Udo Kretzschmann

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: Udo Kretzschmann

Date: ca. 1991

Town: Markneukirchen

Country: Germany

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

Inventory number: KIL-161, identification no. MKiS 161

Provenance: made for the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 15 May 1991

Description: designed by the maker based on the classic A. Stradivari’s model; two-piece spruce belly with clear, even graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in golden-brown shades on golden primer

Inscriptions: printed label reading: Udo Kretzschmann / GEIGENBAUMEISTER / (Udo Kretzschmann) / Markneukirchen

Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 206 mm, total length 595 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: Fourth Prize at the 1991 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Antoni Krupa, KIL-160)

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

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