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of carefully planned floor space and 765 employees. Although the plant included modern appliances such as individually powered machines and a dust-collection system connected to the boiler, Knabe advertised their standards required their pianos to be carefully handcrafted, so that a plain upright took six months and a grand two years to complete.
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trademarks and their patterns and equipment from
Citicorp Industrial Credit Co., Aeolian's principal creditors. Sohmer & Co. had planned to resume production of the existing models from both divisions but was itself sold and the companies reorganized with Sohmer and Knabe as subsidiaries of Mason
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under the laws of New Jersey, headed by Ernst J. Knabe Jr., president, and C. H. W. Foster of
Chickering & Sons, and George G. Foster, of Foster-Armstrong, controlling their respective companies as well as Haines Brothers, Marshall & Wendell, Brewster, and J. B. Cook & Co. with a combined
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By 1902, Wm. Knabe & Co. had established agencies in Canada and
England, and had mortgaged the factory for capital to fund further expansion. By 1906, the factory occupied seven buildings with the original buildings extensively expanded, with a total of about 300,000 square feet (28,000 m)
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Proceedings started early 1855 in order to dissolve the partnership. Henry Gaehle died, and Knabe advertised that he had purchased all the remaining stock and materials and would continue in business as Wm. Knabe & Co. at the old stand at 1, 3, 5, and 7 North Eutaw Street, opposite the Eutaw
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By 1866, the company employed about 230 workmen and manufactured about a thousand pianos a year,—up to 30 a week—including uprights, squares, and grands. The factory was equipped with a 30 horsepower (22 kW) steam engine, as well as steam-powered elevators and drying rooms, and had been
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As of 2007, Knabes are offered in three sizes of vertical pianos – a 119 cm (47 inches) in three furniture case styles, as well as 121 cm (48 inches) and 131 cm (52 inches) models – and four sizes of grand pianos – three case styles each of 158 cm (5 feet
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Rochester factories were contracted to manufacture military aircraft parts, keeping the plants and personnel in operation, but by late 1949 piano production returned to full capacity. The Aeolian Company and the American Piano Corporation recapitalized and merged with the
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American Piano Co. merged with the Aeolian Company, Aeolian-Weber's piano subsidiary, to form the Aeolian American Corporation which consolidated the control of more than 20 piano brands, as well as action manufacturing and plate casting divisions. In 1936, it ranked as the
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and Cowpen Alley, and four years later removed their warerooms to 9 Eutaw Street, opposite the Eutaw house, selling pianos priced between $ 180 and $ 400. By 1852 they had expanded to 4, 6, 8, 9 and 11 Eutaw Street. Knabe & Gaehle won first premiums for
103:, where a brother had settled several years earlier. Knabe worked for the well-known pianomaker Henry Hartge, and eventually abandoned his plans to become a farmer. In 1831, he started selling and repairing used pianos from his house at the corner of
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house. William Gaehle, who had become the senior partner, advertised that he was in business as Wm. Gaehle & Co., manufacturing grand and square pianos at the corner of Pratt and Green streets and with warerooms at the corner of Eutaw and
363:. The Knabe factory was closed, as well as the Chickering factory in Boston, and their production ultimately transferred to East Rochester, New York, where they were established as separate divisions. The old factories, including
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In 1839, Knabe formed a partnership with Henry Gaehle for the purpose of manufacturing pianos and by 1841 they moved to larger workshops at 13 South
Liberty Street. In 1843 they opened warerooms at the corner of
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Corporation, distributor for Samick in the United States and Canada, announced it had started building a 210,000-square-foot (20,000 m) distribution center and factory in
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Philadelphia, and due to the revised awards system they claimed highest honors along with many of their coexhibitors. In 1882, they delivered a rosewood concert grand to the White House for President
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Ernest J. Knabe died in 1894 and was succeeded by his sons, both of whom had trained at the factory. Ernest J. Knabe, jr. was elected president and
William Knabe, vice president and treasurer.
