 By 1906 the factory occupied seven buildings with the original buildings extensively expanded, with a total of about of carefully planned floor space and 765 employees.Although the plant included modern appliances such as individually powered machines and a dust collection system connected with the boiler, Knabe advertised their standards required their pianos to be carefully handcrafted, so that a plain upright took six months and a grand two years to complete.In 1908, Wm.