<html> At 03:48 PM 2/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I've seen a Rippen piano with the same type of action.  Hideous, and unusable.  It was only about 15 years old, too.</blockquote> Hmm - I have a Rippen, somewhat older (30 years?) and it, according to the RPT that works on it, has a Renner action.  I don't think that is plastic. This is one of the unusual Rippen Grands with the aluminum frame and no case.</html>