Józef Bartoszek

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: Józef Bartoszek

Date: 1977

Town: Zakopane

Country: Poland

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

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

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