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Amati

noun

Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684). Synonyms: Nicola Amati, Nicolo Amati.

A violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family.

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... out-of-the-way place. H. and G. painted Alpine flowers, while I played violin. This violin must be of spotless pedigree, even as our Genevese friend, Monsieur—, certified when he reluctantly sold it me. None but a genuine AMATI, a hundred years old, can possess this mysterious quality, that can breathe almost inaudible, like a mornbeam in the parlor, or predominate imperious and intense over orchestra and choir, illuminating with its fire, like chain lightning, the arches of a vast cathedral. Enchanted thing—what ...

— Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands V2 • Harriet Beecher Stowe

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