Violin, 7/8-size, by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1609 Note: Click on any major structural area of the instrument to see a close-up of that area. NMM 3664.  Violin, 7/8-size, by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1609.  Ex colls.: Pietro Verri, Milan; Melzi family; Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Soundholes Note: Click on image above to see a larger image of the soundholes. When this violin was exhibited at the Stradivari Bicentennial Exhibition held in Cremona in 1937, it was the property of the Contessa Emilia Laura Melzi and Lady Laura Parrochetti Melzi. Pegbox and Scroll Views Note: Click on images above to see larger images of the pegbox. Note: Click on images above to see larger images of the pegbox. Click here to access an index of all available digital images of this instrument. Go to Related Checklists Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800 Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 ©National Music Museum, 2005 Most recent update: October 24, 2007 You are the 13,084th visitor to this page since June 21, 2005. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page