate 405 mm, string 692 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other: maintenance 1991 Piotr Kudanowski, 2014 Marek Pielaszek
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-151 German school
Name: cello 3/4
Luthier: unknown, German school
Year of construction: 19th c. or second half of the 19th c.
Location: unknown
Country: Germany?
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-151
Provenience: purchased 22 Feb. 1991
Description: Stylistically refers to the classic Stradivari model. Two-piece spruce top plate and two-piece bottom plate made of sycamore maple. Brown lacquer on yellow ground with a slight gray-green tint. An instrument with good sound qualities suitable for school purposes.
Inscriptions: no label
Measurements: body length 700 mm, upper bout 319 mm, lower bout 396 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-178 Jerzy Piórko
Name: cello 4/4
Luthier: Jerzy Piórko
Year of construction: 1993
Location: Lubin
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-178
Provenience: purchased 14 Dec.1993 from the maker
Description: Based on the classic Stradivari model. Two-piece spruce top plate with a distinct, quite wide grain, sycamore two-piece bottom as well as neck and sides. The snail shallow carved with a distinct wave. Gold varnish.
Inscriptions: Handwritten label Jerzy Piórko / Lubin – Poland / 1993 rok (Piórko)
Measurements: body 757, upper bout 349, lower bout 436.5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-218 Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Name: cello 4/4
Luthier: Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Year of construction: 1927
Location: Lublin
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-218
Provenience: purchased 19 Dec. 1997 from Tadeusz Borowiecki
Description: A master cello. Two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece corrugated bottom plate with a fine, not very clear wave. A small snail with a clear relief of the pin chamber on the outside. Brown varnish.
Inscriptions: Handwritten label in a frame Franciszek Borowiecki / wykonał w Lublinie / Roku Pańskiego 1927 and F†B in a double circle on the right side.
Measurements: body length 759, upper bout 343, lower bout 444 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-221 Zbigniew Węgrzyn
Name: cello 1/4
Luthier: Zbigniew Węgrzyn
Year of construction: 1993
Location: Lubin
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-221
Provenience: purchased 19 Dec.1997 from the maker
Description: Cello ¼. Two-piece spruce top plate with a grain clearly expanding from the center to the edges. Wavy sycamore two-piece bottom plate. Sycamore neck. Light brown varnish on yellow ground. An instrument for learning to play.
Inscriptions: Handwritten label in a frame Zbigniew Węgrzyn / LUBIN 1993 r.
Measurements: body 593, upper bout 275, lower bout 346 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-222 Bogdan Kasprzycki
Name: cello 7/8
Luthier: Bogdan Kasprzycki
Year of construction: 1997
Location: Lubin
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-222
Provenience: purchased 19 Dec.1997 from the maker
Description: Cello ¼. Two-piece spruce top plate with a grain clearly expanding from the center to the edges. Wavy sycamore two-piece bottom plate. Sycamore neck and sides. Brown varnish with a shade of red.
Inscriptions: Printed label in a frame „ADELAJDA”/ Bogdan / Kasprzycki / Lubin 1997
Measurements: body 740, upper bout 341, lower bout 423
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-235 Józef Rymwid-Mickiewicz
Name: cello 4/4
Luthier: Józef Rymwid-Mickiewicz
Year of construction: 1932
Location: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-235
Provenience: purchased on 10 Dec. 1999
Description: Individual model. Two-piece spruce top plate. Two-piece wavy sycamore bottom plate, neck and sides. Light brown varnish on golden ground. The cello fulfills the values of a solo and chamber instrument.
Inscriptions: Handwritten label Józef Rymwid-Mickiewicz / Zrobił w Warszawie r. 1932; handwritten corrector’s label Wiolonczela wykonana przez Józefa Rymwida-Mickiewicza w 1932 w Warszawie / 1952r – korekta p. M. Bielańskiego / wklejenie belki po lewej stronie dla / koncertmistrza Opery Wrocławskiej p. Banasa. / 1998 r – korekta K. Mróz – wklejenie belki / w normalne położenie (Mróz Krzysztof)
Measurements: body length 763, upper bout 346, lower bout 440 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: 1952 Mieczysław Bielański – adaptation to left-handed play, 1999 Krzysztof Mróz – restoration of the original condition
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-240 Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Name: cello
Luthier: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Year of construction: 1925
Location: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-240
Provenience: purchased on Dec. 12, 2000
Description: Individual model. Two-piece spruce top plate. Two-piece wavy sycamore bottom plate, neck and sides. Original sycamore head, glued foot. Brown varnish with a shade of orange on golden ground. Intended for solo play.
Inscriptions: Label Feliks Konstanty Pruszak / 17 Warszawa 1925 r.; burned KIL by the endpin.
Measurements: body length 755, upper bout 358, lower bout 448,5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-250 Jerzy Krywalski
Name: cello
Luthier: Jerzy Krywalski
Year of construction: 1925
Location: Cieszyn
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-250
Provenience: purchased on Dec. 31, 2001
Description: Individual model. Two-piece spruce top plate. Two-piece wavy sycamore bottom plate, neck and sides. Original sycamore head. Brown varnish. Intended for solo play.
Inscriptions: Luthier’s label printed in red letters in a decorative frame Jerzy Krywalski / Fabrykacja instrumentów / muzycznych / Cieszyn, Śląsk 192(5.)
Measurements: body length 765, upper bout 346, lower bout 438 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-254 Andrzej Bednarski
Name: cello
Luthier: Andrzej Bednarski
Year of construction: 2001
Location: Nowy Targ
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-254
Provenience: purchased on Oct. 27, 2003 from the maker
Description: Individual model. Two-piece spruce top plate. Two-piece wavy sycamore bottom plate, neck and sides. Original sycamore head. Brown varnish on yellow ground. Intended for solo play.
Inscriptions: Printed label in a frame Andrzej Bednarski / Nowy Targ / (A. Bednarski.) rok (2001.)
Measurements: body length 757, upper bout 350, lower bout 449 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Other information: maintenance 2007 Marek Pielaszek
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-261 Marcin Krupa
Name: cello
Luthier: Marcin Krupa
Year of construction: 2004
Location: Poznań
Country: Poland
Property: Collection of Luthier Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-261
Provenience: purchased on Jan. 31, 2005 from the maker, (see prizes)
Description: Two-piece top plate made of spruce with a strong, even grain. Two-piece sycamore bottom plate, sides and head. Brown varnish with a shade of green. Intended for solo and stage play.
Inscriptions: Printed label Marcin Krupa / fecit Poznań anno (2004) ; burned KIL by the endpin.
Measurements: body length 742, upper bout 361, lower bout 444 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: first prize in the cello category at the third W. Kamiński National Violin Making Competition in Poznań 2004
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-267 Krzysztof Krupa
Instrument: cello
Violin maker: Krzysztof Krupa
Date: 2009
Town: Poznań
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthiers Instruments MKiDN
Inventory number: KIL-267
Provenance: purchased Nov. 26 2009 (see prizes)
Description: Styled after Stradivari; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back, sides and neck. Red-brown varnish.
Inscriptions: label Krzysztof Krupa / fecit Poznań anno 2009
Measurements: body length 747, upper bout 358, lower bout 448 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: 1st prize in the cello category at the 4th W. Kamiński National Violin Making Competition in Poznań 2009 and the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ medal for the highest-rated violin-making qualities of the instrument
Catalog card: based on the Polish Union of Artist Violin Makers’ documentation