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Violin made by Ilze de Ligt – Lage Zwaluwe 2024
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 for two months in the
Violin, Jacob von der Lippe – Oslo, 2025
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 developing their own model. Then
Cello built by Vik Vandamme – Roeselare 2024
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 is made from air dried
Cello bow, Monique Poullot – Chamonix model, 2024
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 24 years with her mentor,
Cello made by Jacob von der Lippe – Oslo, 2024
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 is shaped from premium air-dried
Violin, Jacob von der Lippe – Oslo, 2023
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 played. A fascinating and important
Cello bow, Atelier P. Camurat 2014
Cello bow, Atelier P. Camurat 2014 A beautiful French cello bow from the renowned bow maker Pascal Camurat (Montpellier). Pascal has extensive experience and several awards in competitions. I have sold many of these cello bows to musicians throughout Norway in recent years. It is marked "Atelier" since he makes the stick, which after all is the most important for
Cello bow by Thomas Giquet, 2022
It is with great pleasure that for the first time in Norway I can present Thomas Giquet, bowmaker from Brittany, France. Thomas began his career at at the French violin making school in Mirecourt. After his "Diplôme des métiers d'art", he practiced as a violin maker at Aouat et Rouveyre. After 5 years of maintaining instruments and bows, he left
Violin bow, Monique Poullot, Chamonix model 2023
I am pleased to be able to present a completely new 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 archery school in Mirecourt. After 24 years with her mentor, she perfected her craft under Jean Marc
Violin made by Vik Vandamme – Roeselare 2024
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 of 2024 he made this
Cello bow, Risto Vainio – Finland
Cello bow, Risto Vainio Cello bow made by Risto Vainio, Helsinki. The bow is mounted in silver/ebony with walbard spinning, weighs 83 grams and is stamped “R. VAINIO HELSINKI”. Risto Vainio is originally a cellist, but received his education as a violin maker in Mittenwald 1957-1958 and then worked in Etienne Vatelot's workshop in Paris in the early 1960s.
Cello made by Vik Vandamme – Roeselare 2023
Cello made by Vik Vandamme - Roeselare, 2023 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. The cello is made from materials from my stock; Italian Alpine spruce, a
Viola bow, Risto Vainio – Finland
Viola, Risto Vainio Viola bow made by Risto Vainio, Helsinki. The bow is mounted in silver / ebony with silk / silver thread spinning, weighs 69 grams and is stamped “R. VAINIO HELSINKI ”. Risto Vainio is originally a cellist, but received his education as a violin maker in Mittenwald 1957-1958 and then worked in Etienne Vatelot's workshop in Paris
Violin made by Ilze de Ligt – Oslo 2023
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 for two months in autumn
Why choose a von der Lippe instrument?
high quality • follow-up • warm and projecting sound
I took a big step forward ten years ago when I stopped making copies, and designed my own personal model. I took out the essence of all the instruments I had built, and kept the best qualities. This I merged into my own model. Musicians tell me that my instruments have a special sound and that each instrument has its own personality. It is always exciting to present the instrument to the musician for the first time, and hear them play it! I really hope that the instruments I make will stay good over time, and that musicians in 200 years' time will say:
Wow, this is very good, I want to play this instrument!
That's the best thing that can happen.
Insight into the workshop
violin • viola • cello
I can highly recommend Jacob von der Lippe's instruments! I bought my violin in 2002, and I immediately fell in love with its sweetness and warmth.
On later occasions I have compared the violin with the older Italian, where von der Lippe's instrument carries better and stronger than the Italian, -in a blind test with several musicians present. I appreciate the bright shiny sound, at the same time as the instrument has impressive resistance, so it takes a lot before the sound cracks, which gives the strong sound.
The violin projects the sound in a way that fills the room without being perceived as strenuous. It has a rich and warm, rich sound in all registers, at the same time as it is easy to play and articulate. It mixes well both in chamber music and in orchestra. The process of building your own violin is in itself very exciting, and is experienced exclusively positively thanks to Jacob's reliability and pleasant service attitude.
Your violin has a glow and shine in the tone that I really appreciate, and the tone is round and full at the same time.
I simply love this violin and would not trade it for anything. It has a very appealing sound: light, singing, harmonic, modular – it has both heat and edge, and is evenly good in all registers. In addition, it is incredibly easy to play – always in a good mood, and is not weather-sick.
The violin is incredibly easy to play and easy to articulate and has a smooth, full sound throughout the register.
The violin is incredibly rich in overtones and I remember that I only rehearsed Bach's solo sonatas and scores the first time because I was so inspired by the open sound.
Over the course of 20 years, my instrument has evolved a lot. The sound has become both bigger and warmer, my violin allows for a wide range of tonal shades, and it is very easy to play.
My "Jacob von der Lippe" instrument has shaped itself well to my personality, with a round pleasant tone. It easily fills various concert halls, be it the large ones (eg Oslo Concert Hall) or the small ones.
PREFERRED BY LEADING MUSICIANS
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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.
