Jim Coleman, Sr. wrote: > > Hi Sy: > > Mr. Rippen, the inventor of this piano had many exciting new engineering > features in his pianos. Unfortunately, there were some serious negatives > also. The balance rail was not quite as you described. Instead, the keys > were levelled by raising or lowering the back of the keys with a screw > similar to the one you described for the front rail. Actually, John Gibson's invention is very much as Sy described. Paul S. Larudee, RPT Richmond, CA
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