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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
4 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 76. See the scan on archive.org.
1AMATI, Niccolò, Cremona, brother of Andrea. Very little is known of this maker or of his instruments.
3AMATI, Antonio and Girolamo, sons of Andrea Amati, Cremona. There does not exist certain evidence as to the dates of the birth and death of the brothers Amati. Their labels, therefore, are the only records affording us any clue relative to the period when they worked. Vincenzo Lancetti states that "Count Cozio kept a register of all the instruments seen by him, and from which it appeared that the earliest reliable date of the brothers Amati is 1577, and that they worked together until 1628; that Antonio survived Jerome and made instruments until after the year 1648—a fine Violin bearing the last-named date having been recently seen with the name of Antonio alone." In another place Lancetti suggests that Girolamo Amati died in the year 1640. This information serves in some measure to set at rest much of the uncertainty relative to the period when these makers lived. These skilful makers produced some of the most charming specimens of artistic work. To them we are indebted for the first form of the instrument known as "Amatese." The early efforts of the brothers Amati have many of the characteristics belonging to the work of their father Andrea; their sound-hole is similar to his, and in keeping with
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