Nadia Mantovani

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: Nadia Mantovani

Date: 1981

Town: Cremona

Country: Italy

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

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

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