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AMATI , the name of a See also:

family of See also:Italian See also:violin-makers, who flourished at See also:Cremona from about 1550 to 1692. According to See also:Fetis, See also:Andrea and Nicolo Amati, two See also:brothers, were the first Italians who made violins. They were succeeded by See also:Antonio and Geronimo, sons of Nicolo. Another Nicolo, son of Geronimo, was See also:born on the 3rd of See also:September 1596 and died on the 12th of See also:August 1684. He was the most eminent of the family. He improved the See also:model adopted by the See also:rest of the Amatis and produced See also:instruments capable of yielding greater See also:power of See also:tone. His See also:pattern was usually small, but he also made the so-called "See also:Grand Amatis." Of his pupils the most famous were Andrea Enamieri and Antonio See also:Stradivari.

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