Orippi Patrizio
Via Aporti, 17 - Cremona - 26100 - Italia
Phone: +39 329 8056120
Contacts: orippiviolin@hotmail.it - www.cremonaviolin.it
Specializations Violins, violas, cellos Restoration and repair
Patrizio Orippi was born in Fidenza, in the province of Parma, on June 17th, 1970. 15 years later he decided to join the International School of Strings of Cremona, where he attended the courses of the Masters Vincenzo Bissolotti, Massimo Negroni and Stefano Conia.
He graduates in 1989 with honors, begins to improve attending the laboratory of Master Vincenzo Bissolotti and of the father, the master Francesco Bissolotti. For 3 years worked at a restorer of furniture as carver and cabinet, buying a great knowledge in the variety of wood and manual skill.
In 1997 working for a year in Germany in Saarbrucken in the laboratory of the master luthier T. Tebbi. He attended the laboratory, as further, the friend Master Stefano Gironi.
In 2006, he opens his activities in Cremona. He builds violins, violas and cellos, inspired by Cremona's great tradition of violinmaking.
His varnish is transparent, brilliant; master Orippi is also particularly careful with seasoning of materials, which are carefully selected.
He has a great interest in stringed instruments from the early 1900s, in particular those by Masters Giuseppe Ornati, Ferdinando Garimberti and Giuseppe Fiorini, from whom he draws his inspiration.
In 2006, he participated with a cello in the XI Triennial International Competition of Stringed Instruments of Cremona. He also participated in the IV National Competition of Violinmaking in Baveno, placing fourth with a viola.
He worked for some years in Cremona with Master Alessandro Gambarin, near the A. Ponchielli theater.
In 2012, he opened his workshop in the historic center of Cremona.