The early 17th century
Maggini (pupil of Da Salo) in Brescia.
The Amati family in Cremona, now the center of the violin making world:
- Antonio and Girolamo Amati, Cremona: Violino Piccolo, 1613.
- Nicola Amati (1596-1684), teacher of Guarnerius and A. Stradivarius.
(1620-1790) (17th century)