Cello, Vik Vandamme – Roeselare 2025 Vandamme personal model Under construction/painting, completion April/May 2025 It is truly inspiring to see a young violin maker working on his own personal cello model, and this is the first time this has been presented in Norway. Belgian Vik Vandamme worked in my workshop in 2019, and
Violin under construction by Ilze de Ligt, Lage Zwaluwe - 2025 To be completed during the summer of 2025 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
Cello, Vik Vandamme – Roeselare 2025 von der Lippe cello model Construction start April 2025, completion August/September 2025 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 will build this cello for me during the spring/summer
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
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
Bows arriving in 2025 Delivery times I have the pleasure of working with a number of leading bowmakers. Many of these have long delivery times due to high demand. These are the provisional delivery dates for 2025: Monique Poullot - 1 violin bow in April, violin, viola or cello bows in September and November
W. E. Hill & Sons cello bow Arthur John Barnes Cello bow from the renowned firm WE Hill & Sons in London (1880-1992), they had many highly skilled bow makers at work. This is a lovely example from A.J. Barnes in the finest pernambuco. 5 cm from the tip, the bow has a mark in
A rare opportunity to try top class instruments I am looking forward to traveling to Bergen on November 21 - 22 to meet musicians and students. Further down the page you can see which instruments and bows I take with me on the trip. I also bring a selection of BAM instrument cases . Want
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 building training 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
