Excerpt from The Romance of the Fiddle the Origin of the Modern Virtuoso, and the Adventures of His Ancestors On the other hand, it is certain that Gasparo da Salo, of Brescia, made violins during the latter part of the sixteenth century, and several fine specimens of his workmanship are still extant. Adreas Amati, who was born at Cremona about 1520, and died after 1611, is also mentioned as one of the first, if not the first, maker of violins, but his surviving instruments are rather small (about three-quarter size). Several authorities assert that they are of a pattern which preceded that of the actual violin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.