Wm Knabe Baby Grand Piano Review

I m just hoping there are owners dealers in this forum that have experience with their gw pianos to give me opinions whether this is a decent grand piano line to compare to the low end of yamaha s and kawai s i e.

Wm knabe baby grand piano review.

Knabe pianos were described by the new york daily tribune as having a pure full and equal tone in quality melodious rich and sonorous housed in cases rich and elegant in design. Our available knabe pianos include a range of types costs and conditions. Browse our available selection or use our filters to refine your search by size price location distance from you or color. And bogor west java indonesia founded in baltimore in 1837 by wilhelm william knabe a german immigrant wm.

I m also aware that the knabe s gw line is their entry level line. Pianos of utmost quality built to the highest standards in the industry. Ltd inchon south korea. From pianodisc the owner of mason and hamlin in 2001.

Samick acquired the name wm. Knabe pianos are a popular choice for students home enthusiasts and professional musicians alike. Pianos rated piano rating guide best excellent very good good fair poor grand pianos group 1 highest quality instruments. Many of these piano manufacturers have a very limited production and are hand crafted by artisans.

Three sizes for grand pianos and four sizes for upright pianos. Knabe s patents were numerous and their many innovations aided in improving piano design and evolution well into the 20th century. Established itself in the 19th and early 20th centuries as one of the finest piano makers in america. It is in excellent condition and if memory serves me correct we paid close to 15 000 00 for it.

Gaehle withdrew giving complete control to knabe and the name was changed to wm. The piano was purchased around 1999 2000. There s never been anything quite like a knabe piano. William knabe kn 500 5 baby grand piano with piano disc player finished in high gloss mahogany finish.

As of 2007 samick offers knabe in seven different designs. Samick musical instrument mfg. Built some of the finest pianos in american history. Samick opened a distributor center and factory in tennessee where knabe and other piano lines are manufactured.

A simple upright took six months to finish and a grand up to two years.