Word: amatis
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...rarer than piano or violin virtuosos. A brilliant and (to the West) virtually unknown cellist made an appearance in East Berlin last week that left listeners surprised and breathless. Soviet Russia's Daniel Shafran, 34, turned out to be a sometime prodigy (the Soviets bought him his Amati cello when he was only 14) who today may have no equal among the younger generation of cellists...
...violin is a thin, hollow wooden box with a long neck, a body shaped like a figure eight, and a capacity for more subtlety of expression than any other orchestral instrument. It was perfected in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries by craftsmen of the Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri families. Others have been trying to duplicate their masterpieces of workmanship ever since...
...joined the merchant marine, won his master's ticket, later fitted out a complete marine laboratory aboard a tuna clipper, and put it at the disposal of U.S.C. He also plunged into music, began buying up the finest cellos until he owned one of the best collections-Amati to Guarneri-in the world. When the Los Angeles symphony orchestra tumbled into the red, he reorganized it, filled up its coffers-and for two years played at its first cello desk...
Robbed: ex-Showgirl Patrice Amati Runyon Coffin, ex-wife of the late Damon Runyon, and her husband Richard Coffin, New Bedford printer; of some $200,000 (her estimate) worth of jewels...
...playing technique, then almost six months shaping and making the viola. Primrose told him: "I want quality with power so that the music will come out without an obvious wrestling match in front of the public." Moennig tried to blend the measurements of a Strad and an Amati, to get the Amati's mellow roundness with the greater brilliance of the Strad...