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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1to, Niccolò Amati had been gradually lessening his activity, and that the patronage so long enjoyed by the Amati family fell for the most part to his gifted pupil, Antonio Stradivari. Among the interesting items of information supplied by the efforts of Paolo
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5THE HOUSE OF STRADIVARI, WEST SIDE, PIAZZA ROMA, CREMONA.
7Lombardini, relative to Stradivari, is that of the purchase of the house, in 1680, of the Brothers Picenardi for seven thousand imperial lire, equivalent to about £800 in present English money.
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