<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Arial">Hi Richard,<br> <br> I hadn't heard of the Lindner Grand! Was it made in Shannon too?<br> <br> As has been discussed on here before, the Lindner probably ran ahead of its time, in terms of the quality of plastics materials available in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  With today's materials, they could probably have been pretty durable.  I agree with you about the sound, and indeed the few that I have encountered over the years did have good tuning stability.<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David Boyce.<br> <br> <blockquote type="cite"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div>I always come to the defence of Lindners even though certain aspects eventually failed.  I have come across lots of them over the years and was always impressed with the incredible tuning stability and the punchy sound they made.  Very good for clubs etc.  I would imagine that whoever has bought parts will eventually sell them.  I still have not heard of  anyone else who has seen the Lindner grand.  I remember just one of them in the 70's in Bristol and it really was a super design very much like a harpsichord on a central pedestal.  I seem to remember that it was straight strung and had a conventional Herrburger Brooks action.</div> <div> </div> <div>Richard</div> </font> </blockquote> <br> </font> </body> </html>