The photographic and descriptive documentation of violins from the Collection was created as part of the project „The Violin in Polish Collections” carried out by the Institute of Music and Dance from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2016. Photographs: Waldemar Kielichowski © Institute of Music and Dance, Warsaw
KIL-1 Unknown (Guarneri del Gesù model)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: last decades of the 19th c.
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-1, identification no. MKiS XV-C-1
Provenance: bought by the Ministry of Culture from a musician by the name of Szenk [?] in Warsaw
Description: German or Czech school, Guarneri del Gesù model; one-piece spruce belly, two-piece back of tiger maple; neck broken out with a patch in the back’s button; varnish in brown shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Rep. J. R-Mickiewicz / w Warszawie r. 1933. [Repaired by Józef Rymwid-Mickiewicz in Warsaw in 1933]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 170 mm, middle bout 117 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Wanda Wiłkomirska (Second Prize at the 1952 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań), Barbara Górzyńska (First Prize at the 1980 Carl Flesch Violin Competition in London); Jarosław Nadrzycki (Fifth Prize and audience award at the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań, as well as the Fifth Prize in 2006)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-2 Francesco Gobetti [?]
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown / Francesco Gobetti [?]
Date: 17th/18th c. [?]
Town: Venice [?]
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-2, identification no. MKiS XV-C-2
Provenance: bought from Irena Pelzling in Kraków in 1956
Description: old Italian instrument with Cremona school features, possibly built by Francesco Gobetti, famous Venetian maker, student of Stradivari; one-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; neck and head unoriginal; it has a fake Amati label; produces sound of great nobility characteristic for old Italian instruments, aligned for all strings; requires very subtle and mature playing; masterly instrument; maintenance work by Jan Karoń in 1963, Eugeniusz Gosiewski in 1968, Piotr Kubas in 1969; qualified to be used during the International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition
Inscriptions: fake printed label reads Nicolaus Amati Cremonen. / Hieronym . Fili ae Antoni / Nepos fecit 1675 [Nicola Amati of Cremona, son of Girolamo and nephew of Antony made in 1675]; handwritten label reading … [?] Reparirt in Pest 1835
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 104 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Jadwiga Kaliszewska, Tadeusz Gadzina, Robert Kabara (Third Prize at the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-3 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume[?]
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume / unknown
Date: 1823 [?]
Town: Paris [?]
Country: France [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-3, identification no. MKiS XV-C-3
Provenance: bought from Karol Bernhaut from Warsaw on 26 July 1956
Description: A. Stradivari’s model; spruce belly, sycamore back; varnish in light orange shades; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by J. Karoń (1957), E. Gosiewski (1961, 1966), A. Wayda (1969)
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: J B Vuillaume No 4 / Chez N.A. Lété Rue Saint-Sauveur No 20 / á Paris 1823
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 164 mm, middle bout 99 mm, lower bout 202 mm, total length 596 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-4 Honoré Derazey
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Honoré Derazey
Date: 1862
Town: Mirecourt
Country: France
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-4
Provenance: purchased on 02 Aug. 1956 from luthier Piotr Kubas; previously long years owned by his teacher Gustaw Hausller (Häusller), the well-known Kraków luthier, who prided himself on their possession, and used it along with other local luthiers as a model of classical violin making
Description: individual model similar to the work of Stradivari; spruce top plate, one-piece bottom plate, in the vicinity of the upper block decorated with a bas-relief with floral motifs, in the lower part, a multicolored inlay of wood and mother of pearl, depicting a medieval castle; both plates with a purfling and decorative bas-reliefs in corners; ribs decorated with bas-relief and stained inscription; neck ended with a sculptured head of the old man (Tieffenbrucker?); varnish in dark orange tones; sound with a large volume, excellent virtuoso instrument; conservation: E. Gosiewski, A. Karolkowski, M. Wyka
Inscriptions: label printed in a frame, with beveled corners: H. DERAZEY / A MIRECOURT / Médaille de 1re Classe / Exposition Universelle 1855 / [on the sides obverse and reverse of the medal from 1855 with labeled: NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR; above the card burned signature: H. Derazey and a blurred handwritten date (?); inscription on ribs: HONORATUS DERAZEY FACTOR ITALICO MODO URBE MIRECURIA
Measurements: body length 357, upper bout 168, middle bout 112, lower bout 208, total length 625 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Bartłomiej Nizioł, Andrzej Hop
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-5 Italian school (Guadagnini [?])
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: 1st half of the 18th c.
Country: Italy [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-5
Provenance: bought on 30 Jan. 1957 from the Komorowski family
Description: KIL-5, identification no. MKiS XV-C-5
Inscriptions: fake printed label reading: Antonius Stradivarius / Cremonensis faciebat 1705 / [on the right AS and a cross in a circle]; on the right wall another label reading Henricus Rudertus / correxit Varsoviae anno 18(54.); on the left wall, barely visible, another corrector’s label by Jan Karoń dated 1962
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Janusz Kucharski (before the 1957 H. Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań); Henryk Palulis; Jarosław Żołnierczyk (honorable mention at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-6 Carlo Antonio Testore?
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Carlo Antonio Testore
Date: 1741 [?]
Town: Milan [?]
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-6, identification no. MKiS XV-C-6
Provenance: bought on 19 Jan. 1957 from Lidia Kmit
Description: individual style; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in light brown shades; maintained by K. Bendowski (1965)
Inscriptions: printed label reading Carlo Antonio Testore figlio maggiore / del fù Carlo Giuseppe in Contrada lar- / ga al segno dell’ Aquila Milano 17(41) ; printed corrector’s label reading: KORYGOWAŁ Kazimierz Bendowski / art.-lutnik / POZNAŃ 1965
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 165 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 607 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Anna Maria Staśkiewicz (Third Prize at the 2006 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań); Anna Malesza (participant of the second stage of the 2016 H. Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Poznań)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-8 Raffaele and Antonio Gagliano?
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Raffaele and Antonio Gagliano
Date: 1817
Town: Naples?
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-8, identification no. MKiS XV-C-8
Provenance: bought in 1957 from violin maker Jan Karoń for the Polish participants of the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań
Description: Naples school; two-piece spruce belly, two piece sycamore back; varnish in light brown shades; big bearing tone; Gagliano authorship uncertain; corrections and restorations by Jan Karoń 1957, 1964; Eugeniusz Gosiewski 1967, 1969; Antoni Wayda 1970; Antoni Karolkowski 1974
Inscriptions: printed label reading RAFFAELE ED ANTONIO GAGLIANO / Quodam Giovanni Napoli 1817
Measurements: body length 364 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-9 Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Date: 1916
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-9, identification no. MKiS XV-C-9
Provenance: originally a private property, used by the Wrocław Violin Quartet affiliated with the city’s music academy; bought by the Ministry of Culture and the Arts on 28 Nov. 1957; loaned to the Organising Committee of the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań
Description: after an N. Amati model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back of sycamore with very wavy transverse graining; f-holes and scroll in Amati style; varnish in light orange shades; corrected by Jan Karoń in 1962
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Feliks Konstanty Pruszak prope Varsoviae / in Tempora periculosissimo Natiae nostro / fecit Initium 1916 [Built by Feliks Konstanty Pruszak near Warsaw (he lived in Płudy) at the beginning of 1916, during the most dangerous time for our nation] with handwritten initials: FKP
Measurements: body length 353 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 204 mm, total length 600 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-10 Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Date: 1916
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-10, identification no. XV-c-10
Provenance: boughton 26 Nov. 1957 from Ryszard Dzięgielewski from Warsaw
Description: constructed afterA. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly with even graining, two-piece sycamore back; oil varnish in dark orange shades; for solo and ensemble performance, powerful, sonorous sound; maintained by J. Karoń (1962), E. Gosiewski (1967)
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak / (199) Warszawa 19(16); label on the side: Korygował A. Karolkowski Warszawa 1956 r.
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-13 Unknown (an Amati copy)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: 19th c.
Town: Cremona [?]
Country: Italy [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-13, identification no. MKiS XV-C-13
Provenance: willed to the state by musicologist Alicja Simon (1879–1957); obtained on 14 Nov. 1958
Description: most probably a copy of N. Amati’s instrument; spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; scroll in Amati style; transparent varnish in brown shades; maintained by H. Rudert (1853), P. Kubas (1962) and J. Pawlikowski (1971)
Inscriptions: printed label in floral frame reading: N…olaus Amati Craemonensis Hyeronimi / Filij ac Antonii nepos fecit anno 1670; on the right wall printed label reading: Henricus Rudertus / correxit Varsoviae anno 18(53)
Measurements: body length 351 mm, upper bout 162 mm, middle bout 104 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 589 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Kaja Danczowska (Third Prize at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań; she played the instrument for thirteen years); Monika Jarecka (Fourth Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-14 René Quenoil
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: René Quenoil
Date: 1957
Town: Paris
Country: France
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-14, identification no. MKiS XV-C-14
Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained after the competition
Description: exact copy of Tononi’s violin belonging to violinist Bronisław Gimpel; two-piece belly of high quality spruce with even graining, two-piece flame maple back; bright, sonorous sound; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by J. Karoń (1963)
Inscriptions: printed label in a double frame, featuring: [trade mark with a violinist flanked by f-holes] / RENÉ QUENOIL / à Paris 19(57)
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 164 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize (First Prize was not awarded) at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (another Second Prize went to Josef Vavra, KIL-15)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-15 Josef Vavra
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Josef Vávra
Date: 1957
Town: Luby
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-15, identification no. MKiS XV-C-15
Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained after the Competition
Description: Guarneri del Gesù model; two-piece spruce belly with even graining, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in light orange shades; for solo and ensemble performance; corrected by A. Karolkowski 1961, maintained by J. Karoń 1967
Inscriptions: typewritten label in a frame, reading: VÁVRA JOSEF / houslař / Luby – 19(57); stamped above the label: JOSEF VAVRA / HOUSLAR
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 171 mm, middle bout 113 mm, lower bout 211 mm, total length 598 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize (no First Prize awarded) at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with René Quenoil, KIL-14)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-16 Harry Müller
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Harry Müller
Date: 1956
Town: Schöneck
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-16, identification no. MKiS XV-C-16
Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained after the Competition
Description: Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; transparent varnish in yellow shades; beautiful and clear execution; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by J. Świrek in 1967
Inscriptions: printed label in a decorative frame reading: Harry Müller / Geigenbaumeister / Schöneck i. Vogtl. / Gebaut 19(56); above burned: [HM / S in a double circle] Harry Müller / Schöneck i. Vogtl.
