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Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin-makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1550 to 1740.
Andrea Amati (before 1511 – before 1580) was the first maker of violins whose instruments still survive today. Indeed he seems more or less responsible for giving the instruments of the modern violin family their definitive profile. A small number of his instruments survive, dated between the years of 1564 and 1574 and most bearing the coat of arms of Charles IX of France.
Andrea Amati was succeeded by his sons Antonio Amati (born c. 1540) and Girolamo Amati (1561 – 1630). The "brothers Amati", as they were known, implemented far-reaching innovations in design, including the perfection of the shape of the soundhole. They are also thought to have pioneered the modern alto format of viola (rather than the older tenor violas).
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