Noun
Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
Source: WordNetAlthough he improved on the arching of his father's instruments, by and large they are inferior and no match for the greatest maker of his day, Antonio Stradivari. Source: Internet
ISBN 0-19-816623-0 *'' Antonio Stradivari, his life and work, 1644-1737', by William Henry Hill; Arthur F Hill; Alfred Ebsworth Hill (1902/1963), Dover Publications. 1963. Source: Internet