Robert Bernard Tipple

Background

Tipple, Robert Bernard was born on March 29, 1913 in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert W. and Jeanette M. (Dixon) Tipple.

Education

Special degree in violin, American Conservatory Museum, Chicago, 1935.

Career

Piano technician, professional tuner Steinway and Baldwin, St. Louis, 1966—1973, Aeolian Corporation, St. Louis, 1966—1973. Violin appraiser collector, maker, property Tipple Violin Shop, Mount Vernon, Illinois, since 1973. Varnish process researcher Italian Violin Makers 1550-1750.

Producer replicas world's greatest violins concert artists. With 728th army band United States Air Force, 1943-1945.

Achievements

• Robert Bernard Tipple has been listed as a noteworthy composer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Society of Composers, National Piano Technicians Guild.

Connections

Married Wilma Irene Hazel, December 28, 1966.

Father:

Robert W. Tipple

Mother:

Jeanette M. (Dixon) Tipple

Spouse:

Wilma Irene Hazel