[ Instrument list ]

Married: Anna Maria Orcelli, 1652
7 children of which Pietro Giovanni and Giuseppe Giovanni Battista were instrument makers

• Andrea Guarneri, born 1626, died 1698, founder of the family of five violin makers all master craftsmen.
  
• None gave proof of great productivity.
  
• The Guarneri of ancient lineage.
  
• State of violin-making previous to and at time of birth of Andrea.
  
• The Amati - their inspiration from Brescia.
  
• Comparison with Maggini.
  
• Amati decision to take pupils.
  
• Francesco Ruger.
  
• Andrea Guarneri, son of Bartolomeo, starts in workshop about 1636.
  
• His name figuring in census returns of N. Amati in 1641 as son of Bartolomeo Guarneri, profession unknown, wood-carver perhaps.
  
• Andrea marries Anna Maria Orcelli in 1652.
  
• Leaves Amati household in 1654-census returns of Casa Orcelli.
  
• The master working on his own account.
  
• Criticism of Andrea as craftsman.
  
• Brescian violins, Gasparo and Maggini, Andrea Amati. Their different forms.
• Analysis of the work of Andrea Guarneri, wood used.
  
• The varnish.
• Making of cheaper instruments.
  
• Viola constructed by him.
  
• His violoncellos.
  
• His assistants, Pietro of Mantua, Giuseppe Giovanni, the others.
  
• Paolo Grancino.
  
• The master's first will, 1687. Its contents.
  
• Second will of 1692.
  
• Third will of 1694.
  
• Death of Anna Maria Orcelli, his wife, in 1695.
  
• The death of the master in in 1698.
  
• The succession to the workshop.