Being one of Norway's most prominent and acknowledged violinmakers, Jacob von der Lippe has been building instruments for musicians at home and abroad since 1998.

Jacob's instruments are coming out of the tradition of the Italian masters. He trained at the "Istituto Professionale Internazionale per l'Artigianato Liutario e del Legno 'A. Stradivari' " in Cremona, Italy.

Jacob von der Lippe's instruments have a sound focusing upon warmth, projection and richness in overtones. Since 2004 he has been violinmaker in residence at the Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival. On a regular basis he also lectures on violin making and maintenance of instruments at several Norwegian schools of music and at music festivals. He is also associated with the Dextra Musica Foundation, where Jacob is to look after the collection of instruments.


Latest news:

If you want to read an article about the work I carry out for the Dextra Musica Foundation, please click here (in Norwegian).

In order to offer a better gallery, I have now launched a brand new one at Flickr.

2009 is going to be the big year of violins; according to my waiting list, I will make seven of them in a row. Exciting!

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