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 207 mm, total length 593 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Josef Pötzl, KIL-17)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-17 Josef Pötzl
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Josef Pötzl
Date: 1957
Town: Luby u Chebu
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-17, identification no. MKiS XV-C-17
Provenance: acquired after the First International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (1957)
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; transparent varnish in light orange shades
Inscriptions: printed label reading JOSEF PÖTZL / mistr houslař / LUBY U CHEBU / (1957) [handwritten signature in the middle]
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: third prize at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Harry Müller, KIL-16)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-18 Franz Joseph Klier
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Franz Joseph Klier
Date: 1957
Town: Bubenreuth
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-18, identification no. MKiS XV-C-18
Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained in 1957
Description: Guarneri del Gesu model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; orange and brown ombré varnish
Inscriptions: label in blackletter embellished with an ornamental frame, reading Franz Joseph Klier / Geigenbaumeister – Bubenreuth / Anno 19(57)
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 164 mm, middle bout 114 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Albert Lang, KIL-19 and Eugeniusz Gosiewski, KIL-20)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-19 Albert Lang
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Albert Lang
Date: 1957
Town: Luby u Chebu
Country: Czechoslovakia
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-19, identification no. MKiS XV-C-19
Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań; bought ca. 1962
Description: Guarneri del Gesu’s model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in dark orange shades; for orchestra and solo performance; maintained by E. Gosiewski (1967)
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: Albert Lang Mistr Houslař / Luby u- Chebu Č. S. R.
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań (equal with Eugeniusz Gosiewski, KIL-20 and Franz J. Klier, KIL-18)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-20 Eugeniusz Gosiewski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Eugeniusz Tomasz Gosiewski
Date: 1956
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-20, identification no. MKiS XV-C-20
Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired in 1957
Description: Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly with wide (c. 2 mm) graining, two-piece flame maple back; outstanding tonewood about 50 years old; varnish in dark orange-cherry shades; maintained by: M. Bielański, E. Gosiewski
Inscriptions: printed label: EfG / E. Gosiewski / Warszawa 19(56) / handwritten signature
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 595 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Albert Lang, KIL-19 and Franz J. Klier, KIL-18)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-22 Mieczysław Bielański
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Mieczysław Bielański
Date: 1957
Town: Wrocław
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-22, identification no. MKiS XV-C-22
Provenance: bought in 1957
Description: in Guarneri del Gesù style; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in light orange shades; shown at an exhibition in the Glinka National Museum of Musical Culture in Moscow in 1988
Inscriptions: handwritten label in an untypical shape decorated with a geometric ornament reading OPUS / 23 / M. Bielański / Wrocław / 1957
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 164 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Warsaw Philharmonic Award at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-23 Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Date: 1937
Town: Lublin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-23, identification no. MKiS XV-C-23
Provenance: a gift from the maker on the 70th anniversary of his artistic work c. 1959; maintenance work by Antoni Wayda in 1968
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; varnish in dark yellow shades; neck ended with a woman head
Inscriptions: printed label reading Franciszek Borowiecki / wykonał w Lublinie / Roku Pańskiego 19(37) / [F†B in a double circle to the right] [Made by Franciszek Borowiecki in Lublin anno Domini 1937]
Measurements: body length 363 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation / M. Wyka
KIL-24 Giuseppe Ferrari
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Giuseppe Ferrari
Date: 1955
Town: Rome
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-24, identification no. MKiS XV-C-24
Provenance: gifted by the maker during the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Description: A. Stradivari model; flat arching; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; Stradivari’s f-holes; varnish in light cherry shades; maintained in 1968, 1969, 1972 by Eugeniusz Gosiewski
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Ferrari Giuseppe da Ferrara / fece in Roma Luglio 1955 / (G. Ferrari); a drawing of a stylized chisel crossed with a compass
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 164 mm, middle bout 106 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-25 Marian Wyka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Marian Michał Wyka
Date: 1958
Town: Warszawa
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-25, identification no. MKiS XV-C-25
Provenance: bought from the maker on 27 Dec. 1960
Description: A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly with even graining, one-piece sycamore back; varnish in light orange shades; very old, high-quality tonewood from the luthier F.K. Pruszak’s stocks; full, deep, bright sound; for solo and ensemble performance; maintenance and corrections: A. Karolkowski 1964, 1965, E. Gosiewski 1966, A. Wayda 1969
Inscriptions: calligraphic label reading: Marian Wyka / budował w Warszawie w 19(58) r.; on the left, a handwritten label in ballpoint pen reads: Korekta – 1969 r. / A . Wayda – W-wa
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 605 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-26 Franciszek Marduła
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Franciszek „Gał” Marduła
Date: 1960
Town: Zakopane
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-26, identification no. MKiS XV-C-26
Provenance: bought from the maker on 27 Dec. 1960
Description: maker’s individual style; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; square rosewood tuning pegs embellished with a button in the middle of the handle’; varnish in light orange shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label in a rectangular frame reading Marduła Franciszek / Zakopane 1960 r.
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 603 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, rosewood
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-27 Antoni Karolkowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Antoni Karolkowski
Date: 1960
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-27, identification no. MKiS XV-C-27
Provenance: bought from the maker on 27 Dec. 1960
Description: Guarneri del Gesù model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in light orange shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Antoni Karolkowski / Warszawa 1960 r.
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-30 Marcin Groblicz
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Marcin Groblicz
Date: c. 1730
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments, held by the Music Instrument Museum in Poznań since 1996 (inv. no. MNP Id 205)
Inventory number: KIL-30, identification no. MKiS Dz.XV-c-30
Provenance: before WWI belonged to Warsaw Music Conservatory; after WWII owned by the Musical Industry Central Management Authority, which, after the instrument was repaired by Eugeniusz Gosiewski in 1954, sold it on 2 Dec. 1954 at the Authority’s store in Warsaw for the sum of 13,100 zlotys to the F. Chopin Music School No. 2 in Warsaw; handed over to the Ministry of Culture and the Arts on the ministry’s request and included in its Collection of Violins in March 1961
Description: two-piece spruce belly; one-piece back of bird-eye maple; Polish f-holes with sharp tongues; peg box ended with a lion head; peg holes lapped; double purfling on the whole instrument; varnish in gold-brown shades, the original one only residually preserved; maintained by: T. Panufnik, E. Gosiewski, J. Karoń; presented at an exhibition held by the Polish Culture Center in Leipzig in 1980/81
Inscriptions: twoprintedlabels; one reading Ad M. D. G. w Wárszáwie Marćin / Groblicz 173(?). Oretur pro eo quo- / cunque An: 5.. Pater noster Gr. / (Gr.[?].reparavit 1735); the other: (Reparavit) / THOMAS PANVFNIK / (Varsoviae) FECIT ANNO 19(41.) / ((Autentyczne Marcina Groblicza, krakowianina (1600 r.))[Repaired by Thomasz Panufnik, Warsaw, made in 1941, Authentic by Marcin Groblicz from Kraków 1600]; handwritten label: Gosiewski Eug. / naprawiał / Warszawa 1954 [Repaired by Eugeniusz Gosiewski in Warsaw 1954]; printed in a decorative frame: Jan Karoń (nepos Laurentu) / (Korekta) / Varsaviae Anno 19(64-); penciled on the beck between the labels: 2’4 ; 3’8 ; 4’8
Measurements: body length (measured along the belly) 362 mm, upper bout 175.5 mm, middle bout 119.8 mm, lower bout 208.8 mm, total length without endpin 608 mm, with endpin 614 mm
Materials: spruce, bird-eye maple
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation; Z. Szulc, Słownik lutników polskich, (Poznań 1953); Polska szkoła lutnicza: instrumenty Grobliczów i Dankwartów, vol. 1, ed. P. Frankowski, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (Poznań 2016); A. Knast, Nowa atrybucja skrzypiec ze zbiorów Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w świetle badań nad polską szkołą lutniczą XVII i XVIII wieku, in: Zabytki muzyczne w zbiorach Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: katalog, konteksty, album, ed. R. Suchowiejko (Kraków 2016), p. 226
KIL-35 Přemysl Otakar Špidlen
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Přemysl Otakar Špidlen
Date: 1961
Town: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-35
Provenance: made for the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań; obtained on 30 May 1962
Description: Stradivari’s model (Sancy – 1713): vaults, f-holes and scroll in Stradivari style; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame sycamore back; wonderful tonewood; thick spirit varnish in cherry shades; maintained by A. Karolkowski (1964) and E. Gosiewski (1967); placed equal first at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań with the instrument of Vladimir Pilař (at the time it was the highest prize awarded in the history of Wieniawski competition as in 1957 when the contest was inaugurated First Prize was not awarded)
Inscriptions: printed label reading Přemysl Otakar Špidlen / Faciebat Pragae Anno 19(61)
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Krzysztof Jakowicz (Third Prize at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań)
Prizes: First prize at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Vladimir Pilař, KIL-36)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-36 Vladimír Pilař
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Vladimír Pilař
Date: 1961
Town: Hradec Králové
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-36
Provenance: made for the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 30 May 1962
Description: in Stradivari style; two-piece spruce belly with fine graining, two-piece flame maple back; very good tonewood; varnish in light orange shades; placed equal first at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań with the instrument of Přemysl Otakar Špidlen (at the time it was the highest prize awarded in the history of Wieniawski competition as in 1957 when the contest was inaugurated First Prize was not awarded)
Inscriptions: printed label reading Vladimír Pilař Hradec Králové / Faciebat Anno 19(61) [initials PV in a circle]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Tomasz Michalak (Sixth Prize at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań)
Prizes: First prize at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Přemysl Špidlen, KIL-35)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-37 Přemysl Otakar Špidlen
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Přemysl Otakar Špidlen
Date: 1961
Town: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-37, identification no. MKiS XVc-37
Provenance: made for the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 30 May 1962
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly with even, dense graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in bright orange shades; bright and deep sound; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by E. Gosiewski in 1967
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Přemysl Otakar Špidlen / Faciebat Pragae Anno 19
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize (second prize was not awarded) at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Renato Scrollavezza, KIL-39 and Sesto Rocchi, KIL-38)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-38 Sesto Rocchi
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Sesto Rocchi
Date: 1961
Town: Regio Emilia
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-38, identification no. XVc-38
Provenance: made for the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 30 May 1962
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly with equal graining, two-piece flame maple back; sonorous, soft sound, for solo and ensemble performance
Inscriptions: printed label reading: (= Roberto =) / Sesto Rocchi da S. Polo / (Rocchi Sesto) / Fece l´anno 19(61) / [stylised cross over IHS]
Measurements: body length 353 mm, upper bout 164 mm, waist 110 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize (second prize was not awarded) at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Přemysl Špidlen, KIL-37 and Renato Scrollavezza, KIL-39)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-39 Renato Scrollavezza
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Renato Scrollavezza
Date: 1960
Town: Parma
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-39, identification no. MKiS XVc-39
Provenance: made for the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 30 May 1962
Description: A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly with even graining, two-piece back from flame maple; full, noble, soft sound, for solo and ensemble/orchestral performance; maintained by K. Bendowski (1962), J. Karoń (1963)
Inscriptions: printed calligraphic label in a frame, reading: («CARAVAGGIO») / Renato Scrollavezza / Parma – Fecit anno 19(60) / N. (54 Renato Scrollavezza); burned monogram RS on the button
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 597 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize (second prize was not awarded) at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Přemysl Špidlen, KIL-37 and Sesto Rocchi, KIL-38)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-40 Polish school (Marcin Groblicz?)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown / Marcin Groblicz [?]
