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KNABE & CO., WM., Est. 1839 by William Knabe and Henry Gaehle in
Baltimore, MD. The original name was Knabe & Gaehle. William Knabe
gained complete controlin 1854 when Gaehle left the company William
Knabe died in 1864 and left the company to his two sons, Earnest and
William. In 1908 the American Piano Co. took control Wm. Knabe. In 1932
Aeolian purchased American and formed the Aeolian-American Co. The
factory was located in East Rochester, New York. Knabe became part of the
Mason & Hamlin Corp., along with Sohmer, Falcone and George Steck.
Mason & Hamlin stopped production in 1994. April 1996 Kirk and Gary
Burgett, owners of Music Systems Research bought the assets of the com-
pany and announced plans to continue production. In mid 1996 Young
Chang started building Knabe pianos for Mason & Hamlin. See Knabe
photo on page 366.
1859-4100
1855-5900
1860-7400
1865-10000
1870-13000
1875-16000
1880-20000
1885-27000
1890-33000
1895-43000
1900-47000
1901-49000
1902-51000
1903-53000
1904-56000
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1907-63000
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1910-68000
1911-70000
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1913-74000
1914-76000
1915-78000
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1918-84000
1919-86000
1920-88000
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1922-92800
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1936-116500
1937-118900
1938-120000
1939-122000
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1948-140100
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1963-168148
1964-169626
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1967-174764
1968-176379
1969-177801
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1972-180871
1973-182171
1974-183886
1975-185468
1976-187038
1977-188635
1978-190686
1979-192324
1980-194164
1981-195484
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KNABE BROS., Cincinnati, Ohio may have been made by Smith & Nixon
KNABE & GAEHLE, Baltimore 1839 until 1854. See photo on page 366. |
