Rippens

[Michael Gamble]

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Pierre, Hello! - are you sure it's a Rippen and not a Lindner (made in
Shannon, Ireland, I think) Their little uprights had the facility of
dropping the keyboard. First you had to remove the pedal rods. The frame was
welded tubular steel and there was a lot of cut aluminium action parts. The
keys were hollow plastic with clock-spring return balance "pins".

Regards

Michael G.(UK)

 

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From: Pierre Gevaert [mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net] 
Sent: 25 September 2005 06:58
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Rippens

 

 

Hi Richard,

 

I've got a piano like you describe below. 

The keybed is also mounted on hinges so it is possible to fold it down. With
the keybed folded , it is only about 20 cm large. (the frame and the
soundboard together measure only about 6 cm!!) It is also verry light and
thus transportable.

The sound is not bad at all for such a strange and small instrument.

I'll probably sell it to a museum because like you said, the pinblock and
all other parts are visible. The case can just be slide of and on the frame
within a minute.

 

 

I'll send a few pictures tomorrow.

 

Pierre Gevaert

Belgium

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From: "Ric Brekne" < <mailto:ricbrek@broadpark.no> ricbrek@broadpark.no>

To: "pianotech" < <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org> pianotech@ptg.org>

Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:59 AM

Subject: Rippens

 

> Which reminds me....
> 
> I ran into the strangest one of these I've ever seen a couple weeks 
> back.  Small thing.  Rippens didnt use a cast iron plate as many of you 
> know. They screwed together pieces of steel to make a harp. This one was 
> no exception. What was strange was that there was no back to the piano. 
> None at all. No back beams, no back framework or posts... just the 
> <<soundboard>> with two skimpy pinblocks glued onto to it.  At least 
> thats what it looked like.  All you could see on from the back side was 
> a panel with a bass pinblock and a treble one... seperate blocks.  
> Screws held the things in place from the front side of the <<plate>>.
> 
> Actually.. it was one of the better sounding Rippens I've run into over 
> the years. 
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
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