RIPPEN

Crafted for the art of listening.

Dutch Heritage

01 / THE INSTRUMENT

A piano begins with sound.

We believe a piano reveals its true value after the first touch, in the response between sound and feel.

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RIPPEN L1 piano with a black cabinet and central wood-tone panel

RIPPEN ACADEMY

L1

Designed for structured learning and everyday practice, offering a stable, clear and reliable foundation for playing.

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Black RIPPEN L3 piano showing the cabinet, keyboard and pedals

RIPPEN PROFESSIONAL

L3

For advancing pianists and professional teaching, with richer dynamics and a more nuanced response to touch.

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Black RIPPEN LS piano showing the cabinet, keyboard and pedals

RIPPEN SIGNATURE

LS

With a higher-specification acoustic design, pursuing a wider dynamic range, richer resonance and tonal depth.

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03 / CRAFTSMANSHIP

Every piano has a soul of its own, just as every person has a distinct characterHow can every part of a piano work in perfect harmony, bringing instrument and player together as oneThis is a demanding art, shaped by the insight and ingenuity of experienced craftspeople

MATERIAL / VOICING / RESPONSE

Crafted for sound

Material, touch and voicing come together in the final response of the instrument.

Hands guiding a wood plane as a shaving curls from the timber — MATERIAL

A technician wearing white gloves needles the hammer felt during voicing — VOICING

A close view of piano hammers, shanks and strings — RESPONSE

RIPPEN / THE ARCHIVE

A story shapedover time.

A collection of photographs. A record of RIPPEN.

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1937

THE HAGUE

A Dutch beginning.

Johan Jacob Rippen founded RIPPEN in The Hague, Netherlands.

Black-and-white archive photograph of a shop window with Rippen lettering and people in the street — RIPPEN / ORIGINS

Black-and-white archive photograph of workers beside rows of piano frames — RIPPEN / MAKING

1957 · EDE

A new factory.A new way of making.

RIPPEN moved to a modern factory in Ede, beginning a new phase of manufacturing.

Black-and-white archive photograph of an upright and grand piano below a RIPPEN sign — RIPPEN / ON DISPLAY

PIANO CULTURE

A piano in the room.Music in everyday life.

From the showroom to a moment at the keys.

Archive photograph of one person seated at a white grand piano and another standing beside it — RIPPEN / ON DISPLAY

Black-and-white archive photograph of a grand piano, a drummer and people indoors — RIPPEN / ARCHIVE

FROM THE ARCHIVE

From theRIPPEN archive.

Photographs preserve moments from different chapters of RIPPEN’s history.

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05 / FIND A DEALER

Experience RIPPEN

Find your pianoBegin by listening