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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Hi =
Richard,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>I've got a piano like =
you describe
below. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>The sound is not bad at =
all for
such a strange and small instrument.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>I'll send a few =
pictures
tomorrow.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Pierre =
Gevaert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Belgium</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Ric Brekne" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "pianotech" <</FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:59
AM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Rippens</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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face=Arial
size=2>> Which reminds me....<BR>> <BR>> I ran into the =
strangest one
of these I've ever seen a couple weeks <BR>> back. Small =
thing.
Rippens didnt use a cast iron plate as many of you <BR>> know. They =
screwed
together pieces of steel to make a harp. This one was <BR>> no =
exception.
What was strange was that there was no back to the piano. <BR>> None =
at all.
No back beams, no back framework or posts... just the <BR>>
<<soundboard>> with two skimpy pinblocks glued onto to =
it. At
least <BR>> thats what it looked like. All you could see on =
from the
back side was <BR>> a panel with a bass pinblock and a treble one... =
seperate
blocks. <BR>> Screws held the things in place from the front =
side of
the <<plate>>.<BR>> <BR>> Actually.. it was one of the =
better
sounding Rippens I've run into over <BR>> the years. <BR>> =
<BR>>
Cheers<BR>> RicB<BR>>
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