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The violin & its story : or the history & construction of the violin, 1905
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1two brothers are of a rare beauty of workmanship, and show the utmost care in the selection of the materials. The proportions of the relative strength of wood, the curves, etc., impart to them a fine, delicate, and pleasant tone, and the characteristic quality for which they are distinguished.
3Hieronymus, in the instruments made by his own hand, did not adhere strictly to the pattern of Andreas; there are a few instruments of his built on somewhat larger lines than his father's, and which differ both from those of Andreas and Antonio. Though Hieronymus, in his own work, shows something of his brother's fine craft, yet he stands considerably below him. Hieronymus died in 1638.
5Amongst the pupils of Antonius and Hieronymus Amati must be mentioned Gioacchino (or Giodfredo) Cappa, who was born at Cremona in 1590. He established himself in Piedmont in 1640, and founded there the school of Saluzzio or Saluces, where the reigning prince lived; and it is on this account that Cappa is known by the name of Cappa di Salluzio, or Cappa d'Assaluzzo. He made a great number of instruments, and originated an excellent school of makers, amongst whom were Acevo and Sapino, whose works were called Amatis, though they did not equal those of the Amati family. The best instruments made by Cappa are his 'cellos.
7Nicholas Amati, the son of Hieronymus, was the most famous maker of that name. According to the registers of the cathedral of Cremona, he was born on the 3rd of September, 1596, and died at the age of eighty-eight on the 12th of August, 1684. He varied but little from the form and proportions adopted by his family, but he was a greater adept in the art of perfecting his details. He differed from his father by adopting a somewhat smaller size, and also in his own peculiar arching. Between the hollow at the edges and the top of his arch in the middle there is a rise of nearly an inch; his corners are more extended outwards; his edges are beautifully rounded; his varnish, stronger and more flexible, presents a more
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