Vince Mrykalo wrote: > > >>> Delwin D Fandrich > <pianobuilders@olynet.com> 07/02/97 11:44am > >>> > > Have you ever seen one of their grands? Another > interesting piece of > work. > > ddf > > Tell us more! > Vince Mrykalo Some of the Rippen Grands had a single pedestal leg and the body of the piano could swivel in to the horizontal for moving and then be locked back in proper position for use. also some of the grand cabinets were wedge shaped. thicker at the key end and thinner at the tail. Very futuristic.... rippen had a lot of very inovative ideas. some were excellent, but most of the buying public was not interested in inovation on an inherintly historical instrument. C. Mike Swendsen RPT -- C. Mike Swendsen my Homepage is <http://www.cadvision.com/swendsec/spiano.html>
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