Kurt Arno Gütter

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: Kurt Arno Gütter

Date: 1977

Town: Markneukirchen

Country: Germany

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

Inventory number: KIL-88, identification no. MKiS XVc-88

Provenance: made for the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań, obtained on 20 Sept. 1977

Description: classic model – a copy of G. Guarneri's instrument; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; varnish in bright brown shades; for solo performance

Inscriptions: printed label reading: Kurt Gütter / Markneukirchen (1977) / Made in Germany / Copie: Joseph Guarnerius;  [with monogram KG in double circle]; over the label burned: K.A. Gütter

Measurements: body length 359 mm, upper bout 171 mm, middle bout 116 mm, lower bout 210 mm, total length 594 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: Fifth Prize at the 1977 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań (equal with with Franciszek Marduła, KIL-92); Second Prize for another violin (KIL-93) at the same Competition

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

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