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Images from the Study-Storage Collections
Violin by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1604
Front and back (exterior views)
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Front and back (interior views)
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This small violin (13-1/2"), although lacking its neck and scroll, features an authentic printed label: Hieronymus Amatus Cremoneñ / Andreæ fil. F. 1604 [handwritten date].
Soundholes
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Andrea Amati's f-holes (1574)
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Girolamo Amati's f-holes (1604)
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Note: Click on images above to see larger images of the soundholes.
A comparison of Andrea Amati's soundholes with those carved thirty years later by his son, Girolamo (Hieronymus), show a continuing refinement of this important structural feature.
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