Krzysztof Krupa

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: Krzysztof Krupa

Date: 2004

Town: Poznań

Country: Poland

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

Inventory number: KIL-259, identification no. 259

Provenance: made for the 2004 National W. Kamiński Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 12 Dec. 2004

Description: designed by the maker based on G. Guarneri’s model; two-piece spruce belly with strong, wide graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in brown shades; for solo performance

Inscriptions: printed label reading: Krzysztof Krupa / fecit Poznań anno (2004); by the endpin burned KIL

Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 600 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: First Prize at the 2004 National W. Kamiński Violin Making Competition in Poznań

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

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