Cello bow by Thomas Giquet, France - 2024 It is with great pleasure that for the second 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
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
Viola by Jacob von der Lippe - Oslo, 2012 There are many advantages to acquiring a new instrument; you shape the sound with your own personality, the instrument is fresh and healthy, and in my case, you get follow-up throughout the instrument's lifetime. This is easy to forget when buying a new instrument, but in
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
Behind every piece of wood there is a story Violin built by Jacob von der Lippe - Oslo, 2011 During my years in Cremona as a student, I had many interesting experiences, especially in connection with the purchase of wood. Wood dealers tend to say that the wood they sell has been
Violin made by William Szott - Manchester 2023 The talented violin maker William Szott from England was on a working stay in my workshop a while back. After he returned to his own workshop, we have continued to work together. It has resulted in him building five violins on my own personal "von der
