Reverse Thread tuning pins

[Michiel van Loon]

Jim,
The designer's name is Rippen. Lindner was owned by Rippen.
The coils in the Lindner are very close to the pinblock without the risk of
blocking against the pinblock.

+AD4-This is not something new. The Lindner pianos made in Shannon, Ireland had
+AD4-reverse tuning pin threads. This was designed by a company in Holland. For
+AD4-some reason possibly related to age, I can't remember the designer's name.
+AD4-He was way ahead of his time as an engineer, but he didn't have the tonal
+AD4-concepts which most piano designers have.


I could not agree more. Rippen had some very good ideas but it did not
result in a better piano.
His son Nico has this same gift and now is designing pianos in Germany were
he is a partner in Tetsch +ACY-  May in Emmerich.

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+AD4-Jim Coleman, Sr.
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+AD4-On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 atonal+AEA-planet.eon.net wrote:
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