Date: middle of the 18th c.
Country: Poland
Owner: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Collection of Violins, held by the Music Instrument Museum in Poznań (inv. no. MNP Id 204)
Inventory number: KIL-40, identification no. MKiS XVc-40
Provenance: before 1939 possessed by Zdzisław Dziewulski from Warsaw; on 23 Nov. 1962 bought from Andrzej Dziewulski from Warsaw. According to violin maker A. Karolkowski, the instrument had belonged to the father of violin maker F. K. Pruszak in Warsaw; Zdzisław Szulc attributed the instrument to Baltazar Dankwart I, Karol Stromenger attributed it to Marcin Groblicz senior
Description: the instrument has features of the Polish violin making school; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back of bird-eye maple; Polish f-holes with sharp tongues; peg box ended with a lion head
Inscriptions: no maker’s label; maintainers’ labels: one handwritten on the left side in the middle: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak / Warszawa 1926 rep. 128; another printed: Jan Karoń (nepos Laurentu) / (korekta) Varsaviae Anno 19(63); burned on the bass-bar with a handwritten date: Jan Karoń Warszawa (1963); inside marked: KIL-40; burned on the endpin: KIL
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 161.6 mm, middle bout 106.2 mm, lower bout 194,5 mm, total length without endpin 599 mm, with endpin 605 mm
Materials: spruce, bird-eye maple
Violinists: Stanisław Barcewicz, Ignacy Weisenberg, Stanisław Kawalla
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation; K. Stromenger, Skrzypce polskie, „Arkady” (1935) no. 8, pp. 470-473; Z. Szulc, Słownik lutników polskich, (Poznań 1953); Polska szkoła lutnicza: instrumenty Grobliczów i Dankwartów, vol. 1, ed. P. Frankowski, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (Poznań 2016); A. Knast, Nowa atrybucja skrzypiec ze zbiorów Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w świetle badań nad polską szkołą lutniczą XVII i XVIII wieku, in: Zabytki muzyczne w zbiorach Muzeum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: katalog, konteksty, album, ed. R. Suchowiejko (Kraków 2016), p. 226
KIL-41 Pietro III Guarneri [?]
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Pietro III Guarneri [?]
Date: ca. 18th c.
Town: Mantua [?]
Country: Italy [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-41, identification no. MKiS XV-C-41
Provenance: in the 19th c. belonged to well-known virtuoso and professor of the Warsaw Music Institute Władysław Górski; ca. 1882 purchased by Feliks Jaśkowski; bought for the collection on 17 Dec. 1963 from the latter’s daughter-in-law Aniela
Description: attributed to Pietro Guarneri III from Mantua, Italy; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; original head with a scroll; highly arched plates; varnish in red-brown shades on a golden primer; maintenance: P. Kubas 1968, F. Marduła 1970, E. Gosiewski 1965, 1972, Adam Królikowski 1972
Inscriptions: no maker’s label
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 111 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Piotr Janowski (First Prize at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań), Bartłomiej Nizioł (First Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-42 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume
Date: second half of the 19th c.
Town: Paris
Country: France
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-42, identification no. MKiS XV-C-42
Provenance: bought on 2 Dec. 1964 from Hanna Mischal from Warsaw, who claimed the instrument had been bought in France before 1915 and used only a little by a wealthy family member and music lover
Description: classic A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly with rather thin winter graining, two-piece flame maple back; transparent, oil-and-resin varnish in orange-red shades; full, melodious and very noble, even sound; for solo and ensemble performance; maintenance: E. Gosiewski, 1967
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Jean Babtiste Vuillaume / a Paris 3 rue Demours-Ternes / 18.. / (signature)
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 164 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, rosewood, ebony
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-43 German school
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: second half of the 19th c.
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-43
Provenance: bought on 2 Dec. 1964 from Waleria Skoryna Rychter; formerly belonged to her father, an amateur musician
Description: a good copy of an instrument by an unknown, probably German violin maker; classic model similar to Stradivari’s; spruce belly with dense graining, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in yellow-brown shades; equal tone, a little sharp; maintained by Jan Karoń
Inscriptions: no label
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 210 mm, total length 601 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-45 Eugeniusz Gosiewski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Eugeniusz Tomasz Gosiewski
Date: 1960
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-45, identification no. MKiS XV-C-45
Provenance: bought directly from the maker on 2 Dec. 1964
Description: classical style after Guadagnini; two-piece spruce belly with wide graining, two-piece flame maple back; Romanian wood; scroll ending with a logarithmic spiral; pegs, fingerboard and tailpiece made of ebony; varnish in orange-reddish shades on oil primer; even, full, noble sound; for solo and chamber performances
Inscriptions: printed label reading: EƒG / E. Gosiewski / Warszawa 19(60) / (fecit E. Gosiewski)
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 592 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Henryk Palulis
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-50 Marian Wyka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Marian Michał Wyka
Date: 1960
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-50, identification no. MKiS XV-X-49
Provenance: bought on 26 Nov. 1966 from Róża Wyka, the maker’s widow
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; oil varnish in light brown shades; ebony tuning pegs, fingerboard, tailpiece and chin rest; in 1970 Antoni Wayda replaced the old varnish with new one and made a new sound post among other repairs
Inscriptions: calligraphic label: Marian Wyka / budował w Warszawie w 19(60) r. [Built by Marian Wyka in Warsaw in 1960]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, ebony
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-51 Eugeniusz Gosiewski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Eugeniusz Tomasz Gosiewski
Date: 1963
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-51, identification no. MKiS XV-X-48
Provenance: bought from the maker in 1966
Description: classic Italian style; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; oil varnish in brown shades on an oil primer; body made from elements of ca. 50-year-old wood originally processed by the F. K. Pruszak workshop
Inscriptions: printed label: EfG / E. Gosiewski / Warszawa 19(63) / handwritten signature
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-52 Unknown / Karol Mikołaj Sawicki?
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown / Karol Mikołaj Sawicki?
Date: 2nd half of the 19th c.
Country: Germany [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-52, identification no. MKiS XVc-52
Provenance: bought on 27 Oct. 1967 from Janina Fulbiszewska from Bukowno n. Olkusz, according to whom it was as made by Charles Nicolaus Sawicki; the violin had been in Ms Fulbiszewska’s possession since 1958
Description: A. Stradivari’s big model; one-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; high quality tonewood; high quality varnish in red-brown shades; for solo and chamber performance; probably a German [?] copy of Stradivari’s instrument; maintained by E. Gosiewski
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / [a cross with the monogram AS in a double circle is featured below] / (N. Sawitzky Wien) [Sawicki never signed himself “Sawitzki”]
Measurements: body length 362 mm, upper bout 172 mm, middle bout 115 mm, lower bout 211 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-55 Italian school
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: 18th c.
Country: Italy [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-55, identification no. XVc-55
Provenance: bought in Dec. 1967 from Franciszek Fuchs from Warsaw, who claimed it „belonged to my family since the mid-19th c. It was bought abroad by my great-grandfather ca. 1840 for 1000 French francs in gold. Most recently it was played by my uncle, a great amateur violinist.”
Description: classic instrument; highest quality tonewood; spruce belly with very small graining, two-piece back from flame maple with a dense pattern; varnish in red-brown shades; a very noble sound of moderate power; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by Piotr Kubas and E. Gosiewski (1971)
Inscriptions: ake printed label reading: Petrus Guarnerius Filius / Joseph Cremonensis fecit Anno 17(30) / Venetijs
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 165.5 mm, waist 108.5 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-56 Jan Karoń
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jan Karoń
Date: 1966
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-56, identification no. MKiS XV-c-56
Provenance: bought on 27 Oct. 1967 from the maker
Description: Stradivari’s model; spruce belly with regular, small graining, flame maple one-piece back; ebony pegs, fingerboard and tail piece, hand-made sycamore chinrest; light orange varnish
Inscriptions: printed calligraphic label in a frame with geometric ornaments reading: Jan Karoń (nepos Laurentu) / Varsaviae Anno 19(66)
Measurements: body length 353 mm, upper bout 165 mm, middle bout 108.5 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Violinists: Szymon Kawalla
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-57 Přemysl Otakar Špidlen
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Přemysl Otakar Špidlen
Date: 1966
Town: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-57, identification no. MKiS XV-c-57
Provenance: included in the Ministry of Culture’s Violin Collection in 1967 after it was awarded at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Description: A. Stradivari model; one-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; varnish in brown shades with an orange tinge
Inscriptions: printed label reading (Op. 150) Přemysl Otakar Špidlen / Faciebat Pragae Anno 19(66) [round stamp with the initials PŠ]; stamp burned on the inside of the back reading ŠPIDLEN
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 209 mm, total length 600 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, ebony
Prizes: second prize (first prize was not awarded) at the at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Antonio Capela, KIL-58 and Renato Scrollavezza, KIL-59)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-58 António Capela
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: António Capela
Date: 1966
Town: Anta
Country: Portugal
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-58, identification no. MKiS XVc-58
Provenance: made for the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained ca. 1967
Description: a copy of a Stradivari model, with flat arching, oval F-holes, the Stradivari scroll; spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, rosewood pegs; masterly finished; varnish in orange-red shades
Inscriptions: printed label in rectangular frame reading: ANTÓNIO CAPELA / LUTHIER / ANTA ESPINHO PORTUGAL / ANO 19(66) A†C [signed diagonally across the label]
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167,5 mm, middle bout 110,5 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, rosewood, ebony
Violinists: Tadeusz Gadzina
Prizes: second prize (first prize was not awarded) at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Přemysl Špidlen, KIL-57 and Renato Scrollavezza, KIL-59); also fourth prize at the same competition for another violin
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-59 Renato Scrollavezza
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Renato Scrollavezza
Date: 1965
Town: Parma
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-59, identification no. MKiS XV-C-59
Provenance: made for the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired after competition
Description: classic model similar to A. Stradivari’s instruments; belly of spruce with wide, irregular graining, two-piece back of beautiful, ribbon curl maple; tuning pegs from wild pear tree of a reddish colour, no grain; varnish in light yellow and brownish shades; highest quality work; loud sound, you can still “hear the wood” in low registers, for solo and ensemble performance
Inscriptions: calligraphic label in a frame with rounded corners, reading: « (MIRONE) » / Renato Scrollavezza / Parma – Fecit anno 19(65) / N.7(3) (Renato Scrollavezza)
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 165 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 203 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize (First Prize was not awarded) at the at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (other Second Prizes went to Přemysl Špidlen, KIL-57 and Antonio Capela, KIL-58)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-60 Piotr Kubas
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Piotr Kubas
Date: 1967
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-60, identification no. MKiS XVc-60
Provenance: made for the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired in Sept. 1967
Description: made after A. Stradivari’s model; spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in red-brown shades; highest quality tonewood, noble sound, for solo and ensemble performance
Inscriptions: printed label with the silhouette of St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków on the left side and a violin and lyre on the right side, reading: PIOTR KUBAS / (wykonał te skrzypce) / Kraków anno domini 19 (67) / Nr (40); on the left side under the endpin, KIL is burned
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, waist 110 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 1967 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-61 António Capela
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: António Capela
Date: 1966
Town: Anta
Country: Portugalia
Owner: Collection of Luthiers Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-61
Provenance: made for the III H. Wieniawski International Luthier Competition, Poznań 1967, acquired Sep. 1967
Description: copy after A. Stradivari model; one-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, rosewood pegs; varnish in orange-red tones transparent on a light backing; for solo, stage and any other music
Inscriptions: handwritten label in a decorative frame: ANTÓNIO CAPELA / LUTHIER / ANTA-ESPINHO – PORTUGAL / ANO 19(66) A†C [handwritten signature across the card]
Measurements: body length 355, upper bout 167,5, waist 110, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: IV prize at the III H. Wieniawski International Luthier Competition, Poznań 1967 and II prize for other violin (KIL-58)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-62 Italian school (Michael Platner?)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: first half of the 18th c. [?]
