Master violin maker Antonio Stradivari inspects his creation in an illustration of his Cremona workshop. Made by Andrea Amati for the French king Charles IX, this violin dates to 1564. It is ...

New research carried out by the National Taiwan University has found that the sound of violins made by Amati and Stradivarius closely mimics the resonances of the human voice The design of the modern ...

Andrea Amati (1505-1577) crystalised the design and manufacture of the violin at Cremona in Italy for ever after. All the makers after him, including Antonio Stardivari, have simply evolved the ...

A study suggests that the seemingly ineffable tonal qualities of antique Italian violins might stem from their ability to mimic acoustic features of the human voice. Andrea Amati, the early 16th ...