Ivano Coratti

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: Ivano Coratti

Date: 1980

Town: Bologna

Country: Italy

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

Inventory number: KIL-98, identification no. MKiS XV-C-98

Provenance: made for the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań; obtained on 10 July 1981

Description: classic model; two-piece spruce belly, one-piece flame maple back; for solo performances

Inscriptions: printed label in a frame, reading: IVANO CORATTI / BOLOGNA / fatto l’anno 19(80) / (Ivano Coratti )

Measurements: upper bout 167 mm, middle bout 114 mm, lower bout 207 mm, total length 594 mm

Materials: spruce, sycamore

Prizes: First Prize at the 1981 International H. Wieniawski Violin Making Competition in Poznań

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

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