Country: Italy [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-62, identification no. MKiS XVc-62
Provenance: bought on 28 Nov. 1968 from Zenobia Strzałkowska, who had acquired it in Germany before WWII
Description: reminiscent of the Pietro Guarneri model with features characteristic for Roman maker Michael Platner (or his workshop); high quality tonewood; one-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; typical Italian scroll beautifully and neatly carved; varnish in light-brown shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: lack of luthier’s label
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 160 mm, lower bout 201 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-63 Józef Tusk
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Józef Tusk
Date: 1967
Town: Sopot
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-63, identification no. MKiS Dz. XVc-66
Provenance: bought on 28 Nov. 1968
Description: A. Stradivari model; one-piece spruce belly, two-piece back of tiger maple; transparent varnish in chestnut shades; ebony fingerboard, tailpiece and tuning pegs
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Józef Tusk fecit [a heart with a cross above] / Sopot anno 19(67) / (J. Tusk)
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 116 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 600 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, ebony
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-65 Antoni Wayda
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Antoni Wayda
Date: 1967
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-65, identification no. MKiS XVc-67
Provenance: bought on 28 Nov. 1968 from the maker
Description: A. Stradivari’s model; spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in yellow and brown shades; for chamber and solo performance
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: Antoni Wayda / Warszawa 1967r. / Opus 14
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 106 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-66 Adam Królikowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Adam Jan Królikowski
Date: 1964
Town: Żywiec
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-66, identification no. MKiS Dz.XVc-63
Provenance: bought from the maker on 28 Nov. 1968
Description: classic style, close to N. Amati model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; spirit varnish in light brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label reading ADAM KRÓLIKOWSKI ŻYWIEC / WYKONAŁ W ROKU 196(4) [Made by Adam Królikowski in Żywiec in 1964]; handwritten initials on the left side: AK
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 107 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-67 Marian Wyka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Marian Michał Wyka
Date: 1960
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-67, identification no. MKiS Dz.XVc-65
Provenance: bought on 28 Nov. 1968 from Róża Wyka, the maker’s widow
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back flame maple; transparent varnish in light yellow and brown shades; ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, wide, shovel-shaped rosewood tuning pegs
Inscriptions: calligraphic label: Marian Wyka / budował w Warszawie w 19(60) r. [Built by Marian Wyka in Warsaw in 1960]
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 117 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 605 mm
Materials: spruce, maple, ebony, rosewood
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-68 Valentino de Zorzi
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Valentino de Zorzi
Date: 1882
Town: Venice?
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-68
Provenance: purchased 18 Nov. 1969 from W. Pawliszewska, many years in family possession
Description: classical style reminding Stradivari model; one-piece hazel spruce top plate („Haselfichte”), two-piece sycamore bottom plate; red-brown lacquer
Inscriptions: handwritten label:Valentinus de Zorzi / Cenetenesi Venetum fecit / Pistorii A. 1882
Measurements: body length 362, upper bout 164, waist 106, lower bout 202 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-69 Gustaw Häussler
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Gustaw Adolf Paweł Häussler (Haussler)
Date: 1925
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-69, identification no. MKiS XVc-69
Provenance: bought 1969 from Bohdan Giergiel from Bydgoszcz
Description: modeled on Guarneri del Gesù model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back from flame maple; varnish in dark red-brown shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Gustaw Häussler w Krakowie / zrobił te skrzypce w r. 1925 [This violin was made by Gustaw Häussler in Kraków in 1925]
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 113 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-70 Adam Królikowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Adam Jan Królikowski
Date: 1964
Town: Żywiec
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-70, identification no. MKiS XVc-70
Provenance: bought from the maker on 18 Nov. 1969
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; spirit varnish in light yellow and brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label reads ADAM KRÓLIKOWSKI ŻYWIEC / WYKONAŁ W ROKU 196(4) [Made by Adam Królikowski in Żywiec in 1964]; handwritten initials to the left: AK.
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 107 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-71 Saquin [?]
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Sacquin?
Date: 1842 [?]
Town: Paris [?]
Country: France [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-71, identification no. MKiS XV-c-71
Provenance: bought from Jan Dąbrowski from Warsaw, its long time owner, on 18 Nov. 1969
Description: classic style; spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in light brown shades; probably a good German master copy with a noble, even sound; good for solo performances
Inscriptions: printed label reading: SACQUIN, Luthier, / Rue Beauregard, 14, / à Paris 1842(?)
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 165 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-74 Antoni Wayda
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Antoni Wayda
Date: 1960
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-74, identification no. MKiS XV-c-74
Provenance: bought from the maker on 28 Dec. 1970
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in brown shades
Inscriptions: label reading A. Wayda / Warszawa 1960 r. opus No10
Measurements: upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-75 Adam Królikowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Adam Jan Królikowski
Date: 1964
Town: Żywiec
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-75, identification no. MKiS XV-c-75
Provenance: bought from the maker on 28 Dec. 1970
Description: classical style, the maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in chestnut brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label reading: ADAM KRÓLIKOWSKI ŻYWIEC / WYKONAŁ W ROKU 196(4) [on the left, handwritten initials]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-77 Auguste Bernardel
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Bernardel
Date: 1861
Town: Paryż
Country: France
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-77, identification no. XV-C-78
Provenance: bought on 11 Nov. 1971 from Irmina Białobruska [Białobrzeska?]
Description: classic Italian style; flame spruce belly with dense graining, one-piece sycamore back; high quality wood; beautiful varnish in reddish-orange shades on a golden primer; high quality craftsmanship and excellent sound (with a rather dark tone), for virtuoso performance
Inscriptions: printed label in a double chamfered frame, reading: BERNARDEL Luthier Eléve de Lupot / Rue Croix des Petits Champs No 23 / A PARIS 18(61); corrector’s label printed in Gothic letters reading: Desider Carl Jungmann / (REP.) / Geigenbaumeister • Berlin 19(41)
Measurements: body length 362 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108,5 mm, lower bout 207,5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-78 Marian Wyka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Marian Michał Wyka
Date: 1958
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-78, identification no. MKiS XVc-77
Provenance: bought on 11 Nov. 1971 from Anna Wyka, the violin maker’s daughter
Description: a classic Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù model, c. 50-year-old wood from the former F. K. Pruszak workshop; one-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in orange shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: handwritten calligraphic label reading Marian Wyka / budował w Warszawie w 19(58) r. [Marian Wyka / built in Warsaw in 1958]
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 116 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-80 Domingos Ferreira Capela
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Domingos Ferreira Capela
Date: 1971
Town: Anta Espinho
Country: Portugal
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-80, identification no. MKiS XVc-80
Provenance: made for the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 14 May 1972
Description: classic model similar to A. Stradivari’s instruments; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back with rather straight, dense graining; varnish in orange shades, thinly applied; rosewood tuning pegs; for high level art performance
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Domingos F. Capela / ANTA-ESPINHO-PORTUGAL / ANO 19(71) / [in a double circle, a church silhouette and the monogram DFC]; below, the stamp CAPELA PORTUGAL.
