Přemysl Otakar Špidlen

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: Přemysl Otakar Špidlen

Date: 1961

Town: Prague

Country: Czech Republic

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

Inventory number: KIL-37, identification no. MKiS XVc-37

Provenance: made for the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, acquired on 30 May 1962

Description: A. Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly with even, dense graining, two-piece flame maple back; varnish in bright orange shades; bright and deep sound; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by E. Gosiewski in 1967

Inscriptions: printed label reading: Přemysl Otakar Špidlen / Faciebat Pragae Anno 19

Measurements: body length 357 mm, upper bout 168 mm, middle bout 108 mm, lower bout 208 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: Third Prize (second prize was not awarded) at the 1962 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Renato Scrollavezza, KIL-39 and Sesto Rocchi, KIL-38)

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

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