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Violin, 7/8-size, by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1609

Scroll, back Back Back Back Back, ipper pins Upper bouts Upper bouts Upper bouts Upper treble corner Upper bass corner Lower treble corner Bottom of back Bottom pin Bottom rib Bottom rib Lower bass corner Cener of back Center of back Center of back

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NMM 3664.  Violin, 7/8-size, by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1609.  Ex colls.: Pietro Verri, Milan; Melzi family; Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984.

Soundholes


soundholes

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When this violin was exhibited at the Stradivari Bicentennial Exhibition held in Cremona in 1937, it was the property of the Contessa Emilia Laura Melzi and Lady Laura Parrochetti Melzi.

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Front of scroll Upper bouts Upper bass corner Upper treble corner Soundholes Tailpiece Lower bouts Front Front Front Lower bouts Bottom rib Lower bass corner Lower treble corner Upper bouts Soundholes Scroll, treble side Neck, treble side Body, treble side Bottom rib Scroll, bass side Neck, bass side Body, bass side Bottom rib