Cello, Jacob von der Lippe – Oslo, 2025

Construction start January 2025, completion May/June 2025

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 instruments has been fused into this instrument. My goal has always been to create a cello that is rich in overtones, warm and projecting, and that gives you as a musician the opportunity to express your personality. Please read about the previous cello that was Sold in December 2024 to a skilled cello teacher in Oslo.

The cello is under construction, please follow the building process on Instagram . The materials (see picture below) are carefully selected from my extensive stock after many years of natural air drying. Please contact me if you would like to try the cello when it is ready, without obligation, or perhaps you would like to visit the workshop during the building process?

The materials for this particular cello are ready to become a cello.

References cello

WHAT DOES WERNER HIMSELF SAY ABOUT HIS CELLO?

“I contacted Jacob in the autumn of ’21 as I was looking for a better instrument than the one I had during my studies and first 10 years as a professional cellist. After trying some of his earlier instruments I decided to buy.

I first owned a Jacob von der Lippe cello made by his apprentice Vik Vandamme (2022) which I was actually very happy with, but was surprised by how much better the instrument made by Jacob von der Lippe himself is. I therefore quickly decided to upgrade to this beautiful instrument when it was completed the following year.

The cello has a volume that easily fills everything from church rooms and concert halls to auditoriums and gymnasiums. The sound is big and “crispy” throughout the register. I really like the opportunity the instrument gives to be able to give the sound different intensity, color and nuances. It’s not the modest kind either: played half a concert before I realized the cello’s mic was off, but there was still good enough punch from the cello to compete with the PA, just a little weaker sound than normal.

It’s wonderful to come to work with an instrument that responds as you want and I feel that the cello gives out what I put in; be it warmth, intensity or tonal nuances. The fingers run easily over the strings and the bow gives an immediate response, you don’t have to wait for the resonance when you start the bow. It actually applies to the entire register from the deepest bass tones on the C string to the brightest on the A.

Jacob is very welcoming, pleasant and service minded. He always meets you with a smile and a good cup of coffee in his workshop. It feels very reassuring to buy an instrument where, in the completion of the cello, you can have a say in how you want the instrument to function in everyday concert life. Jacob is also good at following up with both cello and cellist and is more than happy to answer questions.

I was looking for an instrument that could meet my need for great sound, and the opportunity to vary both sound and style, as I play over a hundred concerts for The Cultural Schoolbag annually, meet many very different concert stages, and the music genres range from baroque to hip-hop. In addition, I have a number of solistengagements. The cello meets all my musical needs and can be warmly recommended.”

 

Werner Bryn

Cellist, Bergen

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I have extensive experience with musicians at all levels. Whether you are a music student, freelancer, orchestra musician or soloist, I understand and listen to your wishes. You can always borrow with instruments and bows on home loans up to two weeks, insurance is taken care of.

Sculpted Sound

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Sound is the true reason for making instruments. In this recording the focus is on sound itself. Can a characteristic of sound be heard among instruments created by the same log of spruce and the hands of one specific violin maker, even if played by different instrumentalists? How do vastly different venues highlight various aspects of the same instruments? And how about the development of one violin maker through a span of twenty years?

Sculpted Sound

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