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Chats on violins, 1905
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1pattern that his pupil Stradivarius afterwards laboured so assiduously to bring to perfection.
3Nicolo Amati's small-pattern violins can be purchased from about £80 to £100, but his Grand Amati pattern are worth about £200. A Nicolo Amati, which was the property of Mr Betts, was valued at £250, and one which belonged to Sir William Curtis, was put up for auction at 150 guineas, and bought for 185. This violin was dated 1647, and was described in the catalogue as "one of the most beautiful and finest in the whole world."
5During his lifetime Nicolo's instruments were highly esteemed, and many were the orders he received from the nobles of Verona, Florence, Tuscany, and also from countries beyond Italy.
7His imitators were numerous, and his pupils many and distinguished, numbering among them such names as Grancino, Ruggieri, Albani, Cappa, Andrea Guarnerius and Antonius Stradivarius.
9Andrea Guarnerius, uncle of the great Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu, transmitted through his son the skill he learnt in Nicolo's shop; and Antonius Stradivarius, the as-
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