Amati

[ ah-mah-tee ]

noun

1. Ni·co·lò [nee-kaw-, law], 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
2. a violin made by a member of this family.

Amati

noun

1. aˈmaːti AmatiNicolò15961684MItalianMUSIC: violin maker a family of Italian violin makers, active in Cremona in the 16th and 17th centuries, esp Nicolò (nikoˈlɔ), 1596–1684, who taught Guarneri and Stradivari
2. əˈmɑːtɪ Amatis a violin or other stringed instrument made by any member of this family

Example Sentences

The ill-fated feline belonged to San Marino's tourism and posts minister Federico Pedini Amati, a former leader of the tiny landlocked republic.

From BBC

Amati's McKenzie thinks the tricky environment may begin to improve even if house prices decline next year and the volume of housing transactions falls.

From Reuters

The instruments — a harp by Stradivari and a cello by the master luthier Nicola Amati — appear to have been made from the same 17th-century spruce.

From New York Times

That could have been Amati, who, by the mid-17th century, was well established and also living in Cremona, a city in what is now Italy.

From New York Times

The violin itself is naturally the most important factor in determining its value, with instruments made by the Stradivari, Amati and Guarneri families of Renaissance Italy commanding the highest prices.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• fiddle