Jean Jacques Rippert

Jean-Jacques Rippert (* around 1645 ; † 1724 in Paris ) was a musical instrument maker in Paris.

Life

Rippert, probably a German who immigrated to Paris, was a famous contemporary of Jean de Hotteterre and Pierre Naust . His instruments were sought after and were among the best, on a par with Hotteterre's flutes.

From 1668 he lived with his wife Michelle Maremaire on rue St. Honoré until he moved to rue Colombier in 1703. He is said to have received his training from the same master as Pierre Jaillard Bressan (1663–1731). In 1716 the Frankfurt Council v. Uffenbach in his famous travel diary as “an old, somewhat grumpy gray cleaner”. Von Uffenbach, who also visited Hotteterre, finally preferred Rippert's instruments when he ordered two flutes for his nephew in Frankfurt am Main . Rippert liked to build magnificent and valuable instruments, as can be seen from the approx. 30 examples he has received.

His transverse flutes have a very spacious conical bore, wider than those of Hotteterre. This gives them a strong, darker colored timbre (compared to hotteterre flutes).

He used a branding stamp with a stylized dolphin above his signature as a workshop sign to sign his instruments.

It is interesting that a flute model by Rippert (currently in a private collection in Paris) apparently served Jacob Denner in Nuremberg as a model for his ivory flute with a C-foot, which was lost during World War II. (Formerly Berlin, Musical Instrument Museum). Fortunately, at least one photo of Curt Sachs in the collection of old musical instruments at the State University for Music in Berlin, 1922, plate 25, shows the amazing similarity of individual works by Rippert and Denner.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tula Giannini: Rippert, Jean-Jacques - woodwind instrument maker , Grove Music Online (accessed August 31, 2018)