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 ...

Andrea Amati, he started to build string instruments ... [Italian spoken audio] Today, there are still hundreds of violin makers who live and work in Cremona. For the completion of a violin ...

History It's thought the first violin was constructed around 1555 by Andrea Amati, although no one is sure of the exact year. Older versions of the instrument only had three strings, and were known as ...