Mariusz Kacprzak

Instrument: Baroque 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: Mariusz Kacprzak

Date: 2004

Town: Warsaw

Country: Poland

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

Inventory number: KIL-255, identification no. 255

Provenance: commissioned for the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage’s Collection of Violins; bought from the maker on 15 Sept. 2004

Description: the maker's own model based on the stylistic concept of A. Stradivari’s Emperor violin; two-piece spruce belly with strong, even graining, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in red-orange shades on a golden primer; for ensemble performances of early music

Inscriptions: printed label in frame, reading: MARIUSZ KACPRZAK / WARSZAWA anno domini 2004/ (1) (Mariusz Kacprzak)

Measurements: body length 352 mm, upper bout 169 mm, middle bout 112 mm, lower bout 208 mm, total length 588 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

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

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