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Kirov School

Fadei Fadejevitch Lippsky

Kirov

Russian military officer and self-taught amateur violin maker. Became director of the Industrial School in Kirov 1892-1914, producing violins in large numbers. Distinctive high-arched Stradivari-derived model with rather poor materials and thick dark brown varnish. — John Dilworth

Worked Kirov

Biographies

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John Dilworth+

LIPPSKY, Fadei Fadejevitch Worked from 1892 Kirov Russia. Russian military officer and self-taught amateur violin maker. Became director of the Industrial School in Kirov 1892-1914, producing violins in large numbers. Distinctive high-arched Stradivari-derived model with rather poor materials and thick dark brown varnish.

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ein russischer Geigenmacher, der auf der Ausstellung in Niznij Nowgorod eine Medaille erhielt.

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