Harry Müller

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: Harry Müller

Date: 1956

Town: Schöneck

Country: Germany

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

Inventory number: KIL-16, identification no. MKiS XV-C-16

Provenance: made for the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained after the Competition

Description: Stradivari model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; transparent varnish in yellow shades; beautiful and clear execution; for solo and ensemble performance; maintained by J. Świrek in 1967

Inscriptions: printed label in a decorative frame reading: Harry Müller / Geigenbaumeister / Schöneck i. Vogtl. / Gebaut 19(56); above burned: [HM / S in a double circle] Harry Müller / Schöneck i. Vogtl.

Measurements: body length 355 mm, upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 110 mm, lower bout 207 mm, total length 593 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: Third Prize at the 1957 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with Josef Pötzl, KIL-17)

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

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