Andrea Amati invented the violin in his workshop around 1505-1577.
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Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1549 to 1740. Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri, whose names have become practically synonymous with the word violin, lived and worked in Cremona Italy in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Andrea Amati of Cremona was most likely the originator of the violin and its family. The oldest surviving instruments of Andrea Amati date from 1564 and only eight survive.
He played all the instruments he made, a violin maker has to so that the instr cab be adjusted for optimal performance.
Andrea Amati
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