Changed to Rippen/Lindner from Currier

[John Ross]

The piano was called a Lindner, I think.
The action and the keys and the keybed were the Mickey mouse part.
The keys were completely plastic, the centre pin was a piece of spring
steel inserted into the key, with a plastic piece on the other end
that way friction fitted into an aluminium channel. The key levelling
was accomplished with a plastic screw, that was screwed one way or the
other.
The action had a lot of aluminium. press cut parts just bent to shape,
action tapes were a piece of string, attached with hot melt glue.
It was a real almost toy like apparatus.
I have never heard anyone comment on how they worked when new, before
the person had a look inside.
Rippen, was the name of the manufacturer, if I'm not mistaken.
Regards,

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Ford" <fordpiano@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: Currier


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| On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 23:49:45 +0930 Tony Caught
<caute@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
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| > Hi Currier lot,
| >
| > The concept is there, the same as the concept
| > of the piano built in Ireland
| > (name ?) is there.
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| > Tony Caught
| > caute@optusnet.com.au
|
| I've heard mention of this Irish piano a couple of times now.  I
don't know
| anything about it.  Can someone provide more info or a reference to
go find
| some more info.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Phil F
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| Phillip Ford
| Piano Service & Restoration
| 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215
| San Francisco, CA  94124
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