In his "golden age" of violin-making, between 1700 and 1720, Stradivari developed a flatter design that helped to project the sound.

1700到1720年间是斯特拉迪瓦里制作小提琴的“黄金时代”，他设计的造型更扁，有利于突出音色。

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'to play a Stradivari, to bring that wonderful sound to life', there can be no greater pleasure for the violinist.

“能演奏一把斯特拉迪瓦利琴，复活它奇妙的声音”，对一个小提琴家来说，没有比这更快乐的事了。

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Nicolo Paganini, the most famous violinist ever, once said that Stradivari, the most famous violin-maker, "used only the wood of trees in which nightingales sang".

有史以来最知名的小提琴家尼古拉•帕格尼尼说过，著名的斯特拉瓦里小提琴“专用夜莺驻足吟唱的木材”。

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Searching for traces of Guarneri, Carlo Chiesa and Duane Rosengard discovered Stradivari's will, dated 1729.

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Mr. Becker worked on some of the most famous Stradivari and Guarneri violins at his Chicago store, Carl Becker and Son.

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The experts noted that Cremonese violin-making survived Stradivari and Carlo Bergonzi, the last of the great Cremonese masters who died in 1747.

ECONOMIST: Celebrating a mighty era of violin-making