The 2023 Boston Early Music Festival
Dipper Restorations is looking forward to the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival this June 7-10. This will be the first in-person festival and exhibition in four years due to the pandemic and we look forward to seeing so many colleagues and friends as well as meeting new faces. Andrew Dipper will be bringing a variety of rare and new historical bow models and Baroque instruments for sale. We encourage all interested parties to contact Andrew as soon as possible to let him know of your interest in a particular instrument or bow. Read on to learn about where to find us at the exhibit and for a sneak peek at the instruments and bows for sale. Click here to be added to our BEMF mailing list to stay in the loop!
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Where to Find Us!
June 7-10, 2023
Hours: 10:00am-5:00pm
DIPPER RESTORATIONS will be exhibiting in BOOTH 17 on the main floor exhibit of the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown. Click here for a map of the exhibit.
AT THE EXHIBITION
Each bow model draws inspiration from pioneering makers, composers and players and is carefully designed after existing examples of historical bows found in public and private collections.
Bow Models by Andrew Dipper
This Classical violin bow copied after an extant example celebrates the early career of Niccolo Paganini and is specially inlaid and set with real diamonds. Read more here.
Baroque Violin and Viola Bows, Corrette Model: Michel Corrette (b. 1707, d.1795) was a French musician and author of many musical method books. Andrew Dipper’s bows are of the type illustrated by Corrette in his violin tutor. This tutor depicts a bow with a so-called swan head which is an adaptation of the lower Pike-Head type of the Corelli bow. The medium sized bow head allows for a hair ribbon barely wider than 7mm. The hair ribbon is also cambered by the shaping of the frog’s hair channel, which gives the bow very different playing characteristics than the flat hair ribbon of the modern bow. Read more here.
More featured Bows:
Violin Bow: Baroque, A. Dipper, Roda model
Violin Bow: Baroque, A. Dipper, Strad model w/ pointille
Violin Bow: Classical, A. Dipper, Tartini model
Viola Bow: Baroque, A. Dipper, Strad model w/ pointille
Cello Bow: Early Baroque, A. Dipper, Ratchet Mechanism
Early Instruments
15 3/4″ Baroque Viola: Boulan was a French instrument maker c. 1745 who worked in both Arras and Paris. Based on the few known examples, his instruments are of truly exceptional quality. This viola is in wonderful condition with its original baroque neck and bass bar. It is finished with a handsome brown varnish, and set up with an appropriate Baroque bridge and fittings. This extremely rare Early viola produces endless depth in the lower register and a soaring upper register filled with color. It has outstanding sound and playability. Read more here.
Meet Andrew Dipper!
Andrew Dipper founded Dipper Restorations in London, England in 1965 relocating to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1990, joining Claire Givens Violins, Inc. as Vice President. Dipper Restorations specializes in restoring and conserving, historical musical instruments and making copies of the bows of the period.
Andrew Dipper’s exemplary work can be found in major museums and private and public collections across the world. He has been studying the details of historic bows for over 30 years taking measurements and making templates of them wherever they are located in museums and private collections. He has made a research project of understanding the use of the bow by the great players of the 17th and 18th centuries, reading and translating their treatises on playing techniques. Among them have been: Giuseppe Tartini, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Jean-Louis Duport, and Giuseppe Puppo. His bows are played by professional musicians throughout the U.S. and internationally.
