Andrea Amati

Andrea Amati was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy. Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played. Many of the surviving instruments were among a consignment of 38 instruments delivered to Charles IX of France in 1564.

Andrea Amati
Bornc.1505
Died(1577-12-26)26 December 1577
NationalityItalian
Occupationluthier
Known forCredited with constructing the first musical instrument of the modern violin family
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