The history of the violin is pretty cool. People believe that the violin originated from Italy in the early 1500s. It seems to have been evolved from the fiddle and rebec considering they were stringed instruments. The person who is known to be the one who made the instrument is Andrea Amati. Others were recognized also such as Gasparo de Salo and Giovanni Maggini. They were both italians (I guess their not only good for making food.) but during the 17th and early 18th century violin making reached its peak. The violin has been through some innovations, the earliest form of the violin are very different from today’s violin. Back then violins had shorter necks that were thicker and less angled. The fingerboard was much shorter and the bridge
