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Scan 85
Chats on Violins, 1905
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 65. See the scan on archive.org.
1named Madalina Lattazini, whom he wooed and married.
3After this event Hieronymus proceeded to dissolve partnership with his brother Antonio, and at the same time to adopt a model of his own. These individual efforts of Hieronymus, however, were not very successful, and it remained for his little son, Nicolo, born 13th September 1596, to add genius to his father's talents, and raise the art of violin-making to great heights.
5An assiduous worker, Nicolo, in his youth learnt the art of violin-making in his father's shop, and contented himself with copying the Antonio and Hieronymus model. From the very first his genius is said to have been discernible, and, though in his early attempts he kept to the traditions of the Amati family, he rapidly mastered and outstrode them. The Amati model was always delicate and graceful, but Nicolo's calculations as to proportions made his instruments surpass those of his predecessors in that respect. His model, as a rule, was a small one, but his finest instruments were larger than any made by the Amati family. These are generally known as the "Grand Amati," and it was this
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