Rippens

[Michael Gamble]

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Ah! Ha! - There's a moral here somewhere.. Or something! Those Lindners also
sounded very good. I had one many, many years agone. It was given me by some
grateful client. Most of the keys were busted so I had a new  standard wood
keyboard made and sold it on for twice the cost of the keyboard. It did
sound good though - for something as peculiar as that!

Regards

Michael G.(UK)

 

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From: Kerry Cooper [mailto:brispiano@optushome.com.au] 
Sent: 25 September 2005 12:50
To: 'Pianotech'
Subject: RE: Rippens

 

Michael,

 

The Lindner piano was owned by Rippen, that is why they were built the same.
There is a Tuner in Holland who bought all the parts from the Rippen
factory. He should have all the info about the Rippen Coy.

 

Cheers

 

Kerry Cooper

 

Kerry Cooper 

Australasian Registered Piano Technician (ARPT)

Brisbane Piano Centre

(07)3809-0652

0412-033-379

brispiano@optushome.com.au

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Gamble
Sent: Sunday, 25 September 2005 9:52 PM
To: 'Pierre Gevaert'; 'Pianotech'
Subject: RE: Rippens

 

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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