Year built: 1930
Serial no.: 136611
Action: Schwander action
Height: 1.50 m
Only very few manufacturers made so-called conductor’s desk pianos – and mostly around 1890–1910. This is one of presumably two surviving C. Bechstein conductor’s desk pianos from the late phase of piano making around 1930. It has only 4 octaves and was built so that the conductor could stand on a podium and fold out either the desk – or the keyboard, to play passages or accompany during rehearsal. This piano was most recently used, presumably, by the NDR Radio Orchestra. The piano needs to be restored, as it has suffered considerably both technically and visually.
