The History of Music to the Death of Schubert

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He improved the model ; the proportions of the instrument are better as regards thickness of wood and elevation of back and belly. The tone, therefore, is stronger and equally pure and clear in comparison with the earlier violins. He made also some larger violins, called grand Amatis, which are highly prized as well as priced.
"The violins of the Amati, " says Paul David, "are the link between the Brescia school and those masters who brought the art of violin making to its greatest perfection,
...Antonio Stradivari and Joseph Guarneri. The tone of Di Sale's and Maggini's violins is powerful, but has a veiled character. " Nicolo Amati's violins have a clearer tone, but smaller. Their successors perfected the model and tone of the instrument, and since their day there have been no improvements, even in trifling details. The Stradivari violins are still the perfect model.
The Guarneri family of violin makers were (i) Andrea, The Guar- who worked with Stradivari in the workshop of Nicolo Amati, neri famil y and developed an entirely original style from his master's model ; (2) Giuseppe, son of Andrea, who also developed a style of his own ; (3) Pietro, likewise a son of Andrea, com- monly called Peter of Cremona, whose instruments are entirely different from those of his father and brother; 204 THE HISTORY OF MUSIC Antonio Stradivari Perfection of the bow (4) Pietro, known as Peter of Venice, grandson of Andrea, whose violins have a rich, pure tone ; (5) Giuseppe (Joseph), a nephew of Andrea, called del Gesu, from the I.


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