Rippen Grand comments?

[Gevaert Pierre]

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Two of the Rippens I saw were sold for about 6000 dollars.

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From: "William J Morton" <wjmwjm@asisna.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: Rippen Grand comments?


> At 11:16 PM 12/6/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >The museum where I work has just purchased one. I heared it is made =
from
> >silumin, an alloy based on  aluminium but that is stronger than just
> >aluminium. There are two parts, the case and the keybed which is =
screwed on
> >the case.
> >It is straight strung (strings running parallel) and that is a funny =
thing.
> >I know several pianists who only want to play on older pianos because =
they
> >have strings running parallel. Curious to see what they will think =
about
> >this "verry modern" old style piano?
> >What looks strange is de fact that the rim (or frame?) is only about =
18 cm.
> >thick and that the soundboard is flush with the underside of the =
frame.
> >The one I worked on has a Renner action and has probably been build =
in 1959.
> >The sound is not so impressive. I would say a little tiny but that is =
maybe
> >because I had to file away deep grooves from the hammers. (before it =
sounded
> >to dull) The sustain is ok. I suppose also that the fact there's no =
wooden
> >rim around the board makes the sound less rich?
> >What is the colour of your Rippen? The three I saw were all painted =
in a
> >soft green colour.
> >
> >Greetings,
> >Pierre Gevaert
> >Museum of Instruments
> >Brussels / Belgium
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> Mine is a biege color.  I have also seen pictures on the 'net =
somewhere
> of one that I described as "naked"---it was unpainted and just had the
> native metal color, sort of silver.  It looked a little gaudy to me.
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> I've recently had this one worked to re-regulate and improve the
> hammers, and it sounds pretty good now.   It has a Renner action,
> as you said, so parts are still available.   During the recent =
renovation
> one tenor string (double) was found to be broken and was replaced.
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> The instrument came from a small piano store near San Jose,
> California, and was purchased new by me about 30 years ago.  The
> dealer seemed anxious to get rid of it--apparently he had it on
> his floor for some time.  I can't remember exactly, but I believe
> I paid about $2500 for it at the time.   Some years later I saw
> one at a very large piano warehouse-type store in Los Angeles
> with a price tag of $20,000, which I thought was a bit over
> the top!
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> Bill
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