Cello, Jacob von der Lippe - Oslo, 2025 Completed June 2025, sold after two days This cello is built on my own personal von der Lippe model, perfected over a decade. All the experience I have gained from building over seventy-five instruments has been fused into this instrument. My goal has always been
Violin, Jacob von der Lippe - Oslo, 2025 Stradivari has definitely left the building If you're extra observant, you may have noticed my new project "Strad is Dead" and stradisdead.com . With this initiative, I want to humorously inspire my colleagues all over the world who still haven't discovered the beautiful process of
Violin made by Ilze de Ligt, Lage Zwaluwe - 2024 In order for the violin making profession to be brought forward, I regularly welcome young talents in the profession. The newest addition is Ilze de Ligt from the Netherlands. She has completed her violin making education at ILSA in Belgium and worked with me
Cello made by Vik Vandamme - Roeselare, 2024 It is with great pleasure that I continue my collaboration with the talented violin maker Vik Vandamme. He worked in my workshop in 2019, and during the last six months he has made this cello for me, based on my proven personal cello model. The cello
Cello bow, Monique Poullot - Chamonix 2024 I am happy to be able to continue my collaboration with the renowned French bow maker Monique Poullot. Born in 1961 in Dijon, Monique's education began in 1989 with a former student of Bernard Ouchard, and she graduated from the renowned bow making school in Mirecourt. After
Cello made by Jacob von der Lippe - Oslo, 2024 PERSONAL MODEL The cello is built on my self-developed personal cello model, which gives a powerful, overtone-rich and projecting sound. After 15 years of natural drying, I picked from my wood stock a lovely flamed maple back with matching ribs and neck. The top
Violin made by Vik Vandamme, Roeselare – 2024 "Never change a winning team" is what it says in good Norwegian. It is again with great pleasure that I present my collaboration with the talented Belgian violin maker Vik Vandamme. He worked under my guidance in my workshop five years ago, and during the winter/spring
Violin made by Ilze de Ligt - Oslo 2023 In order for the violin making profession to be brought forward, I regularly welcome young talents in the profession. The newest addition is Ilze de Ligt from the Netherlands. She has just completed her violin maker training at ILSA in Belgium and worked with me
Violin, Jacob von der Lippe - Oslo, 2023 The sound in focus. As always For some violin makers, the journey ends when the instrument is finished. Not for me. This is when the adventure begins. The violin spends little time in the workshop, compared to the many hundreds of years it will be
Violin made by Vik Vandamme - Roeselare 2023 It is with great pleasure that I present my collaboration with the talented Belgian violin maker Vik Vandamme. He worked under my guidance in my workshop four years ago, and during the autumn of 2023 he made this violin for me. This is the fifth
