Both Knabe and StIEff (not StEIff) were Baltimore pianos, with the same bridge construction where the grain of the cap runs across, rather than along the bridge. At some point either American Piano or Aeolian/American switched Knabes to normal construction practices, but I'm not exactly sure when that happened. I think Stieff remained in Baltimore, but all the examples I've ever seen were pre-depression era and had BBS (Baltimore Bridge Syndrome). I've also seen some Knabes that had hollow rims with holes on the inside of the inner rim, but I think these were a couple of decades older than 1928. - Mark Dierauf Jon Page wrote: > <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">The Knabe > probably has split bridge caps. My interest would be in the Steiff.
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