Rippen Actions

[Dennis Johnson]

At  4:53 AM 9/28/95 -0600, David Porritt wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Sep 1995 EBordeleau@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Greetings from the Granite state!
>>
>> I have a Lindner console piano, made in Ireland, with a Rippen action, made
>> in Holland.  According to the serial number it was made in the early 1960's.
>>  The Rippen action is of a very unconventional design and utilizes a lot of
>> plastic parts.
>>

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        These are absolutely the worst pianos I have ever seen. They are
junk and I will not service them anymore.  It is strongly advised to keep
them out of the sunlight though or the hollow plastic keys will tend to
curl up. Even the action screws are plastic.

Dennis Johnson
johnsond@stolaf.edu