René Quenoil

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: René Quenoil

Date: 1957

Town: Paris

Country: France

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

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

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