Andrew Dipper Restorations has been in the business of restoring, conserving and building historic musical instruments for over 45 years. Originally founded in London, the Dipper workshop relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1990. Andrew Dipper Restorations specializes in the restoration and conservation of historically significant and ornate fretted and bowed musical instruments, with special interest in the period of 1570-1830.
Andrew Dipper Restorations offers for sale fine examples of original historic instruments and excellent copies of works by the best makers of past times. Andrew Dipper is a maker of highly regarded historically informed baroque and transitional bows, using innovative materials like unique sustainable woods for sticks and frogs, and water buffalo horn tip plates and buttons for ease of travel. The VIOLINS & BOWS page shows the Baroque and Transitional period violins and bows that we currently have for sale. Please feel free to contact us and every effort will be made to assist you.
in the news
Hot off the presses, really hot! Andrew has just arranged to have a limited number of additional copies printed of his book, LIBREM SEGRETI DE BVTTEGHA -A BOOK OF WORKSHOP SECRETS. Once these are sold, no further copies of the book will be printed. The book may be purchased for $150.00, plus shipping and handling. We expect the books to arrive in early October. Contact us by telephone or using the contact form form to arrange your purchase.
A Story about Andrew’s Friend, Sculptor James Simon. Pittsburgh sculptor created a statue of St. Michael in tribute to slain police officers.
Food For Thought:
Read about Andrew’s latest thoughts on the geometry of ff-holes in his article on “The Strad” magazine’s website blog.
The 2014 #1 brochure of Andrew Dipper baroque and transitional period bows is available online. Download a copy of the brochure containing pictures and descriptions Andrew’s beautiful historically informed violin, viola, and cello bows.
Andrew Dipper has started a new blog containing some of his thoughts on items not necessarily related to violins and restoration. Visit Andrew’s blog.
Some of Andrew’s Current Favorite Links:
- Guitar Builders of the Early 19th Century
- ClaireDuff.com
- Portrait.kaar.at
- Schubertiademusic.com
- Thomas Pinto 1728-1783 Violinist and Composer
- Baroque Violin.info
- Transitioning to the Dark Side: Moving from Violin to Viola
- RonaldVandermeijs.nl
- TRANSMISSION PROJECT
- Lindsey Strand-Polyak’s Dissertation on the 17th Century Violin Sonata
at the workbench
Being museum restoration specialists sometimes has additional benefits. We recently completed a commission for a baroque viola d’amore bow that utilized our expertise in this area. MORE..
new inventory & specials
Latest additions to our inventory
- A restored Early Italian violin from Lombardy, c.1650
- Jay Haide 16″ Baroque Viola
- Andrew Dipper French Model Baroque Cello Bows
- Andrew Dipper Tourte and Corrette Model Viola and Violin Baroque Bows
