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 ...

And Andrea Amati is the maker that started the tradition of violin making in Cremona. ANDREA SHEA: Coppiardio himself is from Cremona. The Northern Italian city was a hot-bed of violinmaking from ...

It is well established that early violin makers strived to recreate the sound of the human ... The study included two of the oldest to have survived: the 1570 Andrea Amati violin and the 1560 Gasparo ...

Jimi Hendrix performs at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, Aug. 18, 1969 ((DMN file / Larry Morris/The New York Times)) The Italian luthier Andrea Amati crafted the first modern violin in ...