When1: 1564
Who: Andrea Amati [Amati, Andrea]
What: instrument maker
Where: Cremona, Italy
Detail: He lived 1520 to 1578 and perfected violins [1564], labeling them Amadus or Andreas Amatus and using varnish with amber color. His sons, Antonio Amati and Girolamo Amati, used Antonius Amatus and Hieronymus Amatus. Girolamo Amati's son Niccolò Amati [1596 to 1684] built the best ones [1645], labeling them Nicolaus Amatus. His students were Antonio Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, and his son Girolamo Amati [1649 to 1740].
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