Made by Andrea Amati for the French king Charles IX, this violin dates to 1564. It is considered to be one of the oldest surviving examples of a modern violin. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford ...

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 ...

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 ...