It was a stencil name put on Lindner pianos. Lindner was an experiment of the Dutch Rippen company. An interesting (at least to me) side note on the Thomas piano was the fact that they (along with a couple of models of Thomas organs) were offered as kits by the Heathkit company. Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA Phone 360.736-7563 <mailto:fandrich at pianobuilders.com> _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Michael Kurta Sent: November 30, 2007 4:48 PM To: Pianotech Subject: PSO Anyone run into a Thomas piano? This is a small console with both sharp and flat keys made entirely of plastic. Instead of balance rail pins, the keys are held in place by a thin blade of spring steel (which flexes and breaks). Weird tuning pins too, they look like they are driven in all the way to the pinblock (if it even has one). Practice felt rail held in place by pieces of angle iron-homemade looking. Terrible tone and touch, this is the worst example of piano building I've seen, almost as if they tried to use organ parts to put this one together. Mike Kurta Syracuse chapter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071130/540a4cef/attachment.html
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