Werner’s bird’s eye cello
JACOB VON DER LIPPE
Oslo – 2023
PERSONAL MODEL
“The cello covers all my musical needs and can be highly recommended”
Inspired by the previous cello , which was sold after one hour of testing to a professional cellist in the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, I quickly set to work on this one. During the work, several cellists followed the process from the sideline. One of these was Werner Bryn, a fantastic cellist from Bergen. After trying the cello for a couple of weeks, he bought the cello.
WHAT DOES WERNER SAY ABOUT THIS 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
The story
a unique cello
The cello is made on my personal model, which gives a powerful tone with lots of overtones and a projecting sound. After 20 years of natural drying, I found a very special whole bottom in beautiful bird’s eye maple from my wood storage. The top is made of first-class Italian alpine spruce. The fingerboard is made from the sustainable alternative to ebony, Corene . The endpin is made of titanium, which ensures optimal transmission of the frequencies to the floor. See more photos of the cello below.
The next cello is now under construction, and will be ready to play in the summer of 2024. Get in touch if you want to know more. You can see the cello being created for yourself through daily updates from the construction on Instagram .
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E-post: jacob@vonderlippe.com
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