The orchestra and its instruments . VIOLINBy Maggini THE VIOLIN 25 so quick indeed and so skilful that Cremona wentahead of Brescia and became the centre of violin-making for the whole world from 1560 to 1760 —two hundred years! And it is thrilling to realizethat in this little town, in three workshops side byside, on the Piazza San Domenico, all the great violinsof the world were made and in friendly competitionby the three families of Amati, Stradivari andGuarneri. The Amati family was of good position. Theirname goes back in the records of Cremona to theyear 1097. The first one of interest
The orchestra and its instruments . VIOLINBy Maggini THE VIOLIN 25 so quick indeed and so skilful that Cremona wentahead of Brescia and became the centre of violin-making for the whole world from 1560 to 1760 —two hundred years! And it is thrilling to realizethat in this little town, in three workshops side byside, on the Piazza San Domenico, all the great violinsof the world were made and in friendly competitionby the three families of Amati, Stradivari andGuarneri. The Amati family was of good position. Theirname goes back in the records of Cremona to theyear 1097. The first one of interest to us is AndreasAmati, who was born in 1520 and who died in may have been a pupil of Gasparo di Salo and thenagain he may not. At any rate, his model differsvery much from Gasparos and marks a great advance,although it still retains the stiff, upright Bresciansound-hole. Andreas Amati chose a smaller modelwith belly and back very high. His outline wasvery graceful; his scroll beautifully cut; his varnishof an amber color;
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