Thanks David, Susan and others. I'll get a chance in a couple weeks to take another look at this and will dig in a bit deeper to see what I can find. Strange tho... finding a Knabe over here in Bergen. Actually brought quite a bit smile. An American and his Norwegian wife just bought the house and moved in... the piano came with the house. Pretty worn down, tubby base strings... but still a bit of real piano sound left in the old girl. I gotta wonder how many Samicks will sound as well given the same life... but thats another story :) Cheers RicB At 03:19 PM 9/6/2005 -0700, you wrote: >/Knabe #s used to be stenciled on the treblemost strut on the treble side. />/Should be a 6 digit number for something of that age. If not there, you can />/look at the blocks or keyframe for an embossment. / On a 1901 Knabe concert grand, the serial number was stencilled in black paint onto the soundboard underneath the strings, in the first capo section. Maybe a couple of inches past the dampers. I'd also check the bottom of the keyslip and keyblocks. Sometimes someone marks it on there, or it could be stamped in the factory.
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