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Alois Sibal - Violins

Violins are $6,750/E5,000. We currently have a Stradivari pattern viola in the U.S. (slightly larger than 16") priced at $7,560/E5,600.
Mr. Pawlikowski's instruments are occasionally available and can also made to order. Please allow 3-4 months for commissioned work.

Alois Sibal - Violas

Please inquire about price.
Mr. Pawlikowski's instruments are occasionally available and can also made to order. Please allow 3-4 months for commissioned work.

Alois Sibal - Cellos

Mr. Pawlikowski's violoncellos are $13,500/E10,000.
Instruments are occasionally available and can also made to order. Please allow 3-4 months for commissioned work.

Alois Sibal - Biography

Jan Pawlikowski

Jan Pawlikowski's instruments are played by concertmasters and leading players in many of Poland' and Europe's top professional and state orchestras. An excellent violist (conservatory-trained) in his youth, he has used that knowledge into creating instruments that have remarkable tone, response, and projection, as well as great beauty in workmanship and varnish.

Mr. Pawlikowski's instruments have been awarded many prizes including a first prize for a cello in Poznan, Poland in 1979; a special prize for the highest score for two instruments together at the Wieniawski International Violin Maker's Competition in Poznan in 1981; and a bronze medal for a violin at the International Violin Maker's Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1983.

Today he is active as a juror of national and international violin making competitions in Poznan, Hrádéc Králové (Czech Republic), Prague and Moscow. He supplies each instrument with a certificate and a case from the Polish firm Artonus. He is considered by many to be the best violin-family instrument maker in Poland today. Mr. Pawlikowski makes violins (Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu models), violas (Amati and Stradivari models) and violoncellos (Gagliano, Gofriller and Montagnana models).