Paul Wiessmeyer

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: Paul Wiessmeyer

Date: 1981

Town: Boston

Country: USA

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

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

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