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 we would have had even more greater variation and personality in the violins being created in our time.
This violin is made on my own personal von der Lippe model, perfected over more than ten years. All the experience I have gained from making over seventy instruments has been fused into this violin. My goal is always been to create a violin that has a rich, warm and projecting sound, and that gives you as a musician the opportunity to express your personality. ackThe violin is built with a top in Italian alpine spruce and bottom, sides and neck in European flamed maple. Since we live in a modern era, I have been using Corene fingerboards (not ebony) and Knilling Planetary pegs. Forget pegs that lose their grip or chatter. That time is over.
You can see the entire construction process on Instagram , take a look at some selected videos below. Click on the images below to study the violin up close. The violin is now sold. Please contact me if you are interested in the next violin I will make.
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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.
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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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