Lindner

[Robert Wilson]

 Subject: Lindner
> 
> 
> >
> > > Hi List,
> > > Had a call today to "tune" a piano and "unstick"
> some keys.
> > Unfortunately,
> > > I did not ask the customer the name of the piano
> before I set up the
> call.
> > >
> > > It is a Lindner by Rippen in Shannon Ireland. 
> The case is showroom
> > perfect,
> > > dark maple, Early American. But if you know
> Lindner, the keys are bad
> and
> > > the action questionable.

>      Those things are a poor excuse for a "piano",
> in my opinion, and are
> more of a toy instrument.  The keys and action are
> impossible, extremely
> poorly designed, and really not worth any money or
> effort.  Junk!  (Been
> there).
>     --David Nereson, RPT, Denver
> 

I quite agree, I am surprised to hear they got as far
as the USA  When new, sitting in the showroom they
actually look like a 'real' piano - and what
unsuspecting purchaser would know that the keys are
not actually wood but hollow plastic and the hammers
clip to a center rail by an arrangement that resembles
a gipsy's clothes peg!  Of course they snap and fall
apart.  They actually went bankrupt in the 1970s which
I think was quite a good idea!  I still get caught
occasionally if someone 'phones and I forget to ask
the make of piano.

There is nothing to be done with these 'instruments'
they need to be broken up. Don't ever try to service
one - you'll regret it!

Bob Wilson
London.

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