His father, Nicolo Polo, and his uncle were wealthy traders who regularly traveled tot parts of the East. 他的父亲尼科罗-波罗和他的叔父都是富商,他们经常游历东方各地。
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 ". 尼科洛·帕格尼尼是有史以来最著名的小提琴家,他曾经说过,最著名的小提琴制造商斯特拉迪瓦里,“只用有夜莺在唱歌的树上的木材”。