Knabe Pianos®

WKG 53KBF

Soundboard	Tapered and contoured solid spruce soundboard made of select white spruce from Eastern Canada.
Frame	Maple and oak rim with spruce beams, tenon joined to the rim with hardwood dowels.
Bridges	Select hard rock maple with a maple cap, shaped and notched using today's most sophisticated CNC machinery.
Ribs	Full length, pre-crowned solid spruce ribs, notched into the inner rim.
Plate	Pure iron ore made in the traditional method of slow sand casting.
Scale	Measured duplex, low tension scale designed by Klaus Fenner.
Action	All Renner action made of European hornbeam.
Keys	Pratt Reed premium spruce keys, individually balanced and weighted.
Hammers	Premium Renner blue label hammers, t-wired and individually voiced.
Strings	Roslau music wire made in Germany.
Pin Block	16 ply, cross grained laminated hard rock maple.
Tuning Pins	German Diamond brand tuning pins made of rod steel.
Others	Slow close fallboard. Hand rubbed lacquer finish. Maple legs with iron interlocks. Forged brass pedals. Full sostenuto. Solid brass hardware.

K. Gunnar Benson designed the beautiful French Provincial style Knabe piano with an eye to create a timeless design that reflects the romantic period of King Louis XV. Gracious curves and sculpted lines make a great piano an heirloom to be enjoyed for generations.

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