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PIANO TRADE-JOURNAL PUBLISHED
KNABE
PERSONALITIES
The Knabe Symmetrical Grand, Style K,
one of Henry S ami las' most recent
achievements in Knabe scale drafting.
HENRY SANDLAS
A MONGST the personalities who have
•L •*- piloted this great piano to its pres-
ent day preeminence there is none more
richly endowed than Henry Sandlas. It
was his father, Henry Sandlas, Sr., him-
self one of the Knabe industrial family,
who recommended his son for a position
in the Knabe factory. The lad was taken
on in 1886—5-4 years ago.
His progress in the delicate art of piano
making was rapid. An analytical and re-
ceptive mind directed his interests into
channels of ever widening importance,
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ultimately establishing him as one of the
outstanding figures in the industry.
For many years he has been in com-
plete charge of the research which is con-
stantly exercised in the scientific develop-
ment of the Knabe, preserving and in-
creasing its golden voice-like tone, the
fundamental secret of which was long
ago discovered by his predecessors. Dur-
ing the years in which he has been in
charge of this intensive and important
work Henry Sandlas has designed and
drawn the scales for all Knabe grands
and verticals.
ESTABLISHED
OFFICIAL
PIANO
M E T R O P O L I T A N
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OF
THE
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FACTORIES: EAST ROCHESTER, N. Y.