Jan Bobak

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: Jan Bobak

Date: 1986

Town: Chicago

Country: USA

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

Inventory number: KIL-116, identification no. MKiS 116

Provenance: made for the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained after the competition

Description: Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly, two-piece sycamore back; for solo performances

Inscriptions: handwritten label reading: JAN BOBAK / CHICAGO 1986

Measurements: body length 356 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 110,5 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 602 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: First Prize at the 1986 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań

Catalog card: based on the Union of Polish Artist Violin Makers’ documentation

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