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 111 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (also won Second Prize for another violin, KIL-81)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-81 Domingos F. Capela
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Domingos Ferreira Capela
Date: 1971
Town: Anta Espinho
Country: Portugalia
Owner: Collection of Luthiers Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-81
Provenance: made for theIV H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań 1972, purchased 14 May 1972
Description: classic model similar to Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù; two-pieces spruce top plate, one-piece sycamore bottom plate, rosewood pegs
Inscriptions: Printed calligraphic label in double frame: Domingos F. Capela / ANTA-ESPINHO-PORTUGAL / ANO 19(71) [image of the church and initials DFC in double circle]; stamp below: CAPELA PORTUGAL
Measurements: body length 355, upper bout 165, middle bout 110, lower bout 204,5, total length 595 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: II prize at the IV H. Wieniawski International Luthier Competition, Poznan 1972; (on the same competition he also won the first prize for the KIL-80 violin)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-82 António Capela
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: António Capela
Date: 1969
Town: Anta
Country: Portugal
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-82, identification no. MKiS XVc-82
Provenance: made for the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 14 May 1972
Description: classic model similar to A. Stradivari’s instruments; two-piece bearclaw spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; high quality tonewood; soft, thinly applied varnish in orange shades; rosewood pegs, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece
Inscriptions: handwritten calligraphic label in ornamental frame reading: ANTONIO CAPELA ANTENSE / ESPINHO PORTVGAL / FACIEBAT ANNO 19(69) / (António Capela) / [on the right, the symbol of a heart with a cross and the initials ACE]
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 111.5 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; Fourth Prize for another violin (KIL-84) at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-83 Kurt Gütter
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Kurt Arno Gütter
Date: 1971
Town: Markneukirchen
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-83, identification no. MKiS XVc-83
Provenance: made for the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 14 May 1972
Description: Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; spirit varnish in orange shades; ebony pegs embellished with tombac fittings
Inscriptions: printed label reading Kurt Gütter / Markneukirchen (1971.) / Made in Germany / Copie: Joseph Guarnerius [initials KG in a double circle]; K.A. Gütter burned over the label
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Antonio Capela, KIL-84)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-84 António Capela
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: António Capela
Date: 1970
Town: Anta
Country: Portugal
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-84, identification no. MKiS XV-C-84
Provenance: made for the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 14 May 1972
Description: classic model similar to A. Stradivari’s instruments; high quality tonewood; two-piece bearclaw spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; rosewood pegs, ebony fingerboard and tailpiece; thinly applied varnish in orange shades; for high level performance; Capela also received Third Prize for another instrument at the same competition, while his father Domingos F. Capela won First and Second Prizes
Inscriptions: handwritten calligraphic label in ornamental frame reading: Antonio Capela Antense / Espinho Portugal / Faciebat Anno 1970 (Antonio Capela)
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 209 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: IV Prize at the IV International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Kurt Gütter, KIL-83); III Prize for another violin (KIL-82) at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-85 Anatoly Kochergin
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Anatoly Kochergin
Date: 1970
Town: Moscow
Country: Russian Federation
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-85, identification no. MKiS XV-c-85
Provenance: bough on 14 May 1972 after the H. Wieniawski Competition in Poznań
Description: classic model after Guarneri del Gesù; two-piece belly from old spruce; two-piece back from old sycamore; lacquer in brown-red shades; rosewood tuning pegs and tailpiece, ebony fingerboard
Inscriptions: printed label in a rectangular frame reading Анаmолий Кочергин / г. Москва [A†K] 19(70 г.) [Anatolij Kochergin / Moscow [A†K] 19(70 r.)]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 165 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 205 mm, total length 596 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore, rosewood, ebony
Prizes: Fifth Prize at the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Mieczysław Bielański, KIL-86)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-86 Mieczysław Bielański
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Mieczysław Bielański
Date: 1972
Town: Wrocław
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-86, identification no. MKiS XV-C-86
Provenance: made for the 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 14 May 1972
Description: classic model resembling Guarneri del Gesu’s design; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; ebony accessories; varnish in brown shades on stained primer; balanced sound, not too strong; for solo and chamber performance
Inscriptions: handwritten, calligraphic label in a butterfly shape with a geometric ornament reading: OPUS / (73) / M. Bielański / Wrocław / 1972
Measurements: upper bout 163 mm, waist 111 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fifth Prize at 1972 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Anatoly Kochergin, KIL-85)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-87 Józef Bartoszek
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Józef Bartoszek
Date: 1977
Town: Zakopane
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-87, identification no. MKiS XVc-87
Provenance: made for 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 20 Sep. 1977
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in orange shades; for solo performance
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: Art. Lutnik / JÓZEF BARTOSZEK / Zakopane . 1977
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 170 mm, middle bout 115 mm, lower bout 210 mm, total length 595 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Tomaš Pilař, KIL-89), First Prize for another violin (KIL-91) at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-88 Kurt Arno Gütter
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Kurt Arno Gütter
Date: 1977
Town: Markneukirchen
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-88, identification no. MKiS XVc-88
Provenance: made for the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained on 20 Sept. 1977
Description: classic model – a copy of G. Guarneri’s instrument; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in bright brown shades; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Kurt Gütter / Markneukirchen (1977) / Made in Germany / Copie: Joseph Guarnerius; [with monogram KG in double circle]; over the label burned: K.A. Gütter
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 171 mm, middle bout 116 mm, lower bout 210 mm, total length 594 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fifth Prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with with Franciszek Marduła, KIL-92); Second Prize for another violin (KIL-93) at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-89 Tomáš Pilař
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Tomáš Pilař
Date: 1977
Town: Hradec Králové
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthiers Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-89
Provenance: made for the V H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition, Poznań 1977, purchased 20 Sep. 1977
Description: classical model, two-pieces spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, lacquer in golden-orange tones, for solo music
Inscriptions: printed label: Tomáš Pilař Hradec Králové / Faciebat Anno 19 [with monogram TP in a circle]
Measurements: body length 356, upper bout 167, waist 110, lower bout 203, total length 589 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: IV prize at the International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition 1977 in Poznań (equal with Józef Bartoszek, KIL-87), III prize for another violin (KIL-90) at the same competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-90 Tomaš Pilař
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Tomáš Pilař
Date: 1977
Town: Hradec Králové
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-90, identification no. MKiS XVc-90
Provenance: bought in 1977
Description: classic model; two-piece belly from hazel spruce, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in orange shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label reading Tomáš Pilař Hradec Králové / Faciebat Anno 19 / [initials TB in a circle]
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; Fourth Prize for another violin (KIL-89) at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-91 Józef Bartoszek
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Józef Bartoszek
Date: 1977
Town: Zakopane
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-91
Provenance: acquired on 20 Sept. 1977
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back from flame maple; alcohol-based varnish in orange shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Art. lutnik / JÓZEF BARTOSZEK / Zakopane . 1977 [Artist luthier Józef Bartoszek Zakopane 1977]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 113 mm, lower bout 209 mm, total length 590 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; Fourth Prize for another violin (KIL-87) at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-92 Franciszek Marduła
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Franciszek „Gał” Marduła
Date: 1976
Town: Zakopane
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-92, identification no. MKiS XVc-92
Provenance: bought on 20 Sept. 1977
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple, varnish in orange shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label reads Franciszek Marduła / Zakopane 1976 r.
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 170 mm, middle bout 114 mm, lower bout 210 mm, total length 592 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fifth Prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Kurt Gütter, KIL-88)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-93 Kurt Gütter
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Kurt Arno Gütter
Date: 1977
Town: Markneukirchen
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-93, identification no. MKiS XV-c
Provenance: bought on 20 Sept. 1977
Description: copy of a Guarneri del Gesù model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back from flame maple; varnish in chestnut shades
Inscriptions: printed label reading Kurt Gütter / Markneukirchen (1977) / Made in Germany / Copie: Joseph Guarnerius / [with monogram KG in double circle]
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 114 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 594 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: second prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-94 Italian school (Lorenzo Guadagnini I?)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown / Lorenzo Guadagnini I [?]
Date: 18th c. [?]
Country: Italy [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-94, XVc-94
Provenance: bought in Jan. 1980 from Jan Osostowicz, violin maker based in Warsaw
Description: old Italian violin (Mantua or Venice school), possibly Lorenzo Guadagnini I, or a copy of his instrument; belly from spruce with even grain, two-piece back from tiger maple; varnish in orange shades; luthier’s label removed; neck not original, peg holes have been filled
Inscriptions: written on the removed printed label in a rectangular frame: Lavrentius Guadagnini Pater, / & alumnus Antonj Straduarj / fecit Placentie Anno 17(92?) [Lorenzo Guadagnini father, / & pupil of Antonio Stradivari / built in Piacenza in 1792?]. The label is most probably fake. The former owner, violin maker Jan Osostowicz had it sent to W.E. Hill & Sons in London to check its authenticity. It was never returned; printed label: WŁODZIMIERZ KAMIŃSKI / correxit Posnaniae 1982
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-95 Unknown (a Stainer copy?)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: 19th c. [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-95, identification no. MKiS XV-C-95
Provenance: bought on 7 Jan. 1980 from Jan Osostowicz from Warsaw
Description: a copy of a Jacob Stainer instrument [?]; belly and back very high arched; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades
Inscriptions: probably fake, partly damaged printed label reading: …rancefoo [sic] Ruggeri dettil Per… / in Cremona l’anno 1(699)(?)
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 164 mm, middle bout 107 mm, lower bout 201 mm, total length 591 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-98 Ivano Coratti
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Ivano Coratti
Date: 1980
Town: Bologna
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-98, identification no. MKiS XV-C-98
Provenance: made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; for solo performances
Inscriptions: printed label in a frame, reading: IVANO CORATTI / BOLOGNA / fatto l’anno 19(80) / (Ivano Coratti )
Measurements: upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 114 mm, lower bout 207 mm, total length 594 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-99 Nadia Mantovani
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Nadia Mantovani
Date: 1981
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-99, identification no. MKiDN XVc-99
Provenance: made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed calligraphic label reading: Nadia Mantovani / (Mantovani Nadia) / fatto in Cremona l’anno 19(81)
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 167 mm, waist 114.5 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-100 Jaromír Joo
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jaromír Joo
Date: 1981
Town: Náchod
Country: Czech Republic
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-100, identification no. MKiS XVc-100
Provenance: made for the 1981 H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Jaromír Joo Náchod / Faciebat Anno 19(81) [on the right, initials JJ in a circle]
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 109 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 588
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 1981 H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-101 Anatoly Kochergin
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Anatoly Kochergin
Date: 1979
Town: Moscow
Country: Russia
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-101
Provenance: made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; one-piece spruce hazel belly, flame maple back
Inscriptions: printed label reading: КОЧЕРГИН / АНАТОЛИЙ СеМеНОВИЧ / Москва, 19(79) [hand signature: А. КОЧЕРГИН]
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 109.8 mm, lower bout 208.5 mm, total length 587 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Jochen Voigt, KIL-102)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-102 Jochen Voigt
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jochen Voigt
Date: 1981
Town: Markneukirchen
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-102, identification no. MKiS XV-C-102
Provenance: made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; two-piece hazel spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; for solo performance
Inscriptions: framed printed label, embellished with geometrical-floral ornamentation, reading: Jochen Voigt / Geigenbaumeister / Markneukirchen 19.. / [trademark with a bow and violin neck forming a V]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: hazel spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Forth Prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Anatoly Kochergin, KIL-101)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-103 Tetsuo Matsuda
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Tetsuo Matsuda
Date: 1981
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-103
Provenance: bought on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in golden-brown shades with an orange tinge
Inscriptions: printed label reading TETSUO MATSUDA / (Tetsuo Matsuda) / Fatto in CREMONA 19(81)
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 170 mm, middle bout 111.4 mm, lower bout 209 mm; total length 598 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: fifth prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Paul Wiessmeyer, KIL-104)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-104 Paul Wiessmeyer
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Paul Wiessmeyer
Date: 1981
Town: Boston
Country: USA
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-104
Provenance: made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 10 July 1981
Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in yellow-dark orange shades; for solo performance
Inscriptions: handwritten label in a frame, reading: Paul Wiessmeyer / of Boston / faciebat Anno 1981; KIL burned under the endpin
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 167 mm, waist 109.9 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fifth Prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Tetsuo Matsuda, KIL-103)
Catalog card: based on the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society’s documentation
KIL-105 Janusz Zawisza
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Janusz Zawisza
Date: 1980
Town: Rymanów-Zdrój
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-105
Provenance: bought on Dec. 1983 from the maker’s widow, Jadwiga Zawisza from Rymanów-Zdrój; made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, which the maker did not live to see
Description: classic model; spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in orange shades; for solo and ensemble performance; the last instrument made by Janusz Zawisza
Inscriptions: handwritten calligraphic label in a frame, reading: ROK BUDOWY 1980 / JANUSZ ZAWISZA / RYMANÓW ZDRÓJ
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 167 mm, waist 117 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-106 Annibale Fagnola
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Annibale Fagnola
Date: 1917
Town: Turin
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-106
Provenance: donated by Władysław Markiewicz on 28 Aug. 1984
Description: classic model; two-piece belly from spruce with dense graining, one-piece back from flame maple; varnish in brown-red shades; for chamber music
Inscriptions: printed label reading: FAGNOLA HANNIBAL / Fechi in Torino (1917) / 9 Via Petro Micca / [handwritten on the left: Fato Directionno]
Measurements: body length 362 mm, upper bout 170 mm, middle bout 116 mm, lower bout 209 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-115 French school
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: ca. first half of the 19th c.