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augmented with a second 40-foot (12 m) wide building where grand cases, sounding boards, and actions were manufactured and cases varnished and iron frames gilded. Further additions and a
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Ernest and
William Knabe resigned their positions in 1909, and following a series of business troubles in New York they incorporated Knabe Brothers in Ohio in 1911, with offices at
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October 1, 1876; all of the awards had equal value, but each included specific comments from the judges that the exhibitors could publish as they saw fit – "The Centennial Awards"
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In November 1854, their factory at Cowpen Alley at the rear of Eutaw House burned, at an estimated loss of $ 190,000, and five weeks later their factory at Baltimore street near
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completed the factory, which in 1869 fronted 210 feet (64 m) on Eutaw Street and 165 feet (50 m) on West Street. Their sales ranked third in the United States, after
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3 inches) the WKG53, 173 cm (5 feet 8 inches) the WKG58, 193 cm (6 feet 4 inches) the WKG64, and 215 cm (7 ft) WKG70 models.
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The Great Industries of the United States: Being an Historical Summary of the Origin, Growth, and Perfection of the Chief Industrial Arts of this Country
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Union Publishing Co., Chicago. p.354; Julius Bauer & Co. acted as Knabe's Northwestern agent as well as their New York agent from 1862 until 1873
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William Knabe, jr., died in 1889. The company was incorporated with a capital stock of $ 1,000,000 the same year, with Ernest J. Knabe as president.
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In 1860, Knabe started building a five-story factory on Eutaw and West streets, but had only completed one of its wings at the outbreak of the
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to the United States, but the head of the family died during the voyage and Knabe and his bride remained in Baltimore instead of continuing to
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Knabe purchased a former paper mill at the corner of West and China streets for a new factory, and by 1859 had established warerooms at 207
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Berthold Neuer, who had been vice president and general manager from 1927 died in 1938, and his successor Richard K. Paynter died in 1940.
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The Chronicles of Baltimore; being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town" and Baltimore City from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
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In 1927, Wm. Knabe & Co. removed their New York warerooms from 437 Fifth Avenue at 39th Street to 657 Fifth Avenue, corner of
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1179:"The American Piano Company" Harvard Business School case study, 1934, reproduced in the AMICA Bulletin and available from the
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December 31, 1916. p.17; Their combined liabilities were more than $ 660,000 and their declared assets amounted to $ 476.38
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in New York. They exhibited grand, square, and upright pianos as well as a Tschudi & Broadwood harpsichord at the 1876
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in 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858; silver medals from the Metropolitan Institute in Washington, D.C., in 1857; a medal from the
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In the late 20th century, the abandoned Baltimore Knabe factory at Eutaw and West Streets was razed to make way for the
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Six, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co. et al. v. American Piano Co. (211 Fed. Rep., 271.) 8th Circuit, November 28, 1913
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William Gaehle vs. William Knabe, Edward Betts, and Western Bank of Baltimore. Dissolution of Knabe, Gaehle & Co.
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of Boston, and by 1870 their output was estimated to be about forty pianos a week, priced between $ 600 and $ 2,000.
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In 1930, American's assets were purchased by the American Piano Corporation, newly incorporated under the laws of
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James French and Company, Boston. 1858 p.254; the stock alone was valued at $ 60,000 – "Large Fire in Baltimore"
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By 1981, the combined divisions at the East Rochester factory employed about 300; it closed the following year.
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Aeolian-American Corporation in 1951, and in 1957 was purchased by the owners of Winter & Co., based in
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late in 1916 on account of an unpaid loan, and the brothers declared bankruptcy by the end of the year.
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The Fireman: The Fire Departments of the United States, with a Full Account of All Large Fires
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859:"Piano Award – Knabe Victory – Unanimous Award of Highest Honors to William Knabe & Co."
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William Nordhoff "Improvement in Pianos" United States Patent no. 57,257 April 14, 1866
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William Knabe vs. Henry Gaehle and Edward Betts. Dissolution of Knabe, Gaehle & Co.
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Wm. Knabe & Co.'s Piano Factories, Corner Eutaw and West Streets, Baltimore. (1873)
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vol.26, The S. S. McClure Co., New York and London. 1906 advertising section p.16m-16n
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was threaded into a heavier piece of brass instead of directly into the iron frame.
