The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments ... Older versions of the instrument only had three strings, and were known as ...

The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona ... Dictionnaire universel des luthiers. 3 vols. 5th ed. Brussels: Les Amis de la musique, 1981.

Francesco Ruggieri (1620-c. 1695) was the first and greatest of a family of violin makers working at Cremona, Italy. A pupil of Nicolo Amati, he patterned his instruments, with some modifications, ...