Country: France [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-115, identification no. 115
Provenance: bought in Dec. 1985 from Irena Kalinowska from Warsaw, who claimed it had been made by an unknown French luthier
Description: in the old Italian school style; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in red-brown shades on golden primer; for chamber music; restored by W. Kamiński in 1988
Inscriptions: smudged, hardly legible printed label reading: Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 17(00) / [on the right, a cross and the monogram AS in a circle]
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 161 mm, lower bout 205 mm, total length 594 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-116 Jan Bobak
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jan Bobak
Date: 1986
Town: Chicago
Country: USA
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-116, identification no. MKiS 116
Provenance: made for the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained after the competition
Description: Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; for solo performances
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: JAN BOBAK / CHICAGO 1986
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110,5 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 602 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-117 Lorenzo Marchi
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Lorenzo Marchi
Date: 1986
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-117, identification no. MKiS 117
Provenance: made for the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained after the Competition
Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; for solo performances
Inscriptions: printed label in a double frame reading: Lorenzo Marchi / cremona / (1986)
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 167,5 mm, middle bout 109 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize at the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-118 Jerzy Piórko
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jerzy Piórko
Date: 1985
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-118
Provenance: bought on10 Dec. 1985
Description: classic model; maker’s individual style; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in light brown shades with a light orange tinge on a golden primer
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading JERZY PIÓRKO / LUBIN 1985 r.
Measurements: body length 357.5 mm, upper bout 169.5 mm, middle bout 109 mm, lower bout 211.5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: third prize at the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-120 Shinya Mochizuki
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Shinya Mochizuki
Date: 1986
Town: Tokyo
Country: Japan
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-120, identification no. MKiS 120
Provenance: made for the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired in 1986
Description: classic model in the maker’s own style; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back, head and sides made of flame maple
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: Shinya Mochizuki / Tokyo Japan / 1986
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 113.5 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Junji Matsuoka, Japan)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-121 Honorata Stalmierska
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Honorata Stalmierska
Date: 1986
Town: Poznań
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-121, identification no. MKiS 121
Provenance: made under the Polish Ministry of Culture’s grant; acquired on 15 Dec. 1986
Description: model and style similar to Guarneri del Gesu’s instruments; spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in yellow-light brown shades; for ensemble performance; from April to June 1988 the violin was exhibited at the Glinka State Museum of Musical Culture in Moscow
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: STALMIERSKA HONORATA / POZNAŃ 1986 / op.15 / „BARBABIETOLA”
Measurements: body length 361 mm, upper bout 172 mm, middle bout 112.5 mm, lower bout 207 mm, total length 604 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-138 Szkoła mittenwaldzka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: 18th/19th c.
Town: Mittenwald [?]
Country: Germany [?]
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-138
Provenance: bought on 8 Dec.1987 from Przemysław Mańkowski [Malikowski?] from Poznań, who inherited it from his grandfather
Description: two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; varnish in brown shades
Inscriptions: corrector’s printed label with an imitation screw head in every corner and the obverse and reverse of a medal from the 1895 industrial exhibition in Poznań: F. NIEWCZYK / FABRYKA INSTRUMENÓW / POZNAŃ. / (Rep. 23. 7. 1904)
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 113 mm, lower bout 200 mm, total length 605 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-152 Wojciech Bętkowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Wojciech Jacek Bętkowski
Date: 1991
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-152, identification no. MKiS KIL-152
Provenance: bought at an auction in Poznań on 13 May 1991
Description: maker’s individual model patterned after Stradivari; two-piece belly from spruce with wide, even graining, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in golden-brown shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label in a frame, reading: WOJCIECH BĘTKOWSKI / LUBIN 1991
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-153 Krzysztof Wincenty Węgrzyn
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Krzysztof Wincenty Węgrzyn
Date: 1991
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-153
Provenance: bought at an auction in Poznań on 13 May 1991
Description: designed by the maker; belly and back arched low with a deep groove; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; varnish in the shades of dark brown on a yellow primer
Inscriptions: no label
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 115 mm, lower bout 211 mm, total length 598 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-154 Norbert Kijanka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Norbert Adam Kijanka
Date: 1991
Town: Poznań
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-154
Provenance: bought at an auction in Poznań on 13 May 1991
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in brown shades with a light orange tinge
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading NORBERT KIJANKA / POZNAŃ / 1991 rok op. 14
Measurements: upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Eighth Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, the prize of the Association of German Violin Makers (VDG) for the youngest Polish finalist and a medal awarded by the juror A. Capela
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-155 Zbigniew Kegel
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Zbigniew Kegel
Date: 1991
Town: Poznań
Country: Polska
Owner: Collection of Luthiers Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-155
Provenance: purchased at auction in Poznań 13 May 1991
Description: individual maker’s model; two-piece spruce top plate, two-piece sycamore bottom plate, pegs with yellow inserts in the head, tailpiece with inlaid treble clef, brown lacquer with orange tint on golden ground
Inscriptions: printed calligraphic label with initials and frame decorated with geometrical-floral ornament: Zbigniew / Kegel • Poznań / A•D 1991
Measurements: upper bout 168, waist 111, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-157 Jerzy Piórko
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jerzy Piórko
Date: 1990
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-157
Provenance: made for the 1991 H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 15 May 1991
Description: maker’s individual style drawing on the classic Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly with rather wide graining, two-piece back from flame maple; initially in golden shades, the varnish was changed to dark brown after a restoration by the maker in 1996
Inscriptions: handwritten label in a double frame, reading: Jerzy Piórko / Lubin / 1990 r. Nr. 91
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 113 mm, lower bout 212 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize and the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers Prize for the best varnish at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-158 Tadeusz Słodyczka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Tadeusz Słodyczka
Date: 1991
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-158
Provenance: bought on 15 May 1991
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading Tadeusz Słodyczka / LUBIN / 1991 nr. 81
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 171 mm, middle bout 119 mm, lower bout 210 mm, total length 601 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: second prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-159 Stanisław Król
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Stanisław Król
Date: 1991
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-159
Provenance: made for the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 15 May 1991
Description: two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: handwritten label in a frame, reading STANISŁAW KRÓL / 1991 ROK / KRAKÓW / S†K
Measurements: body length 353.5 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 111 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-160 Antoni Krupa
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Antoni Józef Krupa
Date: 1991
Town: Poznań
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-160
Provenance: bought on 15 May 1991
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in light brown shades on a yellow primer; tuning pegs embellished with an “olive”, tailpiece with a treble clef
Inscriptions: printed (calligraphic?) label reading Antoni Krupa / POZNAŃ / FACIEBAT ANNO 19(91) op. / AK.
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 165 mm, middle bout 111 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Udo Kretzschmann, KIL-161), as well as the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ Prize for the best sound qualities
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-161 Udo Kretzschmann
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Udo Kretzschmann
Date: ca. 1991
Town: Markneukirchen
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-161, identification no. MKiS 161
Provenance: made for the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 15 May 1991
Description: designed by the maker based on the classic A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly with clear, even graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in golden-brown shades on golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Udo Kretzschmann / GEIGENBAUMEISTER / (Udo Kretzschmann) / Markneukirchen
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 595 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Antoni Krupa, KIL-160)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-162 Piotr Kubas
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Piotr Kubas
Date: 1967
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-162
Provenance: bought on 18 Oct. 1991 from Jerzy Sadowski in Warsaw, who in turn had bought it from the maker’s widow in Kraków in 1982
Description: designed by the maker, modeled on A. Stradivari; two-piece hazel spruce belly, back from flame maple; varnish in golden orange shades
Inscriptions: printed label with St. Mary’s church silhouette on the left side and a violin and lyre on the right side reading PIOTR KUBAS / (fecit) / Kraków anno domini 19 (67) / Nr (39)
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 165.5 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-164 Eugeniusz Kukulski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Eugeniusz Kukulski
Date: 1936
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-164
Provenance: bought on 18 Oct. 1991 from Jerzy Sadowski, who had bought it from Paweł Gajdzik, a Germanist and sworn translator based in Kraków
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; oil-based varnish in golden-brown shades with a slightly ombré effect
Inscriptions: printed label reading OPUS NR. (5.) Wykonał EUGENIUSZ KUKULSKI / em. podpułkownik art. W.P. / W KRAKOWIE roku 19(36.) [Made by Eugeniusz Kukulski, retired Polish Army lieutenant colonel, in Kraków in 1936]
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 164 mm, lower bout 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-165 Unknown (Giovanni Maggini’s model)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown
Date: 19th c.
