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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>, Hello! – are you sure it’s a Rippen and not a =
Lindner
(made in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City =
w:st="on">Shannon</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, I think) Their =
little
uprights had the facility of dropping the keyboard. First you had to =
remove the
pedal rods. The frame was welded tubular steel and there was a lot of =
cut aluminium
action parts. The keys were hollow plastic with clock-spring return =
balance “pins”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Pierre Gevaert [mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 25 September 2005 =
06:58<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: =
Rippens</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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Richard,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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below. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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such a strange and small =
instrument.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ricbrek@broadpark.no</span><=
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
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font-family:Arial'>Subject: Rippens</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>> 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>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> pianotech list info: </span></font><a
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