Jaromír Joo

Instrument: violin

Classification: 3 Chordophones / 32 Composite chordophones / 321 Lutes / 321.3 Handle lutes / 321.32 Necked lutes / 321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars / 321.322-71 Necked box lutes or necked guitars with a bow

Violin maker: Jaromír Joo

Date: 1981

Town: Náchod

Country: Czech Republic

Owner: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Collection of Violins

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

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