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-165
Provenance: donated by P. Wojtczak on 31 July 1991
Description: a master copy, Giovanni Maggini’s model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; double purfling transforming into geometrical ornament on the back; varnish in chestnut shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label with a cut-out top, reading: …. / Giovan paolo Maggini / brescia 16 – maybe information on the prototype
Measurements: body length 361 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 211 mm, total length 602 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-166 Alphons Van Hoof
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Alphons Van Hoof
Date: 1918
Town: Antwerp
Country: Belgium
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-166, identification no. 166
Provenance: donated by P. Wojtczak on 31 July 1991
Description: the maker’s own model, partly inspired by G. Guarneri’s model
Inscriptions: printed label in a frame reading: AURES TE FIDIBUS JUVET OBLEC / TARE CANORIS / Alphonsius van Hoof / Liutaro Fecit Antverpiae / n [in an additional, embellished frame: (Lorenzo Storione / Cremona)](№ 55) 19(18)
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-180 Jerzy Edward Wielbut
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Jerzy Edward Wielbut
Date: 1989
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-180
Provenance: bought c. 1993 from Maria Wielbut, violin maker’s widow
Description: designed by the maker based on A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back of flame maple; varnish in brown tonality on yellow primer
Inscriptions: printed label: Jerzy E. Wielbut / Warsaw 19(89) r. [framed]
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 170 mm, lower bout 209 mm, total length 600 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-181 Władysław Gąsienica „Makowski”
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Władysław Gąsienica “Makowski”
Date: 1993
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-181
Provenance: built in 1993 for his wife Anna on 33 marriage anniversary, bought from widow 14 Dec. 1993
Description: own individual model referring to Guarneri del Gesù; two-piece spruce belly, sycamore back; varnish in brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label: WŁADYSŁAW GĄSIENICA MAKOWSKI / (Kraków, 1993 r.)
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 166 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-201 Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Franciszek Borowiecki (Borówka-Borowiecki)
Date: 1932
Town: Lublin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-201
Provenance: bought from Lech Bazewicz c. 1996
Description: two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back made from tiger maple as are the sides, neck and head; varnish in dark brown shades with a red tinge
Inscriptions: printed label reading Franciszek Borowiecki / wykonał w Lublinie / Roku Pańskiego 19(32.) / [F†B in a double circle to the right] [Made by Franciszek Borowiecki in Lublin anno Domini 1932]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 166.5 mm, lower bout 205 mm, total length 605 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-205 Simeone Morassi
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Simeone Morassi
Date: 1996
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-205
Provenance: bought in 1996
Description: violin built in the style of A. Stradivari’s “golden period” models; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back from flame maple
Inscriptions: printed label: Simeone Morassi / figlio ed allievo / di Gio Batta / fece in Cremona 19(96) / (Simeone Morassi) [Simeone Morassi / son and pupil / of Giovanni Battista / built in Cremona 1996] with a vignette decorated with a lute and violin among others
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 113 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 598 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (with Krzysztof Mróz, KIL-207), while another of his violins was awarded First Prize (KIL-206)
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-206 Simeone Morassi
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Simeone Morassi
Date: 1996
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-206
Provenance: bough on 6 Aug. 1996
Description: two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back of flame maple; varnish in brown shades on a yellow primer with a light orange tinge
Inscriptions: printed label reading Simeone Morassi / figlio ed allievo / di Gio Batta / fece in Cremona 19(96) / (Simeone Morassi) [Simeone Morassi / son and pupil / of Giovanni Battista / built in Cremona 1996] decorated with a vignette feat. a lute and violin among others
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 168 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize at the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; another Morassi violin (KIL-205) was awarded the First Prize at the competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-207 Krzysztof Mróz
IInstrument: violin
Violin maker: Krzysztof Mróz
Date: 1996
Town: Wrocław
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-207
Provenance: bought on 25 June 1996
Description: two-piece belly from spruce with very clear, tight grain; one-piece back from flame maple; varnish in golden-brown shades
Inscriptions: printed labels Krzysztof Mróz / [handwritten signature] artysta-lutnik / WROCŁAW 19(96 r.) [Krzysztof Mróz / artist violin maker / Wrocław 19(96)]
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 169 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Simeone Morassi, KIL-205), Third Prize for another violin at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-208 Mieczysław Nowobilski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Mieczysław Nowobilski
Date: 1996
Town: Nowa Biała
Country: Polska
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-208, identification no. MKiS 208
Provenance: made for the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained on 25 June 1996
Description: two-piece hazel spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in light brown shades with an orange hue on a yellow primer
Inscriptions: handwritten label in ballpoint pen reading: M. Nowobilski / – 1996 – / Nowa Biała
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 169 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fourth Prize, bronze medal (equal with Gao Tong Tong of China), and third place in sound quality category at the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-209 Tadeusz Jasiurkowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Tadeusz Jasiurkowski
Date: 1996
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-209, identification no. 209
Provenance: made for the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained on 25 June 1996
Description: based on the classic A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in golden-brown shades with a light red hue
Inscriptions: printed calligraphic label in a frame, reading: Tadeusz Jasiurkowski / Lubin 1996 r.
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 171 mm, lower bout 213 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: ranked sixth for sound at the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-210 Andrzej Czernik-Gracka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Andrzej Czernik-Gracka
Date: 1996
Town: Bukowina Tatrzańska
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-210, identification no. 210
Provenance: made for the 1996 H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań (where it ranked fifth for sound); bought from the maker on 25 June 1996
Description: the maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly with clear graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: Andrzej Czernik Gracka / Bukowina Tatrz. / 1996 rok
Measurements: body length 361 mm, upper bout 172 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-211 Wojciech Łukasz
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Wojciech Łukasz
Date: 1996
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-211
Provenance: made for the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 17 June 1996
Description: patterned after a 1715 violin by A. Stradivari; two-piece spruce belly with even, fine graining, flame maple two-piece back; varnish in brown shadows with a light orange hue on a golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label in a frame: WOJCIECH ŁUKASZ / Warszawa 1996
Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 169 mm, lower bout 211 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: reached the finals and ranked 14th best for sound quality at the 1996 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-214 Tadeusz Słodyczka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Tadeusz Słodyczka
Date: 1996
Town: Lubin
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-214
Provenance: bought on 30 Dec. 1996
Description: two-piece spruce belly, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in golden brown shades
Inscriptions: calligraphic label in a frame: Tadeusz Słodyczka / Lubin 1996
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-219 Hugues Émile Blondelet
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Hugues Émile Blondelet (Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy & Cie)
Date: 1931
Town: Paris
Country: France
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-219, identification no. MKiS 219
Provenance: bought on 17 Dec. 1997 from Marek Moś, owner from 1982
Description: master violin; two-piece spruce belly with even graining, two-piece flame maple back; oil or essential oil varnish in brown shades with a light red hue; maintenance: A. Łapa 1998
Inscriptions: printed label reading: H. Emile Blondelet [pictures of the Legion of Honor, Cross of War and Order of Academic Palms] No (J. 7) / LUTHIER A PARIS / GRAND PRIX / 1922 / MARSEILLE / PRESIDENT DU JURY / HORS CONCOURS / RIO DE JANEIRO 1922 / GAND 1923 / BARCELONE 1923 / STRASBOURG 1924 / ANNÉE (1931) / [profiles of three violins in a circle with inscription: MARQUE DÉPOSÉE / TRADE MARK ]; on the back and sides inside burned: H. Emile Blondelet
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 111 mm, lower bout 205 mm, total length 599 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-223 Barbara Świrek
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Barbara Świrek
Date: 1997
Town: Katowice
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-223
Provenance: bought on 19 Dec. 1997
Description: two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back of flame maple; varnish in brown shades with a light red tinge
Inscriptions: calligraphic label in a double frame reading Barbara Świrek / Katowice, 1997
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 170 mm, lower bout – 206 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-224 Unknown (Ignatz Hoffmann sen. [?])
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: unknown / Ignatz Hoffmann sen. [?]
Date: c. 1750
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-224
Provenance: bought on 1998 from Jerzy Burban from Wrocław, who’d purchased it in 1986 and claimed that the violin had been made by Ignatz Hoffmann sen. (May 1695–29 March 1769) from Wilkanów (Wölfelsdorf) in the Kłodzko Valley
Description: German school; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece back of flame maple; varnish in gold-brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label, perhaps fake, reading Petrus Guarnerius, Cremonensis, fecit, / Mantua sub. tit. Sanctae Teresioe [sic] 16(99) [Made by Pietro (Giovanni) Guarneri from Cremona in Mantua under the patronage of St. Teresa 1699]
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 163 mm, middle bout 107 mm, lower bout 204 mm, total length 596 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-225 Ludwig Bausch jun.
