You don't hear things by that instrument maker every day.
The grandaddy of the guy that taught Stradivarius.
Is the mystique around Stradivarius instruments subjectively put on a pedestal like wine tasting or audiophiles or can someone actually tell the difference in a blind test?
A look at the "King" Cello, crafted by Andrea Amati around 1560 for King Charles IX of France, which remains playable today at the National Music Museum.