Milestones in Knabe pianos include: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's concert on a Knabe piano officially opening Carnegie Hall, President Rutherford B. Hayes's installation of a Knabe in the White House's official residence, and in 1879, the Knabe was the first piano purchased for Japanese classrooms.
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Wm. Knabe & Co. pianos are manufactured by Samick Musical Instruments, Ltd., which acquired the name from PianoDisc, owners of Mason & Hamlin, in 2001.
As of 2007, Knabes are offered in three sizes of vertical pianos - a 119cm (47 inches) in three furniture case styles, as well as 121cm (48 inches) and 131cm (52 inches) models - and four sizes of grand pianos - three case styles each of 158cm (5 feet 3 inches) and 173cm (5 feet 8 inches) models, as well as a 193cm (6 feet 4 inches) and 215cm (7 ft) models.
In early 2006 Samick Music Corporation, distributor for Samick in the United States and Canada announced they had started building a 210,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) distribution center and factory in Gallatin, Tennessee where they plan to manufacture Knabe as well as J. P. Pramberger lines beginning late 2006 or early 2007