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Ludwig Bausch
Date: 1854
Town: Leipzig
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-225, identification no. 225
Provenance: bought on 19 Nov. 1998 from Jadwiga Socha from Solec Kujawski
Description: maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly with wide, even graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in gold brown shades with an orange hue
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Ludovicus Bausch filius / fecit Lipsiae anno 18(54.) [monogram LB under a cross in a double circle]
Measurements: body length 352 mm, upper bout 163 mm, middle bout 104 mm, lower bout 201 mm, total length 588 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-226 Anton Bachmann
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Antonius Bachmann
Date: 1791
Town: Berlin
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-226, identification no. 226
Provenance: bought on 19 Nov. 1998 from Tadeusz Mazurek from Gniezno
Description: maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label in a frame embellished with a floral ornament, reading: Antonius Bachmann. / Königl:Preuß:Hofinstrumentenmacher / in Berlin. 17(91)
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-227 Werner Voigt
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Werner Voigt
Date: 1950
Town: Markneukirchen
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-227
Provenance: bought on 19 Nov. 1998 from Tadeusz Mazurek from Gniezno
Description: two-piece spruce belly with clear, strong graining, two-piece flame maple; varnish in a golden-brown shade with red highlights
Inscriptions: printedlabel in Gothic letters: [spruce tree silhouette] / Werner Voigt / Geigenbaumeister / 19(50.) / [monogram WV]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 172 mm, lower bout 211 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-236 Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak
Date: 1904
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-236, identification no. MKiDN 236
Provenance: bought on 10 Dec. 1999 from Ludwik Sarama from Żyraków
Description: maker’s own model based on classic A. Stradivari’s instruments; two-piece spruce belly with even graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in chestnut shades on a golden primer; for solo and ensemble performance, good sound and easy intonation
Inscriptions: label reading: Feliks Konstanty Pruszak / [?] / Warszawa 1904
Measurements: body length 360 mm, upper bout 168 mm, lower bout 206,5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-237 Stanisław Król
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Stanisław Król
Date: 1999
Town: Kraków
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-237
Provenance: bought on 22 Dec. 1999
Description: two-piece belly from spruce with small, even grain, one-piece back from flame maple; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer with a light orange tinge; edges lighter in colour
Inscriptions: printed label reading Stanisław Król / Kraków / anno (1999) / (167.) / [initials S†K in a circle]; burned inside: S†K
Measurements: body length 357, upper bout 170 mm, middle bout 111 mm, lower bout 211 mm, total length 598 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-239 Georg Piegendorfer
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Georg Piegendorfer
Date: 1898
Town: Augsburg
Country: Germany
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-239
Provenance: bought on 5 Dec. 2000 from Jerzy Burban from Wrocław, who had acquired it in 1984 (exchanged for a cello)
Description: spruce belly, back from flame maple, probably Romanian
Inscriptions: printed label in a frame embellished with oak leaves reading: Gg. Piegendorfer / fec. in Augsburg / (1898)
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-242 Andrzej Pancerz
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Andrzej Pancerz
Date: 2001
Town: Korzenna
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-242, identification no. MKiS 242
Provenance: made for the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained on 5 Oct 2001
Description: maker’s own model based on the classic A. Stradivari’s design; two-piece spruce belly with indistinct graining that is wider towards the sides, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades with an orange and light red tint
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: Andrzej Pancerz / Korzenna 2001
Measurements: body length 357,5 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 109 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 597 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Medal of the Wieniawski Music Society in Poznań for the highest sound quality at the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-243 Marcin Krupa
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Marcin Krupa
Date: 2001
Town: Poznań
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-243, identification no. MKiS 243
Provenance: made for the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 5 Oct. 2001
Description: maker’s own model alluding to classic A. Stradivari instruments; two-piece spruce belly with clear graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer; Prize of the director of the V. Metelka Violin Making Competition in Náchod for the youngest Polish finalist; Prize of the I.J. Paderewski Music Academy’s rector for the Academy’s best ranking student; Prize of the European Association of Violin & Bow Makers for the youngest European finalist
Inscriptions: printed label with frame embellished with floral ornamentation reading: Marcin Krupa / figlio di Antonio / Poznań anno (2001) [on the right, decorative initials: MK]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 167 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fifth Prize at the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-244 Roman Głogowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Roman Głogowski
Date: 2001
Town: Ząb
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-244, identification no. MKiS 244
Provenance: made for the 2001 H. Wieniawski International Violin Making Competition in Poznań (3rd stage); bought from the maker on 5 Oct. 2001
Description: the maker’s own model drawing on Guarneri del Gesu’s instruments; two-piece spruce belly with clear, strong graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in dark brown shades
Inscriptions: handwritten calligraphic label reading: Roman Głogowski / Ząb 2001 [in a circle 108]
Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 170 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-245 Robert Loska
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Robert Wojciech Loska
Date: 2001
Town: Gliwice
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-245
Provenance: made for the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, bought on 24 Sept. 2001
Description: two-piece belly from spruce with clear, wide grain, two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in yellow-brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label feat. Robert Loska / Gliwice / anno (2001) / [a drawing of a violin head]
Measurements: body length 352.5 mm, upper bout 167 mm, lower bout 204 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: reached the third stage of the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, while another of his violins (KIL-249) was awarded Third Prize at the same Competition
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-246 Roman Głogowski
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Roman Głogowski
Date: 2001
Town: Ząb
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-246
Provenance: made for the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (reached the 2nd stage of the competition); acquired on 5 Jan. 2001 from the maker
Description: maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; varnish in brown shades on a light yellow primer
Inscriptions: calligraphic label reading: Roman Głogowski / Ząb 2001r. [107 in a circle]
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 170 mm, lower bout 210.5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-248 Norbert Kijanka
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Norbert Adam Kijanka
Date: 2001
Town: Łódź
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-248
Provenance: bought on 27 Oct. 2001
Description: two-piece belly from spruce with clear, narrow graining; two-piece back from flame maple; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: label reading Norbert Kijanka Face in Łódź Anno 2001
Measurements: body length 358.5 mm, upper bout 169.5 mm, lower bout 208 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize at the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-249 Robert Loska
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Robert Wojciech Loska
Date: 2001
Town: Gliwice
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-249
Provenance: bought on 27 Oct. 2001
Description: designed by the maker, two-piece belly from spruce with equal, strong and clear graining, two-piece back from sycamore with small but clear waving; varnish in brown tonality on golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label: Robert Loska / Gliwice / anno (2001) / [a drawing of violin head]
Measurements: body length 354 mm, upper bout 166 mm, lower bout 207 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 2001 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-251 Igor Ulitsky
Instrument: skrzypce
Lutnik: Igor W. Ulitsky
Rok budowy: 2001
Miejscowość: Moskwa
Kraj: Rosja
Własność: Kolekcja Instrumentów Lutniczych
Numer inwentarzowy: KIL-251, karta ewidencyjna MKiS nr 251
Proweniencja: wykonane na X Międzynarodowy Konkurs Lutniczy im. H. Wieniawskiego, Poznań 2001, pozyskane 01.03.2006
Opis: model indywidualny oparty na klasycznym modelu Stradivariego; płyta wierzchnia dwuczęściowa świerkowa, płyta spodnia dwuczęściowa z jaworu falistego; lakier w tonacji brązu na szarozielonym gruncie
Inskrypcje: kartka lutnicza drukowana: Igor W. Ulitsky / (”Castrubin”) Violin maker (Moscow 2001.)
Wymiary: dł. korpusu 355 mm, szer. górą 164,5 mm, szer. dołem 205 mm
Materiały: świerk, jawor
Nagrody: I nagroda na X Międzynarodowym Konkursie Lutniczym im. H. Wieniawskiego, Poznań 2001
Karta katalogowa: na podstawie dokumentacji ZPAL
KIL-252 Robert Loska
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Robert Wojciech Loska
Date: 2003
Town: Gliwice
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-252
Provenance: bought from the maker on 18 Dec. 2003
Description: designed by the maker; two-piece belly from spruce with strong, even graining, one-piece back from sycamore with a figure looking like small waves; varnish in brown shades
Inscriptions: printed label: Robert Loska / Gliwice / anno (2003) / [a drawing of a violin head]
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, lower bout 208.5 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Fifth Prize at the International A. Stradivari Violin Making Competition in Cremona 2003
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-255 Mariusz Kacprzak
Instrument: Baroque violin
Violin maker: Mariusz Kacprzak
Date: 2004
Town: Warsaw
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-255, identification no. 255
Provenance: commissioned for the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Collection of Violins; bought from the maker on 15 Sept. 2004
Description: the maker’s own model based on the stylistic concept of A. Stradivari’s Emperor violin; two-piece spruce belly with strong, even graining, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in red-orange shades on a golden primer; for ensemble performances of early music
Inscriptions: printed label in frame, reading: MARIUSZ KACPRZAK / WARSZAWA anno domini 2004/ (1) (Mariusz Kacprzak)
Measurements: body length 352 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 588 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-259 Krzysztof Krupa
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Krzysztof Krupa
Date: 2004
Town: Poznań
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-259, identification no. 259
Provenance: made for the 2004 National W. Kamiński Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 12 Dec. 2004
Description: designed by the maker based on G. Guarneri’s model; two-piece spruce belly with strong, wide graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Krzysztof Krupa / fecit Poznań anno (2004); by the endpin burned KIL
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 600 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 2004 National W. Kamiński Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-262 Hiroshi Kikuta
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Hiroshi Kikuta
Date: 2006
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-262, identification no. 262
Provenance: made for the 2006 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 16 June 2006
Description: the maker’s own model patterned after classic A. Stradivari instruments; two-piece spruce belly with even, one-millimetre wide graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades with light red hue on a yellow primer; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed label with decorative f-holes and palmetto patterns, reading: Hiroshi Kikuta / Fatto in Cremona / Anno 20
Measurements: body length 358 mm, upper bout 170 mm, lower bout 210 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 2006 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-263 Sandro Asinari
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Sandro Asinari
Date: 2006
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-263
Provenance: made for the 2006 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 9 June 2006
Description: model designed by the maker; two-piece belly from hazel spruce, one-piece back from flame maple; varnish in brown shades on a golden primer
Inscriptions: printed label in a double frame with f-holes depicted on the sides, reading Sandro Asinari / Fece in Cremona / Anno (2006) [signature]
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 595 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Second Prize at the 2006 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-268 Michał Różak
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Michał Różak
Date: 2009
Town: Kościelisko
Country: Poland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-268
Provenance: bought on 27 Nov. 2009
Description: designed by the maker based on a classic A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; sycamore sides and scroll; oil-based varnish in golden-orange shades
Inscriptions: handwritten label reading MICHAŁ RÓŻAK / KOŚCIELISKO 2009
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 109 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 603 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: first prize at the 2009 W. Kamiński Nationwide Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-269 Min Sung Kim
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Min Sung Kim
Date: 2010
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-269
Provenance: made for the 2011 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 15 Dec. 2011
Description: maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly with clear graining, two-piece flame maple back; oil varnish in yellow-brown shades; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed label in a double frame, reading: [monogram SM in a circle] / MIN SUNG KIM CREMONENSIS / Fece nell ‘anno (2010) / [hand signature]; KIL burned near the endpin
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167 mm, lower bout 209 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 2011 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-270 Ulrike Dederer
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Ulrike Dederer
Date: 2010
Town: Zürich
Country: Switzerland
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-270, identification no. 270
Provenance: made for the 2011 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; acquired on 15 Dec. 2011
Description: the maker’s own model; two-piece spruce belly with clear, fine graining, flame maple one-piece back; varnish in yellow and brown shades, applied very thickly; for solo performance
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Ulrike Dederer Cremonese / fece Zurigo anno 20(10)
Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 169 mm, lower bout 205 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: Third Prize at the 2011 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-271 Ji Hwan Park
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Ji Hwan Park
Date: 2016
Town: Cremona
Country: Italy
Owner: Collection of Luthier Instruments
Inventory number: KIL-271, identification no. 271
Provenance: bought on 9 Sept. 2016
Description: classic A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece sycamore back; varnish in brown shades on a yellow primer
Inscriptions: printed label reading: Park Ji Hwan / Fece in Cremona Anno (2016)
Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 166 mm, middle bout 109 mm, lower bout 201 mm, total length 594 mm
Materials: spruce, sycamore
Prizes: First Prize at the 2016 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań
Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation
KIL-272 Piotr Pielaszek
Instrument: violin
Violin maker: Piotr Pielaszek