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Chats to violin students on how to study the violin, 1895
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1him is accredited the development of violin making into an art. The name of Maggini, who lived about 1590, is another among the earliest makers. His model is somewhat large, and the tone of his violins is very perfect, although not so powerful as those of Stradivarius or Guarnerius, but most sympathetic. He worked in Brescia, and is also said to be a pupil of Gaspard da Salo, whom he succeeded. There is a considerable difference in the model of the Amati and Stradivarius fiddles, the latter being flatter and slightly larger. The Amati family were all justly celebrated for their work. It is extremely difficult to find much reliable information as to the history of these early makers who have only become celebrated within comparatively recent times, but it is supposed that André Amati studied with the great Brescian maker, Gaspard da Salo, but this is only supposition, because their styles are somewhat similar, especially the earlier specimens of Amati's work.
3The greatest maker of this illustrious family, Nicholas Amati, flourished between 1596 and 1680, and probably studied with his father, also a well-known maker. He, Nicholas, was the master of Antonius Stradivarius, who was born in 1644, and died in 1737. His early independent work shows signs of copying the models of his master. Ultimately he adopted a larger size and flatter model, and was pre-eminently particular as to the proportions and choice of the work he used. His finest period is from about 1700, and his latest instruments are said to have been made when he was ninety-
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