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Baltimore: Past and present, with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men
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Baltimore Wholesale Business Directory and Business Circular, for the Year 1853
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Gunts, Edward. "Going, going: Last of city's giant gas holders coming down,"
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Debow's review, Agricultural, commercial, industrial progress and resources.
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928:"Knabe Company Extension – Bond Issue of $ 450,000 Made by Manufacturers"
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In 1831, Knabe accompanied his fiancée's family when they emigrated from
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Publishers' Weekly, 1913, New York. p.38; the value given is $ 100,000
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In 1873, Wm. Knabe & Co. established their own warerooms at 112
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that was located atop the factory now stands on the grounds of the
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Erie, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1854 p.4 (issued November 12, 1853)
509:'s white 1912 Knabe was auctioned on eBay on August 10–20, 2017.
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The Great Conflagration. Chicago: Its Past, Present and Future.
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in 1848, 1849, and 1850, as well as for grand pianos in 1849.
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Van Wert, OH December 9, 1916 p.1; the note was for $ 100,000
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Knabe Pianos, 148–152 5th Ave., SW corner of 20th St. (2004)
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Directory of Contemporary American Musical Instrument Makers
795:"The Piano Forte Manufactory of Knabe & Co., Baltimore"
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Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1969. p.110
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Ernest J. Knabe died in 1927 and William Knabe in 1939.
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City of Baltimore – Factory of Knabe & Co. (1866)
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in Philadelphia in 1856; and first premiums from the
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Maryland Institute for the Promotion of Mechanic Arts
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US piano manufacturing company in Baltimore, Maryland
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John R. Nagle and Company, Philadelphia. 1876. p.265
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University of Missouri Press, Columbia MO 1981 p. 2
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419:In 1985, Sohmer & Co. purchased the Knabe and
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187:. He won gold medals for square pianos from the
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782:James Parton "The Piano in the United States"
380:fourth-largest producer in the country, after
1310:Reports of the Tax Court of the United States
348:1935 Knabe ad as the "Official Piano" of the
209:In 1866, Wm Knabe & Co. introduced their
1471:WGMS-Classical 103.5, Washington, D. C. 2002
557:The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
941:"Three Generations of Piano Manufacturers"
1493:Manufacturing companies based in Baltimore
838:Columbia, Pennsylvania August 20, 1870 p.3
60:Valentin Wilhelm Ludwig Knabe was born in
1464:New York City Signs – 14th to 42nd Street
1140:March 1, 1928; "Piano Salesrooms United"
967:"Piano Makers form $ 12,000,000 Combine"
583:Matchetts Baltimore Director, for 1847–'8
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72:prevented him from studying to become an
1110:"William Knabe, 66, Piano Manufacturer"
825:J. Burr & Hyde, Hartford. 1873. p331
695:Woods' Baltimore Directory, for 1856–'57
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611:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania March 29, 1852
436:Music rack detail, Knabe grand ca. 1884
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1359:"Samick Acquires Wm. Knabe & Co."
1204:"Piano Merger Links 2 Largest Makers"
956:The American Monthly Review of Reviews
585:R. J. Matchett, Baltimore. 1847 p.448.
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1282:"Piano Producers Optimistic on Fall"
958:vol.24 1906. advertising section p.41
609:Adams Sentinel and General Advertiser
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624:I. Hartman, Baltimore, 1853 p.28
598:I. Hartman, Baltimore, 1852 p.21
570:The Baltimore Directory for 1845
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876:"A Knabe in the White House"
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555:Randel, Don Michael (1996).
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708:Wood's Baltimore Directory
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1389:"The Elvis White Piano"
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917:Pianos and their Makers
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735:The Republican Compiler
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1021:The Newark Advocate
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447:William Elam Tanner
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1335:Pierce Piano Atlas
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993:"Knabe Bros. Co."
943:McClure's Magazine
834:"The Knabe Piano"
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751:April 18, 1859 p.3
732:"Pianos! Pianos!"
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