--- John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca> wrote: > 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. The Lindner piano was made in Shannon, Ireland until about 1974. They were just as you describe, with no proper flanges - the action parts merely clipping on with a kind of 'gipsy's clothes peg' arangement. Any still around are almost certainly unservicable. Hope to God that you never come across another! Bob __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
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