There's never been anything quite like a Knabe piano. Handmade and created in the finest tradition of over 300 years of piano crafting, these limited production pianos have their own distinct look, feel and personality. When you play a Knabe, you will sense the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Chosen by the Metropolitan Opera, scientists Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, musicians Saint-Saëns and Elvis Presley, and musicians Arthur Rubenstein and Peter Tchaikovsky (who chose a Knabe to debut Carnegie Hall’s first concert), Knabe pianos have been a fixture of the American Classical and Popular music for over almost two centuries.

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William Knabe's Baltimore Piano Factory
Knabe's Baltimore-made pianos were ranked, along with Steinway, as some of the finest musical instruments constructed in North America.  After production of Knabe pianos was moved to New York, the original factory sat dormant and was eventually razed to make way for Baltimore's M&T Stadium, home of the Ravens!  The Knabe factory's original dome is now at Baltimore's Museum of Industry, and the M&T stadium's builders commemorated the site with a keyboard mosaic at the southwest end of the stadium.

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Keyboard Mosaic (Southwest end of the Raven's Stadium)

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WV243F: 43" French Provincial, Cherry Satin

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• Elegantly-carved home piano.
• All spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
• Middle Pedal: Quiet play. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
  

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WV118H: 46 1/2" Professional Upright, Black Ebony

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• Striking professional upright.
• All spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
  

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WMV245 45" Studio Piano

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• Solid studio piano, beautiful tone.
• Solid spruce, tapered soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• German Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench.
  

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WMV647T 47" Traditional Console, Mahogany

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• Exquisitely carved details.
• Solid spruce, tapered soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Germsin Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
  

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WKV118F 47" French Provincial Console

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• Exquisitely carved details.
• Solid Canadian spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• Premium maple action.
• Premium T-wired hammers.
• Germsin Roslau music wire.
• 2-tone black key tops (ebony & bubinga)
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
  

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WKV131 52" Professional Upright

WKV131 Click for more information.

• The Professional's Choice!
• Solid Canadian Spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• Premium maple action.
• Premium  T-wired hammers.
• Germsin Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Full sostenuto
• Matching wooden bench. ​

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WG48: 4' 8" Traditional Baby Grand Piano

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• Small piano with gorgeous tone.
• Player systems available.
• All spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
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WG54: 5' 4" Classic Small Grand Piano

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• Beautiful grand in a popular size.
• Player systems available.
• All spruce soundboard.
  
• Traditional sand cast plate.
  
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
  
• Slow-close fallboard. 
  
• Matching wooden bench. 
  
• On order -- arriving soon!

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WGS54: 5' 4" Knabe's 175th Anniversary Grand

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• Beautifully intricate design reminiscent of Knabe's Baltimore factory.
• Player systems available.
• All spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• All maple action with aluminum rail.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
  

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WMG600: 5' 9" Traditional Grand Piano

WMG600 Click for more information.

• Beautifully intricate design reminiscent of Knabe's Baltimore factory.
• Player systems available.
• Solid spruce soundboard.
• Traditional sand cast plate.
• Premium grade maple action.
• Premium grade wool hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
• Slow-close fallboard. 
• Matching wooden bench. 
  

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WKG53M: 5' 3" Empire Grand Piano

WKG53M Click for more information.

• Beautifully handcrafted piano.
• Select solid spruce soundboard.
  
• Traditional sand cast plate.
  
• Premium Renner action.
• Premium German hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
  
• Slow-close fallboard. 
  
• Matching wooden bench. 
  
• Available by Special Order.

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WKG58AF: 5' 8" Limited Edition Anniversary Model

WKG58AF Click for more information.

• Beautifully handcrafted piano.
• Reproduction of original low-tension Baltimore Knabe design.
• Select solid spruce soundboard.
  
• Traditional sand cast plate.
  
• Premium Renner action.
• Premium German hammers.
• Strings: Roslau music wire.
  
• Slow-close fallboard. 
  
• Limited edition! 
  
• Available by Special Order.

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Links

The History of Knabe

Albert Einstein and his Knabe

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Knabe Uprights

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Knabe Grands

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Video: Knabe, Past & Present