Editing Amati (section)

====Held by the Royal Academy of Music London ca 1620====

Antonio & Girolamo Amati ca 1620

One of the few surviving tenors which has not been reduced in size for modern playing. The head is particularly beautiful and well proportioned. The cheeks are flat, in the style of a cello head, although not so wide as to obstruct the player's left hand. The long and elegant pegbox tapers to a wide throat beneath the perfectly carved scroll. The volutes are hollowed and gather depth from the second through to the narrow final turn. The figured quarter-sawn maple used for the back and sides of the instrument is of a type commonly used by the Amatis. The continuous slope of the flame across the centre joint (achieved by reversing one half of the back before jointing), rather than the mirror-image pattern most commonly seen, is also a feature of their work. The front is of straight and even close-grained spruce.

{| class="wikitable" style="Margin:auto"
|+ Measurements (cm)
! Length of back !! Upper Bout !! Middle Bouts !! Lower Bouts
|-
| 45.0 || 21.3 || 14.4 || 26.1
|}

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