The Lindner Piano!

AKA Rippen, and perfectly capturing 1960s futurism, these unique instruments were built by Dutch company Rippen Piano in Shannon, Co Clare. Radically redesigned to cut costs, they play like other mid C20th elec pianos eg Rhodes and Wurlitzer, but FULLY acoustic, with strings and felt hammers. Read more history here from RTE., and Scottish piano technician David Boyce also has an excellent article.

If you own a one, it likely needs restoration, such as:

  • Custom 3D printed parts, manufactured in Limerick with replacement leaf springs

  • Full action overhaul

  • Full case restoration

Please contact me for more information, or to book in a restoration quote.

Before and after case restoration

A wooden vintage style upright piano with a shiny, polished finish, situated in a workshop with wood scraps and tools around.
Disassembled piano with its internal hammers, strings, and keys visible, placed in a workshop or storage area.
This is an upright piano in the process of being repaired or reassembled, with its internal strings and hammers exposed. The piano's wooden side and keyboard are visible, and the workbench in the background suggests a workshop setting.
A vintage wooden upright piano with a fold-down keyboard cover, situated in a workshop or storage area with wood panel walls.

The piano’s weakest point was early plastic connectors used to attach parts like keys. Replacements now available from Laffan Piano.

Multiple small plastic robot figures in black and white colors placed on a green cutting mat with grid lines, arranged in two rows.
Two small mechanical parts, one black and one white, placed on a green cutting mat with measurement grid. The parts are similar in shape, with a circular top and a long, narrow body with various cutouts and protrusions. A small additional piece is positioned below the white part.
Close-up view of the inside of a vintage typewriter, showing metal type bars, springs, and pieces of type. The type bars are aligned in a row, with some colored markings on the ends.

Along with breaking, these parts also become stiff with lack of use, but this can be remedied.

Close-up of a piano action with wooden hammers, dampers, and felts, set on a workbench in a workshop with tools and materials around.
A workshop workbench with a harp-shaped wooden instrument in progress, along with various tools including screwdrivers, pliers, and clamps, and a pegboard holding additional tools in the background.